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Cistercian Architecture
Few areas of medieval study have seen a more rapid expansion in the past 40 years than the scholarship on Cistercian architecture. More recent work accepts the distinctiveness of Cistercian architecture and positions it in critical reassessments of the architecture of the Middle Ages. This chapter concentrates on the order's monasteries in England while including comparative material drawn from other countries to amplify trends or to illustrate the narrative. It justifies this approach because of the longer historiographical tradition related to the Cistercians in England than those in other European countries. Cistercian studies emerged prominently in the mid‐nineteenth century. An early concern focused on how to classify Cistercian architecture, specifically how to define its identity distinct from contemporary efforts to define Romanesque and Gothic. More recent research focused on late twelfth century churches has reshaped an understanding of Cistercian architecture.
Cistercian Architecture
Few areas of medieval study have seen a more rapid expansion in the past 40 years than the scholarship on Cistercian architecture. More recent work accepts the distinctiveness of Cistercian architecture and positions it in critical reassessments of the architecture of the Middle Ages. This chapter concentrates on the order's monasteries in England while including comparative material drawn from other countries to amplify trends or to illustrate the narrative. It justifies this approach because of the longer historiographical tradition related to the Cistercians in England than those in other European countries. Cistercian studies emerged prominently in the mid‐nineteenth century. An early concern focused on how to classify Cistercian architecture, specifically how to define its identity distinct from contemporary efforts to define Romanesque and Gothic. More recent research focused on late twelfth century churches has reshaped an understanding of Cistercian architecture.
Cistercian Architecture
Rudolph, Conrad (editor) / Fergusson, Peter (author)
A Companion to Medieval Art ; 857-879
2019-04-15
23 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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