Romanesque and the Year 1000 by Gerhard Lutz, John McNeill, R... - 9781032945712

Romanesque and the Year 1000Author(s): Gerhard Lutz, John McNeill, Richard Plant\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032945712, 978-1032945712\nSynopsis\nRomanesque and the Year 1000 examines the art and architecture of the Latin West between c. 970 and c. 1030, a period which witnessed crucial developments in iconography and stylistic expression across a wide range of media.\n\nDespite the complex political situation in late 10th-century Europe a period marked by chaos in some areas and the effective exercise of authority in others the last quarter of the century saw an apparent upsurge in artistic production in the Empire, southern Britain, Lombardy, the Alps, and the Mediterranean, albeit one whose survival rate is low. The decades after the millennium have left a larger residue of work, notably in France, Catalonia and northern Italy, but were the 1020s artistically more dynamic than the 980s? How might we des.