Masons and Sculptors in Romanesque Burgundy The New Aesthetic of Cluny III

Name: Masons and Sculptors in Romanesque Burgundy The New Aesthetic of Cluny III
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ISBN: 9780271003382

ISBN-10: 0271003383

ISBN-13: 9780271003382

Edition: 1984

Authors: C. Edson Armi

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For nearly a century, archaeologists and art historians studying the great third abbey at Cluny (Cluny III) have "agreed on a set of abstract principles, including its spontaneous generation or revolutionary character, and posited an overseeing genius who selected from non-local sources." In a sweeping revision of that position, this book argues that Cluny Ill is "the building where regional masons of different traditions first combined their talents to develop a new design," and further maintains that the artisans responsible for the masonry of Cluny Ill also created its sculpture. Professor Armi reaches these conclusions through a painstaking analysis of archaeological evidence, such as…

Book details

List price: $87.50
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 2384
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English