Saturday, December 03, 2011

Library of Medieval and Renaissance art in Transylvania

Rather than being a proper post, this is more like a collection of links - links to full-length books on medieval and Renaissance art in Transylvania. New databases, especially the Transylvanian Hungarian database maintained by transindex.ro and the newly opened Transylvanian Digital Database of the Transylvanian Museum Society, have made a number of old and new publications available, which - together with other resources - provide a good overview of art historical research in Transylvania. As most of these publications are in Hungarian, the following links will be mainly of use to my Hungarian readers - but others may find something useful as well (as some publications are in English or German). The focus of these publications is architecture, but a few other things are also available online. I'd be glad to add more resources to these - let me know if you've spotted something relevant!


I. Historical overview

History of Transylvania, ed. by László Makkai and András Mócsy, General Editor: Béla Köpeczi
Volume I. - From the Beginnings to 1606. English edition from 2001.

István Lázár: Transylvania - A Short History. 1997


II. Period of Hungarian Conquest

Gyula László: A honfoglaló magyarok művészete Erdélyben. Kolozsvár, 1943.
Art of the Hungarians at the Conquest period in Transylvania


III. Romanesque architecture

Géza Entz: Erdély építészete a 11-13. században. Kolozsvár, 1994.
Monograph and database on architecture in Transylvania in the 11-13th centuries.

Géza Entz: A gyulafehérvári székesegyház. Budapest, 1958
Monograph on the cathedral of Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia).
Monograph on archaeological research at Gyulafehérvár.



IV. Gothic architecture
Géza Entz: Erdély építészete a 14–16. században. Kolozsvár, 1996.
Monograph and database on architecture in Transylvania in the 14-16th centuries.

Database of medieval churches in Transylvania.

Victor Roth: Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte Siebenbürgens, 1914

Edit Grandpierre: A kolozsvári Szent Mihály templom története és építészete. Kolozsvár, 1936.
Study on St. Michael's church in Kolozsvár (Cluj).

Géza Entz: Dési református templom (link 2). Kolozsvár, 1942.
The church of Dés (Dej).

Géza Entz: Szolnok-Doboka középkori műemlékei (link 2). Kolozsvár, 1943.
Medieval monuments in Szolnok-Doboka county.

Géza Entz: A középkori székely művészet kérdései (link 2). Kolozsvár, 1943.
Study on medieval art in the Szekler territories. 

József K. Sebestyén: A középkori nyugati műveltség legkeletibb határai (link 2). Kolozsvár, 1929.
Study on medieval art in the Szekler territories. 

József Köpeczi Sebestyén: A brassai fekete templom Mátyás-kori címerei. Kolozsvár, 1927.
Coat of arms at the Black Church of Brassó (Brasov).

László Dávid: A középkori Udvarhelyszék művészeti emlékei. Bukarest, 1981.
Monograph on medieval monuments of Udvarhely county.

András Sófalvi: Székelyföld középkori várai. In: Castrum 3, 2006.
Study on medieval castles in the Szekler territories.



V. Renaissance

Jolán Balogh: Az erdélyi renaissance. Kolozsvár, 1943.
Classic monograph on early Renaissance art in Transylvania.

Jolán Balogh: Kolozsvári kőfaragó műhelyek. XVI. század. Budapest, 1985.
Continuation of the previous monographs - studies on Renaissance carving at Kolozsvár.

József Bíró: Erdélyi kastélyok. Budapest, 1943.
Book on mansions and country houses of Transylvania - a snapshot taken just before most of them were destroyed in and after WWII.

Studies on Renaissance and Baroque art in Transylvania.

Inventories of Renaissance and Baroque castles and mansions in Transylvania.

András Kovács: Késő reneszánsz épí­tészet Erdélyben 1541-1720. Budapest-Kolozsvár, 2003.
Also available as a single pdf file.
New monograph on Late Renaissance architecture in Transylvania.

János Szőcs: A Mikó vár története. Csíkszereda, 2005.
The Mikó-castle of Csíkszereda.

VI. Decorative arts

János Érdi: Erdély érmei, képatlasszal. Pest, 1862.
Historic medals from Transylvania.

Victor Roth: Kunsdenkmäler aus den Sächsischen Kirchen Siebenbürgens. I. Goldschmiedearbaiten. I-II. Teil. Hermannstadt, 1922.

Elek Benkő: Erdély középkori harangjai és bronz keresztelő medencéi. Budapest-Kolozsvár, 2002.
Also available as a single pdf file.
Monograph and database of medieval bells and bronze baptismal fonts in Transylvania.

Emlékkönyv Kelemen Lajos hetvenedik születése napjára. Ed. Attila Szabó T. Kolozsvár, 1947.
Studies dedicated to Lajos Kelemen.

VII. Journals

Erdélyi Múzeum, Kolozsvár, vols. 1874-2007 (link 2)

Dolgozatok az Erdélyi Múzeum Érem- és Régiségtárából. Kolozsvár

Brukenthal Acta Musei, Sibiu

STUDIA PATZINAKA. Journal of Medieval and Modern Studies (online)

1 comment:

  1. I know a grand total of four expressions in Hungarian and they are probably not very nice :) However the book on mansions and country houses of Transylvania is an excellent find. Architectural history tends to disappear, unless someone takes good care to photograph and analyse the buildings, while they are still standing.

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