Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these scenes of a typical Christological programme in the order a visitor encounters them.
- The theme announced on the portal tympanum
- The focal image in the apse above the altar
- The Last Judgement on the west wall as they leave
- Narrative scenes along the nave walls
Hints
- The visit begins at the door.
- The Judgement is seen on the way out.
Show the answer
- The theme announced on the portal tympanum
- Narrative scenes along the nave walls
- The focal image in the apse above the altar
- The Last Judgement on the west wall as they leave
Why
Reading the programme as a route rather than a set of pictures is the point. The building sequences the argument — announced, narrated, focused, and finally applied to the viewer as they leave — and that sequence is lost the moment an image is moved to a gallery.
Practise Judeo-Christian Sources II: Programmes and the Life of the Virgin
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