1st Edition
Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages Routes and Myths
By Rose Walker
Copyright 2016
408 Pages
by
Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
408 Pages
by
Routledge
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For generations maps of the pilgrimage roads and of the reconquista have bedevilled the study of Spanish art and architecture. They have also infiltrated the popular imagination and come to dominate the ways we think about Spain and Portugal. Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages: Routes and Myths sets out to diminish the power of these images and to enrich the wider... Read more
Introduction, Chapter 1 The Lie of the Land: Art and Architecture along the Roman Roads Chapter 2 Believing and Belonging: Late Antiquity and the Wider Mediterranean Chapter 3 The Visigothic Period: Fragmentation and Accretion Chapter 4 The Eighth and Ninth Centuries: Re-emergence and Invention Chapter 5 The Great Tenth Century Chapter 6 Dispersal After the Fall of the Caliphate Chapter 7 Trading Peace, Gold, and Expertise Chapter 8 The Making of Romanesque: Reform and Synergy
Biography
Rose Walker (PhD, University of London 1995) is an Associate Scholar at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Her research focuses on Spanish medieval art.
