What is a Romanesque Church?

[@hicksdp]

Not your normal style, but very well presented with clear narrative and supporting visuals. Nice foray into an alternative format. 😀

[@kmonti1]

That church right at the opening with the snow is St. Francis of Assisi Basilica in Santa Fe! It's beautiful inside and one of the oldest churches in mainland US. Edit: The actual oldest church in mainland US is also in Santa Fe: San Miguel Chapel

[@maf654321]

Was gonna say, that’s definitely Santa Fe! Not many Romans here lol

[@SoybeanAK]

Fantastic format. I get your reason for the name change, but this reminds me why I started supporting the channel- I greatly appreciate you creating info-dense, acessible videos on Church matters that can't really be answered by a wiki dive or conversation with your average local preacher. Nicely done!

[@isaiahfisher8807]

Love this format with densely packed information and constant b-roll! Not that there's anything wrong with your face . . .

[@tygautier4169]

Dude! I love your videos. An approachable style of content that sits at the crossroads of art, architecture and theology. Wow, I hope you keep making these videos because I personally have enjoyed every minute. I would love to take a course on Church architecture from you especially with how wonderfully you connect it to theological convictions of the builders, churchgoers etc..

[@Lorrainecats]

This was fun and educational. Never knew all this. Thank you Matt.

[@blic-sx9ix]

Nice. These short informative vids are a great addition to your other endeavors.

[@melequin]

Loved this! I'm always down for just watching a slideshow of beautiful church architecture.

[@Christopher_Wheeler]

0/10 no poop jokes. Okay, seriously, good format! Great info, Matt.

[@LynnDickison]

That was really interesting. I hadn’t given that much thought to any particular church architectural style before. Thanks for broadening my horizons.

[@trevortodor5596]

Hi! I’m trevor from Ann Arbor Mi. My parish church , St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic, is an Irish looking Romanesque church built 120 years ago. Definitely believe the architecture plus murals contribute to the worship of God and parish culture.

[@FrJohnBrownSJ]

Our main chapel here at the Jesuit (Catholic) high school I work at is Romanesque.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

I love this style of architecture. I think gothic is my favorite but Romanesque exudes strength and power.

[@JoelRipke]

Love this format

[@pixplolz]

oh, there’s actually a romanesque style cathedral near my college campus! i’ve always wondered what the architectural style was called, and now i finally have an answer!

[@JoelRipke]

Ooh, architecture with Matt!

[@alanwake8937]

Loved the inclusion of St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe at the opening. Beautiful church!

[@EpicWolverine]

Very well done. I never knew the Leaning Tower of Pisa was a cathedral bell tower. I guess I never really considered what its purpose was. Maybe I thought they just wanted a cool tower? Lol.

[@harrystones2238]

Great video, a shame though that no English Romanesque churches and Cathedrals were used in this video though since we have a great many examples of them. Like Durham Cathedral (Home to the Shrine of St Cuthbert), Norwich Cathedral, St Alban's Cathedral (Home to the shrine of its namesake), St Mary's East Ham, etc. I could go on and on since there are hundreds if not thousands of extant Norman & Saxon remains in the romanesque.

[@peterhenryzepeda3484]

Everyone loves Gothic but Romanesque is underrated.

[@jackhohne6163]

Love this style of video! DO MORE!

[@historytheorist]

I like this church architecture video and I want to see more of them! The one thing I'd suggest is spending more time on each image and/or getting rid of the Ken Burns effect because I got dizzy after awhile.

[@danharris6358]

This was delightful

[@iwontliveinfear]

I loved this.

[@Mrsadams1]

Interesting. Thanks. 😊

[@zudduz]

That was a bold choice for the font.

[@MattWhitmanTMBH]

There was a strategy to that Ben. My thinking was that some sort of handwritten font would communicate to the viewer that reading that was entirely optional, so your eyes could stay on the images if you wanted to. Yes? No?

[@zudduz]

That strategy will probably work for viewers who don't leave pedantic comments criticizing the font choice of someone else's hard work.

[@MattWhitmanTMBH]

@@zudduz lol.

