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The Romanesque Revival: Religion, Politics, and Transnational Exchange by Kathleen Curran (Hardback, 2003)

During the 19th century, as the rapid growth of industry transformed life in both America and Europe, many new churches and public buildings were designed in an imposing style based upon medieval and early Christian models. Kathleen Curran's book traces the origins of this phemen, kwn either as the Rundbogenstil or Romanesque Revival, in Rome, Karlsruhe and the Munich of Ludwig I and charts its spread from Germany to London and the United States, where it shaped the design of such landmarks as Trinity Church in Boston and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Drawing on extensive archival research and wide reading in the theological and political literature of the period, Curran sets Romanesque Revival architecture in the context of debates on the roles church and state should and could play in modern society. Her book also breaks new ground by bringing to the fore the figures - diplomats, theologians, educational reformers, clergymen and rulers - who supported Romanesque Revival architecture in large part because of the style's many associations with the staunch faith and communal solidarity of the early Christian era. The Romanesque Revival is both comprehensive in scope and richly detailed. Even as it tracks the transnational movement of people and ideas, it situates key buildings in new patterns of urban development and explores their ideological implications and aesthetic refinements. The numerous illustrations include drawings and 19th-century photographs.

Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Spine
32mm
Series Title
Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies Series
Content Note
8 Colour and 180 B&W Illustrations
Author Biography
Kathleen Curran Is Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College.
Date of Publication
31/03/2003
Genre
Architecture
Country of Publication
United States

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