<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Romanesque and Gothic architecture in Poland cannot compete with European medieval masterpieces even though before the 15<sup>th</sup> century, medieval buildings in the Kingdom were created by foreign master-masons who came from far afield. Until recently, Gothic and especially Romanesque churches did not attract attention of British scholars. It is now rewarding for the Polish reader, that thanks to Paul Crossley, Alexandra Gajewski, Zoë Opačić, Agnieszka Sadraei and primarily Eric Fernie, Polish medieval architecture appears for the first time in international literature. Encouragingly, even if it has been created on the outskirts of the Latin culture, it is now seen as being closely anchored in the European artistic <italic>universum</italic> of that time.</p></abstract>

Romanesque and Gothic architecture in Poland cannot compete with European medieval masterpieces even though before the 15th century, medieval buildings in the Kingdom were created by foreign master-masons who came from far afield. Until recently, Gothic and especially Romanesque churches did not attract attention of British scholars. It is now rewarding for the Polish reader, that thanks to Paul Crossley, Alexandra Gajewski, Zoë Opačić, Agnieszka Sadraei and primarily Eric Fernie, Polish medieval architecture appears for the first time in international literature. Encouragingly, even if it has been created on the outskirts of the Latin culture, it is now seen as being closely anchored in the European artistic universum of that time.

How Do They See Us from Afar: British Scholars and Romanesque and Gothic Architecture in Lesser Poland

Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

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Romanesque and Gothic architecture in Poland cannot compete with European medieval masterpieces even though before the 15th century, medieval buildings in the...

How Do They See Us from Afar: British Scholars and Romanesque and Gothic Architecture in Lesser Poland

Publié en ligne: 21 mai 2020

Pages: 49 - 56

Reçu: 17 juil. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.130.8969

Mots clés
Lesser Poland, Medieval architecture, British scholars

© 2019 Tomasz Węcławowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

How Do They See Us from Afar: British Scholars and Romanesque and Gothic Architecture in Lesser Poland

Publié en ligne: 21 mai 2020

Pages: 49 - 56

Reçu: 17 juil. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.130.8969

Mots clésLesser Poland, Medieval architecture, British scholars

© 2019 Tomasz Węcławowicz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Mots clés
Lesser Poland, Medieval architecture, British scholars