Cluny and the Origins of Burgundian Romanesque Sculpture: The Architecture, Sculpture and Narrative of the Avenas Master

by Edson C Armi and C. Edson Armi

The role of individual sculptors in creating the ambulatory capitals in the largest basilica in Christendom at Cluny remains a mystery. The unresolved issue of individual creativity leaves open three important questions about this powerful abbey which controlled hundreds of monasteries throughout Europe in the eleventh century: What was the specific artistic context - the origin, training and career path of the major sculptors who worked at the mother...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8891317454
• ISBN13: 9788891317452
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: L'Erma Di Bretschneider
• Length: 124 Pages