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

by C. Edson Armi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271003383
• ISBN13: 9780271003382
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 2384 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.