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      Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages : Routes and Myths

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          For generations maps of the pilgrimage roads and of the reconquista have bedevilled the study of Spanish art and architecture. They have also infiltrated the popular imagination and come to dominate the ways we think about Spain and Portugal. Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages: Routes and Myths sets out to diminish the power of these images and to enrich the wider English-language literature on early medieval art. Starting with the Romans and working through the vertical layers to the early Romanesque period Rose Walker draws together scholarly work hitherto confined within disciplinary boundaries, specialist regional studies, and findings familiar only to Spanish-speaking audiences. The author builds on these studies and her own research to present narratives that question art historical and archaeological orthodoxies. New perspectives emerge from the routes along which wealth and artistic expertise crossed the peninsula, showing the endurance of the north-south axis and the strength of networks and pragmatic alliances that often operated without regard for religious difference.

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          9789089648600
          17 June 2016
          10.5117/9789089648600
          5b5bd11d-bb78-4da0-b0e2-7ee44c3383af
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          ART / History / General,Amsterdam University Press,History, Art History, and Archaeology,Medieval Studies,AUP Wetenschappelijk,History of art: Byzantine and Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400,Medieval history

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