Written by John Burnett Mitchell
Written by John Burnett Mitchell
Western painting
Written by John Burnett Mitchell
An early Romanesque art emerged in scriptoria throughout France in the late 11th century—at Saint-Omer in the north, at Mont-Saint-Michel in the northwest, at the abbey of Saint-Aubin at Angers in the west, at Limoges in central France, and at Toulouse in the south. In the early 12th century, major schools of painting flourished in Burgundy, at the great Benedictine abbey of Cluny, and at the newly founded Cistercian house of Cîteaux. From Cluny there is a lectionary in which Byzantine influence is strong and a copy of St. Ildefonsus’ treatise on the virginity of Mary, with stiff, gorgeously ... (100 of 71,656 words)France