Name: Romanesque Art : Architecture, Sculpture, Painting
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Published by Konemann , 1998, hardcover, illustrated, 480 pages, 28.5 cms x 32 cms x 4.5 cms, condition: very good.

The Romanesque period was during the high Middle Ages, and is so called because of its use of that typical classical Roman architectural device - the arch. The text looks mainly at architecture, starting off with a section on building styles, and then each chapter takes you off round Europe and Scandinavia to see the results. Stunning photographs on almost every page, most of which have been commissioned exclusively for this volume, and the sculpture offers a remarkable insight into the lives, hopes and fears of the times.

Achim Bednorz has specialized in photographing sacred places. The principle behind his method of interpretation is simple: to get as close to reality as possible. This means presenting the object in well balanced directed light, making the object recognizable as if in ideal circumstances, and foregoing any special effects.

It's not so much that the artistic imagination has changed, although of course buildings are of their time and fashion, but everything has to be cost-conscious now and there is no vision of the future. Almost everything that is built is subject to the constraints of budget which means prefabrication rather than work by true craftsmen who had the skills and talent to make everything by hand.

From the Egyptians to the not-too-distant past, public buildings of note, palaces, churches, abbeys and seats of government among them, were built to last for all time. Workmen had few machines, pre-cast concrete and stick-on cornices were unknown. They weren't labourers, they were craftsmen, master masons, artists with tools and stone, sculptors and architects of vision. And these buildings were the result.

This is as beautiful book and just as illuminating and entertaining to own. Its very much the sort of coffee-table book you could give to someone you want to impress, but one look at it and you would want to keep it for yourself.

A LARGE COFFEE TABLE BOOK.

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