Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture, 800 to 1200

Kenneth John Conant

Yale University Press, 1993 - Architecture - 522 pages

Professor Conant's detailed studies of Santiago de Compostela and of the abbey church at Cluny fit him for this account of building in the period of the round arch which preceeded Gothic. In this volume he shows how, at the instigation of the monasteries during the little renaissance of Charlemagne, Roman methods of construction were revived and fused with local traditions to produce a distinctive Carolingian manner; and how such monuments as the Palatine Chapel at Aachen already contained hints of the nobler and more mature Romanesque style which was to become international. professor Conant extends his survey to cover the regions of medieval France, Spain, Portugal, the Holy Land, Italy, Germany, Northern Europe, and Britain.

Contents

• Carolingian Divisions in and near France c 800814: 14
• The Pilgrimage Routes to Santiago de Compostela: 20
• The PreRomanesque and ProtoRomanesque Styles: 31
• The Carolingian Romanesque: 43
• PreRomanesque Architecture in the North outside the Empire: 69
• ProtoRomanesque Architecture in Southern Europe: 87
• The Earlier Romanesque Styles: 107
• U Romanesque Architecture in Germany: 121
• 9001050: 139
• The Great Churches of the Pilgrimage Roads: 157
• Reflex from the Pilgrimage: 177
• The Role of Cluny in the History of Romanesque Architecture: 185
• The Cistercians and their Architecture: 223
• The Mature Romanesque of Middle and Southern France: 239
• Aquitania with Bordering Areas on the Loire and the Mediterranean: 263
• The School of Auvergne: 293
• The Mature Romanesque Architecture of Spain Portugal and the Holy Land: 303
• Styles dependent on France: 311
• Mature Romanesque Architecture: 343
• Central Italy: 367
• Northern Italy: 385
• Germany with the Netherlands and Flanders: 411
• Mature Romanesque Architecture in Scandinavia Britain and Northern France: 431
• Northern France and Norman England: 439
• Notes: 467
• Bibliography: 493
• List of Illustrations: 501
• Index: 509

Bibliographic information

• Title: Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture, 800 to 1200; Pelican history of art, ISSN 0553-4755; Volume 13 of Yale University Press Pelican history of art, ISSN 0553-4755
• Author: Kenneth John Conant
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 1993
• ISBN: 0300052987, 9780300052985
• Length: 522 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation; Architecture / History / General