Art and Architecture of Romania
Presented by Dr Nick Gordon
This lecture introduces you to the art and architecture of Romania from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. It begins with folk traditions, such as wood carving and the painted glass icons of Transylvania, before turning to the emergence of a distinct style of painting that draws on eastern and western traditions at the painted monasteries of Bucovina. We then look at the creation of a unique architectural style in the early 1600s by Constantijn Brancoveanu, a style which unites an eclectic range of influences from traditional rural architecture to Byzantine, Ottoman and the classicism of the Renaissance and Baroque.
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