Some of the most beautiful Romanesque art was created in Catalonia (in northeast Spain), and much of it can be seen today in the National Museum of Catalan Art located in Barcelona.
c. 1000–1200 C.E.
Some of the most beautiful Romanesque art was created in Catalonia (in northeast Spain), and much of it can be seen today in the National Museum of Catalan Art located in Barcelona.
c. 1000–1200 C.E.
Since the Middle Ages, the wall paintings from Sant Climent, Taull have dazzled, enchanted, and captured the imaginations of visitors from across the world.
The development in the 12th century of Mudejar art in Aragon resulted from the particular political, social and cultural conditions that prevailed in Spain after the Reconquista.
The power that this sculpture has is precisely in the fact that it's not always concerned with naturalism and it's really concerned with telling a story.
In 1866, the Victoria & Albert Museum commissioned an Italian plaster maker to journey to Spain to make a copy of a monument of Romanesque art. See how the museum takes care of it more than 150 years later.
These eclectic buildings embody the close ties between Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures in medieval Spain.
A serene Mary offers her draped lap as a throne for Christ. Her outsized hands direct the viewer to the divine.
These statues of the Virgin and Child often held relics. Designed to be mobile, they starred in parades and plays.
Delicate and brightly colored, this statue from Spain combines elegance with solidity, the human with the divine.
These frescoes covered the thick walls of a Romanesque church. Once isolated in the Pyrenees, they adorn a museum.
Romanesque sculptors adorned the tops of columns with bible stories. These scenes are bold, emotional, and direct.
Join us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
Starting from the views granted by the doors and windows of the bohío in ‘The Wake’, we will consider how Francisco Oller approached different features of the Puerto Rican landscape through Impressionism, his preferred style for representing the natural world. Landscape paintings of ceiba and palm trees, as well as representations of fruits like plantains and coconuts, will also allow us to explore themes of nationalism and cultural identity in 19th century Puerto Rico.
Join Dr. Tamara Calcaño and Dr. Maya Jimenez for this teaching webinar.