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Artists chose secular themes.
Humanism, Secularism, Individualism, Classicism, Realism
None of the above Themes can be found in many things
Christ
Matthias Grünewald
George Zarnecki has written: 'Romanik' -- subject(s): Romanesque Art 'Studies in Romanesque sculpture' -- subject(s): Romanesque Sculpture, Sculpture, Romanesque 'Later English Romanesque sculpture' -- subject(s): Romanesque Sculpture, Sculpture, Romanesque 'Art of the medieval world' -- subject(s): Art, Medieval, History, Medieval Art 'Polish art' -- subject(s): Art, History, Polish Art '1066 and architectural sculpture' -- subject(s): British Sculpture, Romanesque Sculpture 'Romanesque art' -- subject(s): Art, Romanesque, Romanesque Art
Because the Romanesque architecture combines elements of older Roman (think ancient Rome) and Byzantine architecture. Mostly this type of architecture was prevalent during the Dark Ages in Europe, which came after the fall of the Roman empire.
Meyer Schapiro has written: 'Romanesque art' -- subject(s): Addresses, essays, lectures, Art, Romanesque, Romanesque Art, Romanesque Sculpture, Sculpture, Romanesque
Harald Busch has written: 'Pre-Romanesque art' -- subject(s): Architecture, Romanesque, Art, Romanesque, Romanesque Architecture, Romanesque Art 'Renaissance sculpture'
Marcel Durliat has written: 'Rosellon' 'L' art roman' -- subject(s): Art, Romanesque, Romanesque Art 'La sculpture romane en Roussillon' -- subject(s): Romanesque Sculpture, Roussillon, France (Province), Sculpture, Sculpture, Romanesque 'Hispania Romanica' -- subject(s): Art, Romanesque, Art, Spanish, Christian art and symbolism, Romanesque Art, Spanish Art 'Saint-Sernin de Toulouse' -- subject(s): Buildings, structures, Church architecture, Church decoration and ornament, Saint-Sernin de Toulouse (Church) 'L' art en Cerdagne' -- subject(s): Art, French, French Art 'L' art roman en Espagne' -- subject(s): Art, Romanesque, Art, Spanish, Romanesque Art, Spanish Art 'Haut-Languedoc roman' -- subject(s): Architecture romane, Architecture, Romanesque, Art roman, Art, Romanesque, Church architecture, Descriptions et voyages, Guidebooks, Guides, Languedoc (France), Romanesque Architecture, Romanesque Art
Felix Kayser has written: 'Kreuz und Rune' -- subject- s -: Architecture, Romanesque, Art, Romanesque, Lombards, Romanesque Architecture, Romanesque Art
W. A. Oddy has written: 'Romanesque metalwork' -- subject- s -: Romanesque Copperwork, Romanesque Decoration and ornament, Themes, motives
Gerhard N. Graf has written: 'Portugal roman' -- subject(s): Christian art and symbolism, Church architecture, Romanesque Architecture, Romanesque Art, Romanesque Sculpture
Art of the Western World - 1989 A White Garment of Churches Romanesque and Gothic Art was released on: USA: 9 October 1989
Churches and convents.
Walter Cahn has written: 'The Romanesque Wooden Doors of Auvergne (College Art Association Monograph)' 'The Romanesque wooden doors of Auvergne' -- subject(s): Church doors, Wood-carving 'Romanesque Bible illumination' -- subject(s): Bible, Christian art and symbolism, Illustrations, Romanesque Illumination of books and manuscripts
Theodor Kutschmann has written: 'Meisterwerke saracenisch-normannischer kunst in Sicilien und Unteritalien' -- subject(s): Architecture, Architecture, Norman, Art, Art, Islamic, Islamic Art, Norman Architecture 'Romanische baukunst und ornamentik in Deutschland' -- subject(s): Architecture, Romanesque, Church architecture, Church decoration and ornament, Decoration and ornament, Romanesque, Romanesque Architecture, Romanesque Decoration and ornament