Provoking the miracle in the Holy Land in the XIIth century: the hospitable church of Emmaus (Abu Gosh) and its crypt.

Nicolas Faucherre, Heike Hansen, Andréas Hartmann-Virnich, Aix-Marseille Université The church of Abu Gosh, near Jerusalem, built around 1160 by the Hospitallers on a site identified by a tradition of uncertain origins with the Emmaus of the Gospel, is most famous for its magnificent Byzantine mural paintings, executed shortly before the conquest of Jerusalem by Saladin…

N°50 | Qu’est que l’art Roman ?

Quitterie CAZES L’ART ROMAN AUJOURD’HUI   The Romanesque today: appreciate, understand, analyse art of XIth and XIIth centuries is still relevant. Whats is Romanesque? What is Romanesque today? Answer this question needs a small step backward. Since two centuries, we tried to understand diverse facets: origins, buildings typology, position of its sculpture in relation to…