ABSTRACT
Romanesque art in Catalonia has been studied by trying to determine in a systematic way its points of contact with Europe and by specifying how different artistic influences gradually shaped it and changed it. Therefore, Catalan art, in between the 10th and 13th centuries, has been seen as a succession of syntheses of its own tradition and the influences it received from the most significant European artistic centres. The north of Italy and Languedoc, and sometimes Provence, have been considered as the main point of reference, although other artistic centres have also been taken into account as playing a major role in influencing Catalan art. This article will consider the sculptural style which in the late 12th century developed in the two Catalan cities of Barcelona and Tarragona and will emphasize the Roman tradition this style represented, and its ties with two ends of Mediterranean, especially the similarities with Provence and the Holy Land.
