Islamesque

Name: Islamesque
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
SKU: 9781805260974
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The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe's Medieval Monuments

Автор: Diana Darke

Език:

Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Наличност: Външен склад

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Who really built Europe’s finest Romanesque monuments? Clergymen presiding over holy sites are credi...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Diana Darke

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2024

страници

480

EAN

9781805260974

Enbook ID

45238651

Издател

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

Теглоt

922

Размери

156 x 234

Пълно описание

Who really built Europe’s finest Romanesque monuments? Clergymen presiding over holy sites are credited throughout history, while highly skilled creators remain anonymous. But the buildings speak for themselves.This groundbreaking book explores the evidence embedded in medieval monasteries, churches and castles, from Mont Saint-Michel and the Leaning Tower of Pisa to Durham Cathedral and the Basilica of Santiago de Compostela. Tracing the origins of key design innovations from this pre-Gothic period—acknowledged as the essential foundation of all future European construction styles—Diana Darke sheds startling new light on the masons, carpenters and sculptors behind these masterpieces.At a time when Christendom lacked such expertise, Muslim craftsmen had advanced understanding of geometry and complex ornamentation. They dominated high-end construction in Islamic Spain, Sicily and North Africa, spreading knowledge and techniques across Western Europe. Challenging Euro-centric assumptions, Darke uncovers the profound influence of the Islamic world in ‘Christian’ Europe, and argues that ‘Romanesque’ architecture, a nineteenth-century art historians’ fiction, should be recognised for what it truly is: Islamesque.

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