Pictorial Narrative in the Romanesque Cloister

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Pictorial Narrative in the Romanesque Cloister is written by Pamela Anne Patton and published by Peter Lang. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0820472689 (ISBN 10) and 9780820472683 (ISBN 13).

Praised as paradisiacal or denounced as impious fantasy, the sculpture of Romanesque cloisters played a powerful role in medieval monastic life. This book demonstrates how sculpture in the cloister, the physical and spiritual heart of the religious foundation, could be shrewdly configured to articulate the most influential ideals and experiences of its individual community. Taking as its focus the visually rich, highly organized narrative programs of three twelfth-century Spanish cloisters, this book reveals the power of such imagery to reflect and reinforce the social and spiritual preoccupations of its age.