Romanesque sculpted archivolts in western France : forms and techniques

Author

Tcherikover, Anat

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Arte medievale. 1989, Num. 1, Vol. 3, p. 49-75, 42 ill.; map; diagrams

ISSN

0393-7267

Abstract (en)

Discusses chronology, formal evolution, and design sources for sculpted archivolts of early 12th c. portals (1100-1130), especially in relation to the west portal of S. Pierre, Aulnay-de-Saintonge (variously dated) and the proto-Gothic portal of the abbey church of S. Denis (shortly before 1140). Traces the diffusion of the radiating voussoir, indigenous to western France, and the roll archivolt, imported from northern Italy. Suggests a common background for Aulnay and S. Denis.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Sculpture -- France
• 1100-1200
• S. Pierre||Aulnay (Charente-Maritime, FRA)
• France
• Archivolts
• Romanesque
• Architecture
• Benedictine abbey, S. Denis (church)||Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis, FRA)
• France, Western
• Portals
• Voussoirs
• Sculpture

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Sculpture -- France
• 1100-1200
• S. Pierre||Aulnay (Charente-Maritime, FRA)
• France
• Archivolte
• Roman (art)
• Architecture
• abbaye bénédictine, S. Denis (église)||Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis, FRA)
• France de l'Ouest
• Portail
• Voussoir
• Sculpture

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00446555

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