Cluniac

(adjective)

Of or related to the Benedictine order at Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, France. 

Related Terms

  • Gislebertus
  • archivolt
  • triforium
  • transept
  • cathedral

Examples of Cluniac in the following topics:

  • Romanesque Architecture: The Church of Saint-Lazare

    • Famous for its Cluniac inspiration and its Romanesque sculptures by Gislebertus, it epitomizes Romanesque art and architecture in Burgundy.
    • The designs were the work of the bishop Etienne de Bâgé, who was particularly influenced by the Cluniac abbey of Paray-le-Monial.
  • The Church

    • They were followed by the Cluniac order, the Cistercians, Carthusians, and Augustinian Canons.
  • The Romanesque Period

    • Monasteries remained extremely important, especially those of the expansionist new Cistercian, Cluniac, and Carthusian orders of the period that spread out across Europe.
  • Norman Painting

    • However, in the early 11th century, the dukes began a program of church reform, encouraging the Cluniac reform of monasteries and patronizing intellectual pursuits, especially the proliferation of scriptoria and the reconstitution of a compilation of lost illuminated manuscripts.
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