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The Art of Vaulting
Some of the highest and widest vault constructions produced in the Middle Ages are located in the Mediterranean area. Outstanding buildings with remarkable vaults and buttressing, such as the Cathedral of Majorca, are evidence of a lively technology transfer and contemporary developments. International experts trace the complex processes of Medieval design and construction. They research structural patterns in the processes involved, analyze building methods, and relate their findings to historic documents. The approach of combining field research with the study of literary sources provides a fresh look at the impressive monuments and shines new light on technological advances and construction technology of the time.
East Asian Landscapes and Legitimation
The conquest of Sichuan and Vietnam by the Chinese Empire led to very different outcomes. This volume examines the negotiations between central authority and local autonomy, the physical manifestations of socially constructed identities, and the transformation of sacred spaces which reflect broader social, political, and religious currents. It also offers a method to study spatial-social interactions in historical settings that provides insights into dynamics of power imposition and identity negotiation in local contexts. Experiential Architecture Analysis (EAA) serves to explore the interplay of local traditions, transcultural ideology transfer, and sacred water sites in the peripheries of Chinese culture. It analyzes the spatial ensembles of sacred sites regarding their roles for legitimation, dominance, and social resistance, while highlighting the agency of consumers to redefine spatial media. All scholars of Chinese and Southeast Asian History, of Religious Studies or Cultural Anthropology find in this volume valuable insights for their research, especially where it concerns areas lacking reliable written sources.
Czechoslovakia at the World’s Fairs
Established in 1918, as a new state the First Czechoslovak Republic was keen to project a distinct image. Participation in World Fairs offered the perfect opportunity-. In this comprehensive account of Czechoslovak participation in international exhibitions of the interwar period Marta Filipová looks beyond the sleek façade of the modernist pavilions to examine the intersections of architecture, art and design with commercial interests, state agendas, individual action and the public, offering a complex insight into the production and reception of national displays. The rich collection of images – mainly photographs – provides a close look at the Czechoslovak pavilions. The design, con...
Culture and Society in Medieval Galicia
In Culture and Society in Medieval Galicia, twenty-three international authors examine Galicia’s changing place in Iberia, Europe, and the Mediterranean and Atlantic worlds from late antiquity through the thirteenth century. With articles on art and architecture; religion and the church; law and society; politics and historiography; language and literature; and learning and textual culture, the authors introduce medieval Galicia and current research on the region to medievalists, Hispanists, and students of regional culture and society. The cult of St. James, Santiago Cathedral, and the pilgrimage to Compostela are highlighted and contextualized to show how Galicia’s remoteness became th...
Strappo. La novel·la sobre l'espoli del romànic català
Martí Gironell recrea l'espoli de les pintures romàniques i ens transporta, amb brillant agilitat, al segle XII i principis del XX. L'estiu del 1919 Franco Steffanoni aplica la tècnica de l'strappo per arrencar uns murals de més de mil anys d'antiguitat a Santa Maria de Mur. L'encàrrec li ha fet un antiquari, Ignacio Pollak, per ordre d'un industrial, amant de l'art, Lluís Plandiura. Així comença l'espoli de l'art romànic a mans de personatges sense escrúpols. Els tresors que contenen les esglésies del Pallars i la vall de Boí no estan emparades per cap legislació que els protegeixi, per això pateixen robatoris i espolis entre vendes clandestines, enganys i mitges veritats. Joaquim Folch i Torres, des de Barcelona, i en Ton de Cal Soldat, des del Pallars, lluitaran per evitar el que s'ha convertit en un dilema: arrencar per conservar o per negociar. Strappo retrata la tenacitat d'uns i la cobdícia d'altres per aconseguir els tresors que guardaven les esglésies, que abans ningú no valorava i que ara són patrimoni de la Humanitat segons la UNESCO.
Sobre pintura romànica catalana
Recull d’articles que intenten abordar qüestions inèdites, que fins ara havien passat desapercebudes o que no havien estat prou valorades: una revisió de la història èpica de l’adquisició de l’extraordinària col lecció de pintura mural del Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, estudis de conjunts pictòrics dels antics comtats de Cerdanya i Berga. I, finalment, s’estudien alguns dels conjunts pictòrics més importants dels antics comtats de Pallars i Ribagorça. En sobresurten, per innovadors, els dedicats a les pintures del Burgal i de Mur.
Global Gothic
Gothic style and contemporary architecture worldwide Although largely overlooked in studies of architectural history, church architecture in a Gothic idiom outlived its 19th century momentum to persist worldwide throughout the 20th century and into the new millennium. Global Gothic presents a first systematic worldwide understanding of "Gothic" in contemporary architecture, both as a distinct variation and as a competitor to recognized modern styles. The book’s chapters critically discuss Gothic’s various manifestations over the past century, describing and illustrating approaches from Gothic Revival living traditions in the former British Empire and original Gothic appropriation in Lati...
pinturas murales de San Juan Bautista de Ruesta, Las
Este primer volumen de la colección Pirineos Románicos es un estudio monográfico dedicado al conjunto pictórico procedente de la iglesia de San Juan Bautista de Ruesta (Urriés, Zaragoza) y conservado en el Museo Diocesano de Jaca. Pese a su interés y relevancia en el panorama de la pintura mural románica pirenaica, nunca antes se había abordado su análisis en el contexto arquitectónico e histórico-artístico. De forma metódica y rigurosa, la autora analiza las circunstancias históricas en las que se realizó dicha obra y su devenir posterior, prestando especial atención a su descubrimiento, arranque y museización. Parte importante del texto es el minucioso análisis de su iconografía, técnica y estilo. Sin duda, este trabajo sienta las bases para desvelar los todavía numerosos enigmas que encierra uno de los hitos de la plástica románica aragonesa y de la ruta jacobea.
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