Romanesque

by Barral I Altet, Xavier; Miller, Chris

• ISBN13: 9783822872017
• ISBN10: 3822872016
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Taschen America Llc

Summary

Originated by art theorists in the Nineteenth Century, the term "Romanesque" refers to a school of religious architecture and design from the early medieval period. As with all terms that attempt to summarise an epoch, "Romanesque" artificially constructs the notion of one unified style, but as this book makes clear, the Romanesque tendency consisted of many different, eclectic characteristics. The investigation back through time leads us across the ancient pilgrim routes of the Pyrenees, and then into a vast range of devotional structures -churches, tombs, monuments, cathedrals and basilicas. Each one carries its own regional imprint and spiritual iconography. Containing rigorously detailed and comprehensive insights into all aspects of Romanesque symbolism and ritual, this book includes analysis of liturgical equipment, and explores the significance of many features of the buildings. A fascinating, mystical quest that forms the second volume in this acclaimed series on Medieval architecture.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Art and History	7	(4)
THE EMERGENCE OF NEW FORMS The Creation of the Romanesque	11	(40)
THE DIFFUSION OF ROMANESQUE Architecture in the West: Churches and Pilgrimages	51	(30)
TOWN AND COUNTRY Civic and Military Architecture	81	(34)
THE GREAT FLOWERING OF ROMANESQUE New Churches in France	115	(38)
CATHEDRALS AND MONASTERIES A Tide of New Building in Southern Europe	153	(42)
A VARIED DISPLAY The Northern Romanesque	195	(32)
OUTLOOK From Romanesque to Gothic	227	(1)
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE	228	(4)
GLOSSARY	232	(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	234	(1)
INDEX	235	(2)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS	237