About 12th century Art
Romanesque and emerging Gothic practices overlapped in parts of Europe, while other artistic traditions followed different local developments. Manuscripts, religious images and decorated objects provide ways to compare the roles of place, patronage and use.
A century is a chronological guide, not a movement. Follow the artist, region and subject links to understand an individual work more precisely. Dates here refer to the original artwork; a modern reproduction does not change that historical date.