{Romanesque Art}[6th March 1991]

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‘Romanesque is the name given to the artistic and architectural style predominant in Europe from about the mid-11th century* until the advent of Gothic.** The name itself – coined in 1818 and comparable to the term Romance for the languages based on Latin – indicated the derivative but*** transformed nature of the style. Based on the orderly and unified arts of imperial Rome, the Romanesque developed during a long period of governmental fragmentation and instability.**** It was a scattered network of insular monasteries, rather than a central capital, that perpetuated cultural activity during this period. While the heritage of Roman monuments provided a common source of inspiration to artists of the Romanesque, numerous regional influences, including those of # Byzantium, the Muslim world, Scandinavia, and the Teutonic lands, produced a striking array of variations on the Roman theme.’

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*(but see [[Redbook8:307][19910306:0930c]{Romanesque Art []continued #]}[6th March 1991],] 307 below)

**(‘during the 12^th century’ – [[Redbook8:314][19910307:1718]{Gothic Art}[7th March 1991],] 314)

***1024C-S~

2048A-~J~

****[See [Redbook8:308][19910306:0930h]{Romanesque Art [continued (7)]}[6th March 1991], fn=**]

#cf the Greek Orientalising period c725-600BCE, ie a little later, after 2048K~768[BCE]

{(& see [[Redbook8:311][19910306:0930r]{Romanesque Art [continued (14)}[6th March 1991,]] 311)}

#* – E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 25:338

[cf [Redbook8:308][19910306:0930h]{Romanesque Art [continued (7)]}[6th March 1991]]

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