Archaeology and the Pan-European Romanesque / Tadhg O'Keeffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Keeffe, Tadhg, author.

Series:

Duckworth debates in archaeology.

Duckworth Debates in Archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Archaeology, Medieval.

Architecture, Romanesque.

Europe--Historiography.

Europe.

Europe--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Romanesque is the style name given to the art and architecture of Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. First used in the early nineteenth century to express the perceived indebtedness of the visual-artistic and architectural cultures of this period to their Classical antecedents, the term has survived two centuries of increasingly sophisticated readings of the relevant medieval buildings and objet d'art. The study of Romanesque as a stylistic phenomenon is now almost exclusively the preserve of art historians, particularly in the English-speaking world. Here 'the Romanesque' is subjec

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. A critical historiography of 'the story'; 2. Opening the Black Box; 3. Modelling regionalism: technology and society; 4. Discourse and translation: domains of meaning; 5. Archaeology and Romanesque; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4725-3766-1

1-4725-3765-3

OCLC:

902957979