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New publication by Michele Luigi Vescovi

Posted on 25 April 2013

Michele's new book "'Monferrato' medievale : Crocevia di culture e sperimentazioni" has just been published by Scripta edizioni. ‘Monferrato’ medievale takes issue with traditional study of “local schools” in medieval art, stressing the limits of this category and suggesting a more nuanced analysis on historical geography of Romanesque architecture.

‘Monferrato medievale’. Crocevia di culture e sperimentazioni, Verona 2012

From the 19th century, scholars have considered the architecture of Piedmont as the product of the so-called “Monferrato School”, from the historic name of a part of the region. This book reconsiders the development of the area in and around Monferrato in the 11th and 12th centuries and suggests a new interpretative model of historical geography, one which considers the institutional rule of dioceses. Through analysis of twenty churches, most of them never before published, this book offers new insights into dynamics of patronage, craftsmanship, and civic self-representation at the time of the Crusades and the Commune.

ISBN 9788896162590