L'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL, D'Aléric à Léonard 400-1450. Architecture – Paysage to the originality and depth

to the originality and depth of thought honed over the centuries

Fabrice Flahutez

and some of the major questions which have been and are being debated in this area

January 1909

The artist thus seeks to stimulate the imagination and create a bond with the viewer

L'OCCIDENT MÉDIÉVAL, D'Aléric à Léonard 400-1450. Architecture – Paysage to the originality and depthPraised by the Romantics, scorned by the humanists, the Middle Ages are sometimes judged as a contemptible foil, sometimes considered as an invigorating source of inspiration and escape. But which Middle Ages are we talking about? The one that arose on the ruins of the Roman world, building an original society, a synthesis of ancient, Germanic and Christian heritages? The one of knights, peasants and clerics, with their imposing cathedrals that still