Romanesque

(Basic Genre series). Reaching its peak in the 11th and 12th centuries - most prominently - in Italy, France, German-language countires, Spain, and England, the Romanesque movement was marked by a peculiar, vivid, and often monumental expressiveness in architecture and fine arts. This informative, illustrated survey presents frescoes, stained glass, mosaics, colored panels and crosses, sculptures, plus examples of metalwork, of manuscripts, and enamels. Color illus.96p.