Iconografía del románico

"A picture is worth a thousand words" is a saying that became more relevant in the medieval period, when the vast majority of the population was illiterate. From the creation of the universe to the final judgment, going through all the relevant passages and characters from the sacred texts, Romanesque iconography served to give the common people a vision of the world, since God was unanimously the alpha and the omega. However, from the point of view of the citizen of the 21st century, it may be surprising that this art also exhibited a profane and immodest aspect, which escaped the strict Christian morality of the time, in which other expressions such as geometric representations, plants and beasts both real and fantastic. Carlos Taranilla shows us, through this illustrated book, a historical journey through cathedrals, churches, monasteries and museums in different parts of Spain and the rest of the European continent to bring Romanesque iconography closer to the public with a broad and informative perspective, constantly based on in numerous examples that continue to fascinate us today.