The Tavant Crypt Frescoes
Don Denny
"The Tavant Crypt Frescoes." A stylistic and iconographical analysis of the famous crypt frescoes at Tavant, which have always been accepted as Romanesque work, reveals many features that are anachronistic for period-features such painterly, subjective technique, incoherent arrangement motifs, details subject matter otherwise unknown in art. The paper argues nineteenth-century forgeries and, more specifically, they may painted by Prosper Mérimée, who had an extensive knowledge imagery, a vivid drawing style strong penchant perpetration hoaxes. An addendum presents variety facts suggesting Mérimée could executed paintings August 1845.
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