The Cycle of the Months

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TopicIlllustrated Albums

TopicNew Age / Esoterics

AuthorJenny Bawtree

This book, the fruit of five years of joyful travel and research, is the unique description of a little-known aspect of Italian medieval art: the “cycle of the months”, where peasants involved in rural tasks represent the twelve months of the year. The cycles appeared in Italian cathedrals, monasteries and parish churches during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the form of statues, bas-reliefs, mosaics and frescoes where the artists transformed an ancient tradition with their individual talent and inventiveness. With its lively descriptions and beautiful colour photography this artbook and travelogue in one will enthrall the adventurous reader.