L'art roman

Synopsis of L'art roman

«L'art roman» is an art history guide by Collectif, published by Aedis in paperback (8 pages, in French).

It explains Romanesque art in Christian Western Europe (11th-13th centuries), with the semicircular arch as a distinctive feature and the recovery of the Roman tradition after the Viking and Hungarian invasions. It discusses representative churches, such as the abbey of Saint-Savin and Notre-Dame-la-Grande in Poitiers, to show the techniques and intentions of medieval builders.

Part of the Petit Guide collection.

Intended for secondary school students and readers approaching Romanesque art for the first time.