Kenneth John Conant's Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture, 800 to 1200, first published in 1959 as part of the Pelican History of Art series and cited here from the 1993 Yale University Press reprint, is a standard scholarly survey of European architecture across that four century span, including Italian Romanesque building and specifically the Pisan variant, a scope confirmed by its own citation in Wikipedia's Pisan Romanesque style bibliography. Its authority rests on Conant's standing as a major twentieth century architectural historian and the Pelican History of Art series' standing as a foundational reference series, alongside its companion volume on Early Christian and Byzantine architecture also in this catalog. Its limit is its own explicitly stated period scope: it covers the Leaning Tower of Pisa's original design and the start of construction in 1173, including the tilt that first appeared during that construction, but not the tower's eventual completion two centuries later in 1372, which falls outside this book's own stated period and is not cited to it here.
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Kenneth John Conant's Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture, from the Pelican History of Art series reprinted by Yale University Press, is treated at the top tier as academic scholarship by a major twentieth century architectural historian, notwithstanding that its stated period scope stops before the tower's eventual completion. NotesStandard scholarly survey of Carolingian and Romanesque architecture across Europe, 800 to 1200, part of the Pelican History of Art series alongside Krautheimer's Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture (16059). Covers Italian Romanesque including the Pisan variant; cited for exactly this by Wikipedia's own "Pisan Romanesque style" bibliography, confirming its scope reaches the Pisa Cathedral complex. First published 1959; cited here from the 1993 Yale reprint, ISBN 978-0-300-05298-5. Its own stated period scope (800 to 1200) covers the Leaning Tower of Pisa's original design and the start of construction in 1173, including the tilt first appearing during that construction; it does NOT cover the tower's eventual completion in 1372, two centuries later, which is outside this book's own stated scope and is not cited to it.
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AuthorKenneth John Conant
PublisherYale University Press (Pelican History of Art)
Publication Year1959
Source Typeacademic monograph
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