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Informationen zum Autor Tadhg O'Keeffe is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology! University College Dublin. He is the author of five books! including Romanesque Ireland: architecture and ideology in the twelfth century (2003). Klappentext Romanesque is the style name given to the art and architecture of Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries. Coined to express the indebtedness of the artistic culture of this period to the Classical past, it has been in continuous use for two centuries and has outlived other paradigms in the study of medieval culture. The study of Romanesque as a stylistic phenomenon is today almost exclusively the preserve of art historians, particularly in the English-speaking world. Here 'the Romanesque' is subjected to a long overdue, theoretically informed, archaeological inquiry. A deconstruction of the category is presented, and a pluralist methodology for the critical interrogation of 'Romanesque' material is mapped out in its place. It is argued that we need to re-conceptualize the constituent items of art and architecture as objects of visual and material culture, focusing on their complex, multi-leveled, discursive roles within contemporary society rather than on their intrinsic stylistic qualities. Zusammenfassung Romanesque is the style name given to the art and architecture of Europe in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. First used in the early nineteenth century to express the perceived indebtedness of the visual-artistic and architectural cultures of this period to their Classical antecedents, the term has survived two centuries of increasingly sophisticated readings of the relevant medieval buildings and objet d'art. The study of Romanesque as a stylistic phenomenon is now almost exclusively the preserve of art historians, particularly in the English-speaking world. Here 'the Romanesque' is subjected to a long overdue, theoretically-informed, archaeological inquiry. The ideological foundations and epistemological boundaries of Romanesque scholarship are critiqued, and the constructs of 'Romanesque' and 'Europe' are deconstructed, and alternative strategies for interpreting Romanesque's constituent material are mapped out. This book should, at the very least, illuminate the need for debate....
