The Six Capitals and Evangelist Plaques The art of the Romanesque period was characterized by an important revival of monumental forms, notably sculptures and fresco paintings, which develop in close association with architectural decoration and exhibited a forceful and often severely structural quality. At the same time an element of realism, which parallels the first flowering of vernacular literature, came to the fore. It was expressed in terms of a direct and naïve observation …showed first 75 words of 475 total…

…showed last 75 words of 475 total…with flowers. The other plaque represents St. Mark John as lion with angel wings and oriole rounded by flowers. It seems that the human heads on column represent well-known or even saints. The art works discussed earlier look similar from Romanesque period with specific details characteristic for theirs native areas. In contrast with the demonic nature and animated quality of sculpture in France, there is an assertion of more narrotivereliefs and figures in North Italy.