Paper argues that the two distinct styles of fresco paintings of San Baudelio de Berlanga in central Spain were the result of the artist responding to the differing religious needs of the receiving communities, rather than the result of being painted in different periods.
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Paper argues that the two distinct styles of fresco paintings of San Baudelio de Berlanga in central Spain were the result of the artist responding to the differing religious needs of the receiving communities, rather than the result of being painted in different periods.
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Abstract: The fresco paintings of San Baudelio de Berlanga in central Spain have long puzzled art historians. These paintings are now dispersed in various museums around the world, but in their original context they present two seemingly different styles of painting and thus have been assumed to represent two separate painting phases—one Mozarabic, the other Romanesque. In this essay, I will argue that these two sets of paintings were executed simultaneously and are contemporary with the material of the building. This juxtaposition of two styles was designed to address the various spiritual needs of the small religious community on the frontier of the reconquest zone of central Iberia at a time when they were in flux.
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