Contents
1 Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art
The Pre-History of Medieval Art Historiography
The Reformation and its Aftermath
Nineteenth-century Non-Romantic Developments
The Later Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century
3 Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers
Hildegard of Bingen and Herrad of Hohenbourg
The Role of Women in the Use of Devotional Images
Monastic Architecture for Women
The Female Image in Romanesque and Gothic Art
7 Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Definitions and Period Terminology
Historiography of Art and Exegesis
Three Conceptions of the Study of Art and Exegesis
Postscript: Art and Exegesis in the Later Middle Ages
9 Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art
Shaping the Canon: Suger and St Denis
Hierarchies of Agency, Webs of Production
Gifts and Patronal Identity Politics
Representing Agency: Donor Imagery
Motivating Patronal Agency: Power and Family
Collecting in the Middle Ages: The Treasury
State of Research and Prospects
From Medieval Treasures to Cabinets of Curiosity
Medieval Curiositas and Curiosities
Manipulating the Objects: Memory Made Visible
St Bernard and the Critique of the Monstrous
Vision, Imagination, and Memory
Conclusion: A Monstrous Methodology
13 Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture
The Battle Over the Meaning of Monsters
From Romanesque to Gothic, From Monstrous to Droll
Political Units and Stylistic Subdivisions
15 Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe
Phase I, The Age of the Antiquarian
Phase II, The Age of Structure
Phase IV, The Age of Modernism
16 Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture
Content, Context, and the Sculptural Revival
17 The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination
18 The Study of Gothic Architecture
Gothic Architecture in the “Crisis” of Art History: Prophets of the Millennium
19 Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250
The Antique Tendency of the Early Thirteenth Century
Reims and Paris: The New Dignity and Statuary Presence of Sculpture in the mid-Thirteenth Century
20 Gothic Manuscript Illustration: The Case of France
Interdisciplinary Approaches and the Emerging Study of Secular Illustration
Blurred Literary Genres and the Study of Imagery
22 Toward a Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts
Toward an Academic Renaissance?
23 East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States
The Study of the Art of the Crusaders in the late Nineteenth Century
The Study of the Art of the Crusaders in the Early Twentieth Century
The Study of Art of the Crusaders before and after World War II
The Study of the Art of the Crusaders from 1957 to the Present
24 Gothic in the East: Western Architecture in Byzantine Lands
Perspectives and Future Directions
25 Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe
Technical Education of the Builder: Introduction
Technical Education of the Builder: Applied Mathematics and Instruments
Technical Education of the Builder: Practical Geometry
Design to Execution: Structure and Construction
The Beginning of the Iconographic Research of Sculptural Programs
Comparison of the Romanesque and Gothic
The Rise of Archaeological Interests
28 Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way
The Pilgrimage Routes to Santiago de Compostela and its Monuments
Art, Architecture and the Pilgrims’ Goal
Pilgrim’s Badges and Souvenirs
29 “The Scattered Limbs of the Giant”: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals
Back to the Medieval Future or A “Theatre of Outworn Masks”?
Neo-Romanesque: The Ugly, Dumpy, Elder Sister or Avatar of Modernism?