Zodiaque

Contents

Foreword by Christian Sapin

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Text and Sources

Introduction

1 The Setting

2 The Project

3 The Texts

4 The Photographs

5 The Impact

Appendix

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Photographic Credits

Index

“In this richly layered account, Janet Marquardt unpacks the remarkable publication venture of a remote Burgundian abbey. From 1951 until the venture’s demise half a century later, the beautifully illustrated Zodiaque volumes programmed readers to view Romanesque art through a modernist, quasi-abstract, and spiritually rejuvenating lens. By masterfully contextualizing the choices made by the publishers, writers, and photographers, Zodiaque goes beyond reception history to reveal a great deal about the cultural assumptions and aspirations of postwar France.”



—Brigitte Buettner, Smith College