A trumeau is the central
pillar or
mullion supporting the
tympanum of a large doorway, commonly found in medieval buildings. An
architectural
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...
feature, it is often sculpted. Monolithic or paired, it becomes sculpted or decorated in
Romanesque architecture, whose architectural invention consisted in animating the structure of the door, at the same time as
Romanesque artists imagined compound pillars and double scrolled arcades, in the second quarter of the 11th century.
[.]
Gallery
File:Trumeau.jpg, Trumeau of the main portal of Saint Martin's Church, Arlon
Arlon (; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Luxembourg (Belgium), province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it ...
File:Tarragona - Catedral, claustro 39.jpg, Romanesque trumeau at the Tarragona Cathedral
File:PorcheCentralNordCathedraleChartre041130.JPG, Central porch, north facade, Chartres Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral (, lit. Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres) is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about southwest of Paris, and is the seat of the List of bishops of Chartres, Bishop of Chartres. Dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary ( ...
File:Reims-Portail Nord-St Calixte.jpg, Gothic trumeau at the Reims Cathedral
Notre-Dame de Reims (; ; meaning "Our Lady of Reims"), known in English as Reims Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in the French city of the same name, the seat of the Archdiocese of Reims. The cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and wa ...
File:Autun - Cathedrale St-Lazare 01.jpg, Trumeau of the main portal of Saint-Lazare Cathedral
File:Aix - détail portail Saint Sauveur.jpg, Trumeau of the main portal of Aix Cathedral
Aix Cathedral () in Aix-en-Provence in southern France is a Roman Catholic church and the seat of the Archbishop of Aix-en-Provence and Arles. The cathedral is built on the site of the 1st-century Roman forum of Aix. Built and re-built from the ...
See also
*
Jamb statue
References
External links
*
__notoc__
Architectural sculpture
Columns and entablature
{{Architecturalelement-stub