Romanesque Architecture and its Sculptural Decoration in Christian Spain, 1000-1120 : Exploring Frontiers and Defining Identities / Janice Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Janice, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Romanesque--Social aspects--Spain.

Architecture, Romanesque.

Christian art and symbolism--Social aspects--Spain--Medieval, 500-1500.

Christian art and symbolism.

Christianity and culture--Spain--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Christianity and culture.

Spain--Church history.

Spain.

Spain--History--711-1516.

Genre:

History.

Church history.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The decades following the year 1000 marked a watershed in the history of the Iberian Peninsula when the balance of power shifted from Muslims to Christians. During this crucial period of religious and political change, Romanesque churches were constructed for the first time in Spain. Romanesque Architecture and Its Sculptural Decoration in Christian Spain, 1000-1120 examines how the financial patronage of newly empowered local rulers allowed Romanesque architecture and sculptural decoration to significantly redefine the cultural identities of those who lived in the frontier kingdoms of Christian Spain. Proceeding chronologically, Janice Mann studies the earliest Romanesque monuments constructed by Sancho el Mayor (r.1004-1035) and his wife, daughters, and granddaughters, as well as those that were built by Sancho Ramírez, king of Aragon (1064-1094). Mann examines groups of buildings constructed by particular patrons against the backdrop of changing social conditions and attitudes that resulted from increased influence from beyond the Pyrenees, the consolidation of royal power, and intensified aggression against Muslims. An in-depth study of the rise of an architectural style, this is the first book to examine early Romanesque architecture and sculpture of the Iberian Peninsula as it relates to frontier culture.

Contents:

Frontiers and pioneers : American art historians discover medieval Spain

victory proclaimed : the architectural patronage of Sancho el mayor (1004-1035)

Piety in action : royal women and the advent of Romanesque architecture in Christian Spain

Shaping the Christian presence in Aragon : the frontier fortress-monasteries of Kin Sancho Ramírez (r. 1064-1094)

The frontier of eternity : church portal decoration in Romanesque Aragon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ([213]-236 p.) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Dez 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-9192-1

1-4426-8904-8

OCLC:

647921009