Romanesque painting. Features.

 

Pantocrator (Apse of Saint Clement of Tahull-Lérida)

*Christ in Majesty (Pantocrator)

*Hand raised for blessing.

*Mystic almond or mandorla.

*Book: "Ego sum lux mundi".

* Letters Alpha and Omega: He is the beginning and the end.

*Four evangelists around Christ.

*Big eyes.

*Fresco.

 

Altar frontal from La Seo d´Urgell. Painted on wood.

 

Altar frontal from Aviá. Tempera and other materials.

 

Mural painting of Saint Pere de Sorpe. (Detail)

Figures were not natural. They were rigid and showed no movement and no perspective. They didn´t show realistic features. The aim was to move emotions and teaching.

 

Manuscript.