Journey into Romanesque: A Traveller’s Guide to Romanesque Monuments in Europe

278 Pages·1969·76.583 MB·English

by  George Nebolsine

Journey into Romanesque
Endpapers : Detail from the Romanesque west porch
of St Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna.
Frontispiece : Central portion of the tympanum at Moissac
depicting the Last Judgement, c\ 1115.

George Nebolsine
J O U R N E Y INTO
RO M A N E S Q U E
A Traveller’s Guide to
Romanesque Monuments in Europe
Edited by Robyn Cooper
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
200 Madison Avenue New York
First edition 1969
Designed by John Wallis for
George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, London
All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof,
must not be reproduced in any form without permission.
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 79-77551
Printed in Great Britain
Contents
I The sources and development of Romanesque Art
i Early Christian Art in the West, and the Antique Tradition page 15
2 Byzantium and the West 25
3 Eastern Influences 30
4 The Influence of the Art of the Invasions 37
5 Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Art to 850 40
T^The Carolingian Revival 43
7 Europe at the Millennium 48
8 Romanesque 53
II Romanesque Europe
9 Italy and Dalmatia 71
10 Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland and Belgium 120
11 France 152
12 Spain and Portugal 207
13 The British Isles 230
14 Scandinavia 262
Index 267