Archaeology and the Pan-European Romanesque (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology)

Archaeology and the Pan-European Romanesque (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology)

by T.O'Keefe (Author)

Synopsis

Romanesque is the style name given to the art and architecture of Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. First used in the early nineteenth century to express the perceived indebtedness of the visual-artistic and architectural cultures of this period to their Classical antecedents, the term has survived two centuries of increasingly sophisticated readings of the relevant medieval buildings and objet d'art. The study of Romanesque as a stylistic phenomenon is now almost exclusively the preserve of art historians, particularly in the English-speaking world. Here 'the Romanesque' is subjected to a long overdue, theoretically-informed, archaeological inquiry. The ideological foundations and epistemological boundaries of Romanesque scholarship are critiqued, and the constructs of 'Romanesque' and 'Europe' are deconstructed, and alternative strategies for interpreting Romanesque's constituent material are mapped out. This book should, at the very least, illuminate the need for debate.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Published: 13 Sep 2007

ISBN 10: 0715634348
ISBN 13: 9780715634349

Author Bio
Tadhg O'Keeffe is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, University College Dublin. He is the author of five books, including Romanesque Ireland: architecture and ideology in the twelfth century (2003).