A Triumphal Arch

Studying this building allows us to understand how the historical and architectural layers of Rome are linked to each other. The 11th and 12th century architectural and decorative elements of this church are clearly distinct from those elements that came before - even as they also help us to see and to understand the changes that came afterwards. The medieval work on San Clemente is linked to the specific historical moment in which it was created and therefore allow us to understand the ways in which the politics, culture, and economy of an era produce one type of art and not another. But perhaps even more importantly, the 11th- and 12th-century work that was done in San Clemente allows us to understand how art and architecture are created that both reflect a particular moment in history in the kind of city that is intensely aware of its place in history. The mosaics and arch w

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he church. The reform had nothing to say directly on the issue of the ways in which churches should be built, but the internal politics and structure of the Church have always been reflected in the physical nature of churches themselves, as Krautheimer (2000) notes, and the shifts that occurred as a result of the Gregorian reform (named after the late 11th-century Pope Gregory VII) were reflected in a revitalized church and so revitalized church art and architecture. The primary concerns of this reform movement arose out of the simmering church-state conflicts of the time as well as, more particularly, over the desire to create church structures that would help to ensure both the independence of the clergy as well as their morality. The church grew both more powerful and wealthier as a result of Gregorian reforms, which increased the power of the papacy (and thus the wealth that flowed to Rome's churches) as well barred priests from marrying (as had been relatively common until that time. With priests unable to marry and pass on wealth to their children, the church was further enriched. Some of this new money found its way into the creation of new churches - which in turn served as monuments to the newly defined and centralized p
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