Film Sculpture
Films of the Romanesque Sculpture of the Pilgrimage Roads to Santiago de Compostela.
Original short films, each devoted to a single Romanesque site presenting the sculpted imagery in detail, with specially composed music by Martin A Smith
Video: Saint Gabriel de Tarascon
Video of Romanesque facade of Saint Gabriel de Tarascon in Provence
Video: Facade Notre-Dame-la-Grande de Poitiers
Romanesque Facade Notre-Dame-la-Grande Poitiers
Video: Saintes Abbaye aux Dames West Porch
West porch Romanesque sculpted doorway arch of the abbey of Sainte-Marie des Dames at Saintes
The Tympanum of the Virgin at La Charité-sur-Loire
Video tympanum of the Virgin at la Charité-sur-Loire
The Tympanum of the Transfiguration at La Charité-sur-Loire
Romanesque portal relief of the Transfiguration at La Charité sur Loire
Charost Prieuré Saint Michel South Porch Tympanum
Arles Cathédrale Saint Trophime West Porch
Video Romanesque facade of Saint Trophime d’Arles
Prieuré Saint-Pierre Carennac
Video Tympanum Saint-Pierre Carennac
Collonges la Rouge West Porch Tympanum
Autun Cathédrale Saint Lazare: North Porch Tympanum
Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Vézelay
For more information go to the Vézelay page here
Saint Sernin de Toulouse – La Porte Miègeville
Video of Romanesque porch relief of La Porte Miègeville at Saint Sernin de Toulouse first decade of twelfth century.
San Isidoro de León – La Puerta del Perdón
Video: Cahors Cathédrale Saint Etienne North Porch Tympanum
Video: North Porch Tympanum Saint-Etienne de Cahors An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration: 3.04
Video: South Tympanum Saint Pierre de Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne
Video: Abbaye de Beaulieu sur Dordogne South Porch Romanesque Relief An Artsymbol Production Music by Martin A Smith Duration 4:20
Conques: The reliquary of Sainte Foy
Video: Sainte-Foy de Conques West Door Tympanum
Arguably the greatest achievement of its type, the Conques porch relief sculpture is testament both to the power of the cult of a saint’s relics and the importance of the pilgrimage to Compostela.
Video: Verona Cattedrale Santa Maria Matricolare
Saintes: Abbaye aux Dames
The Roland Lintel: Angoulême Cathédrale Saint-Pierre
Saint Etienne de Tauriac
Saint-Pierre de La Lande-de-Fronsac
Santiago de Compostela – La Puerta de las Platerías
The double tympanum relief sculpture of the south transept entrance at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dated 1101-10
Jaca Cathedral West Porch Tympanum
Jaca Cathedral West Porch Tympanum
Santa Cruz de la Seros West Porch Tympanum
Santa Cruz de la Seros West Porch Tympanum
Parthenay-le-Vieux
South Porch Tympanum Abbaye Saint-Pierre Moissac
San Martin de Fromistá
Saint-Pierre Melle
Saint-Pierre at Melle is one of three Romanesque churches to be found in the Poitevin town on the Tours Road halfway between Poitiers and Saintes.
Aulnay de Saintonge: Southern Transept Porch
The church of Saint-Pierre-de-la Tour at Aulnay de Saintonge is perhaps the finest example of the Poitevin style of Romanesque. The southern transept porch features a complex iconographic programme of the Apocalypse. For more information...
Saint Sernin de Toulouse: La Porte des Comtes
The great collegiate church was the largest of the Romanesque pilgrimage churches and the shrine of Saint Saturninus. La Porte de Comtes was the south transept porch. It features a sculptural programme devote to the Parable of the Rich Man...
Santo Domingo de Silos
The Benedictine abbey of Santo Domingo lies a short distance south of Burgos. The remarkable cloister features one of the most sublime images in all of Romanesque sculpture: the Journey to Emmaus and Christ depicted as a pilgrim to...
Santa María la Real Sangüesa
Sangüesa on the border between the kingdoms of Navarre and Aragon was a town which developed into an important pilgrimage halt when the inhabitants were granted a charter allowing them privileges to practice trades and crafts which serviced...
San Isidoro de León
The palatine basilica at Leòn was an important station on the pilgrimage road to Compostela. Learn more here.
Abbaye Sainte-Foy-de-Conques
The pilgrimage abbey church of Conques home to the reliquary statue of Sainte Foy and major station on the Puy Road to Santiago de Compostela. Go to the Conques page for more information.
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
The porch of the cathedral at Oloron-Sainte-Marie on the Toulouse Route to Compostela. Oloron is the gateway to the Somport pass across the Pyrenees. Go to the page dedicated to Oloron for more information
San Miguel in Excelsis de Estella
Video of the Romanesque facade of the church of San Miguel at Estella which stands on a hilltop overlooking the Compostelan pilgrimage road in Navarre
The Facade of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
For more information on Saint-Gilles-du-Gard click here.
Santa Marta de Tera
The twelfth century convent church of Santa Marta de Tera is located at some distance south of the Camino Francès on the Via de la Plata route from Merida. Its southern porch features spandrel reliefs of Saint John and Saint James the patron...
Moissac Saint-Pierre Southern Porch
The sculptural ensemble of the southern narthex entrance to the Cluniac abbey of Moissac is one of the undoubted high points of the art of Romanesque sculpture.
Notre-Dame Le Puy-en-Velay Cloister
The great Marian shrine of Le Puy gave its name to one of the four French routes to Compostela. It had a long standing history as one of the most pilgrimage centres in France due to its miracle working Black Madonna. The architecture of cathedral...
