Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí' has mentioned 'Christ' in the following places:
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The ornamentation is focused on the porch and the carved Christ in Majesty on the tympanum, typical of French cathedrals. | WIKI |
The subject of the carving on a major portal may be Christ in Majesty or the Last Judgement. | WIKI |
Lateral doors may include other subjects such as the Birth of Christ. | WIKI |
The "Gallery of Kings" above the portal is Gothic The Basilica of Saint-Trophime, Arles, France, has an elaborate sculptural scheme which includes Christ in Majesty, a frieze extending over the lintel and a gallery of sculptured figures. | WIKI |
Other notable Romanesque baptisteries are that at Parma Cathedral remarkable for its galleried exterior, and the polychrome Baptistery of San Giovanni of Florence Cathedral, with vault mosaics of the 13th century including Christ in Majesty, possibly the work of the almost legendary Coppo di Marcovaldo. | WIKI |
The tympanum is typically decorated with the imagery of Christ in Majesty with the symbols of the Four Evangelists, drawn directly from the gilt covers of medieval Gospel Books. | WIKI |
An outstanding example of its use in drapery is that of the central figure of Christ on the outer portal at La Madaleine, Vezelay. | WIKI |
Many of the smaller sculptural works, particularly capitals, are Biblical in subject and include scenes of Creation and the Fall of Man, episodes from the life of Christ and those Old Testament scenes that prefigure his Death and Resurrection, such as Jonah and the Whale and Daniel in the lions' den. | WIKI |
The tympanum of the side entrance of Saint-Sernin of Toulouse, (c. 1115) shows the Ascension of Christ, surrounded by angels, in a simple composition of standing figures. | WIKI |
The tympanum of the inner portal of la Madeleine Vezelay has the scene of Christ in Majesty, at the Last Judgement. | WIKI |
The figure of Christ is highly formalised in both posture and treatment. | WIKI |
Christ is surrounded by the symbols of the Four Evangelists Details of the portal of Oloron Cathedral show a demon, a lion swallowing a man and kings with musical instruments. | WIKI |
This paired capital representing Christ washing the feet of the disciples is lively and naturalistic. | WIKI |
A classic scheme for the full painted decoration of a church, derived from earlier examples often in mosaic, had, as its focal point in the semi-dome of the apse, Christ in Majesty or Christ the Redeemer enthroned within a mandorla and framed by the four winged beasts, symbols of the Four Evangelists, comparing directly with examples from the gilt covers or the illuminations of Gospel Books of the period. | WIKI |
If the Virgin Mary was the dedicatee of the church, she might replace Christ here. | WIKI |
On the sanctuary arch were figures of apostles, prophets or the twenty-four "elders of the Apocalypse", looking in towards a bust of Christ, or his symbol the Lamb, at the top of the arch. | WIKI |
On the rear west wall would be a Doom painting or Last Judgement, with an enthroned and judging Christ at the top. | WIKI |
The scheme extends to other parts of the church, with the martyrdom of the local saints shown in the crypt, and Apocalypse in the narthex and Christ in Majesty. | WIKI |
Christ in Majesty was a common theme for the apse. | WIKI |
At Canterbury and Chartres Cathedrals, a number of panels of the 12th century have survived, including, at Canterbury, a figure of Adam digging, and another of his son Seth from a series of Ancestors of Christ. | WIKI |
One such is the Crucifixion of Poitiers, a remarkable composition that rises through three stages, the lowest with a quatrefoil depicting the Martyrdom of St Peter, the largest central stage dominated by the crucifixion and the upper stage showing the Ascension of Christ in a mandorla. | WIKI |
The figure of the crucified Christ is already showing the Gothic curve. | WIKI |
Two panels of lively figures, Seth and Adam from the 12th-century Ancestors of Christ, Canterbury Cathedral, now set into a Perpendicular Gothic window with panels of many different dates. | WIKI |