[@JayKnight]

I know it won't happen, but I'd love if NDQ did a discussion on "Pillars of the Earth." Lots of history and engineering to discuss, but probably outside of the realm of things you'd recommend to the third chair.

[@paulahopeheine]

Good video essay. It was important to show people, at this time when the Roman Empire had fallen in recent memory, that Christ is our Heavenly King and Protector and Our Savior. The Romanesque style communicates that, and it's still a message for our times today.

[@anycyclopedia]

There are many types of church architecture including Romanesque, Byzantine, Gothic, and Baroque. While most of the Catholic churches are Romanesque, Gothic, or Baroque (St. Peters Basilica in the Vatican is made in Baroque style) most Orthodox churches and Eastern Catholic churches are made in Byzantine architecture.

[@jonbold]

In true Roman construction, the stones experienced compressive loads, never torsional loads. Thanks for a nice video.

[@ahem88]

Matt, do you take video requests? As you have good online popularity, it would be nice to have you discuss how the name crusade was given to the battles to reclaim the holly land.

[@tigerboy1966]

Three of my local Catholic churches are very Romanesque, most notably the enormous Catholic Church of St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith.

[@alex21mu]

Is the first pic the one in Santa fe NM?

[@highviewbarbell]

If you ever get a chance, you must cover Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Columbus Ohio, they have some of the best mosaic work I've seen in the US including a Christ the Pantocrator which has to be 50ft across on the dome

[@bheemabachus5179]

I wonder what percent of this channel is secretly about architecture

[@QueenTiye54]

I wonder how much the later architecture is influenced by contact with Islamic architecture.

[@samright4661]

Temple Church in England is a Good example of this

[@mikesarno7973]

Where in the world is Matt Whitman? Matt has been kidnapped but managed to get us a message as to his whereabouts through this video. He is located inside a Romanesque church somewhere. We await the next clue.

[@sameash3153]

The gothic style was a protest against the pagan architecture of roman buildings

[@MrPeach1]

Only the best Castles for the King of Kings!

[@NateSelof]

Is this AI generated?

[@MattWhitmanTMBH]

The thumbnail is AI (with tons of Photoshop work). The script and editing is all human though.👍

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

@@MattWhitmanTMBH I thought it looked... moulded.

[@RyanJoy]

Generated by AI? Perhaps a bit too revealing in your sometimes robotic enunciation. I genuinely prefer the unscripted Matt. 😅

[@MattWhitmanTMBH]

Hard no. Researched, wrote and read my script. That said, I like the unscripted thing better too my friend.

[@onlyasetback]

I too felt this video very much had AI vibes. Almost cold in tone and Matt’s typical writer’s voice is drastically different. Nonetheless, cool video and I am interested in this kind of stuff.

[@RyanJoy]

Please don't let me discourage you. I like this format. It just caught me off guard!

[@davidnord1979]

You forgot to.mention that 99 percent of them are built on burial grounds

[@williamhibbitts3250]

When are we gonna get "A Protestant Tours a Romanesque Church?" 🙂

[@MattWhitmanTMBH]

Right here my friend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIbdpGhva9-nirc

[@chai__tea]

Well, certainly a veeerrrry broad definition of "romanesque" in audio and visuals of this video. What I learned at school was a more narrow description of the characteristics of that era. And yes, we learned that stuff at school, because we have romanesque church buildings in every little village and Gothic cathedrals and townhouses in every town. Wonder whether this was chatgpt scripted🤣🤣🤣(ducks and runs)

[@MattWhitmanTMBH]

Lol, yeah, you come in hear lobbing ChatGPT accusations at someone who writes for a living, and it probably would be best for you to duck and run.

[@chai__tea]

@@MattWhitmanTMBH seriously, I'm a fan of all your vids! keep up the good work and pls don't mind my sassy comments once in a while... I come in peace! 😇

[@EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts]

Never a big fan of Romanesque architecture, but it makes perfect sense they'd build in the style they were used to. Jews aren't the only ones with tradition.

[@celtscelticrites3940]

defense against mongolians, huns, moors, ect...

[@jonathanzogbi1338]

aaaaaand they were all catholic, minor point

[@iwontliveinfear]

I loved this.