Since the Middle Ages, the wall paintings from Sant Climent, Taull have dazzled, enchanted, and captured the imaginations of visitors from across the world.
Romanesque in Spain
This Cistercian abbey in Catalonia is one of the largest in Spain.
The Cistercian Poblet Monastery
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.
Teruel, mudéjar architecture of Aragon
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.
Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and ...
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.
Conservation: Cast of the Pórtico de la ...
What a camel in New York reveals about medieval Spain.
Camel from San Baudelio de Berlanga
These eclectic buildings embody the close ties between Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures in medieval Spain.
Medieval synagogues in Toledo, Spain
A serene Mary offers her draped lap as a throne for Christ. Her outsized hands direct the viewer to the divine.
Virgin and Child in Majesty
These statues of the Virgin and Child often held relics. Designed to be mobile, they starred in parades and plays.
“Throne of Wisdom” sculptures
Delicate and brightly colored, this statue from Spain combines elegance with solidity, the human with the divine.
Virgin from Ger
These frescoes covered the thick walls of a Romanesque church. Once isolated in the Pyrenees, they adorn a museum.
Circle of the Master of Pedret, The ...
Romanesque sculptors adorned the tops of columns with bible stories. These scenes are bold, emotional, and direct.
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