Romanesque Renaissance
In early modern times scholars and architects investigated age-old buildings in order to look for useful sources of inspiration. They too, occasionally misinterpreted younger as proofs majestic Roman or other ancient glory, such the Carolingian, Ottonian Stauffer emperors. But even if correct age a certain building was known, from c. 800–1200 were sometimes regarded ‘Antique’ architecture, since concept ‘Antiquity’ far more stretched than our periodisation allows. This Europe-wide phenomenon. The results are rather diverse style, but they all share an intellectual artistic strategy: conscious revival ‘ancient’ architecture — whatever date origin these models. Contributors: Barbara Arciszewska, Lex Bosman, Ian Campbell, Eliana Carrara, Bianca de Divitiis, Krista De Jonge, Emanuela Ferretti, Garofalo, Stefaan Grieten, Hubertus Günther, Stephan Hoppe, Sanne Maekelberg, Kristoffer Neville, Marco Rosario Nobile, Konrad Ottenheym, Stefano Piazza, Richard Schofield.
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