Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art / Conrad Rudolph ? Vision / Cynthia Hahn -- Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers / Madeline Harrison Caviness ? Narrative / Suzanne Lewis ? Formalism /Linda Seidel -- Gender and Medieval Art / Brigitte Kurmann -- Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Herbert L. Kessler -- Art and Exegesis / Christopher G. Hughes -- Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art / Jill Caskey -- Collecting (and Display) / Pierre Alain Mariaux -- The Concept of Spolia / Dale Kinney -- The Monstrous / Thomas E.A. Dale -- Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture / Laura Kendrick -- Romanesque Architecture / Eric Fernie -- Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe / Colum Hourihane -- Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture / Robert A. Maxwell -- The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination / Adam S. Cohen -- The Study of Gothic Architecture / Stephen Murray -- Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250 / Martin Buc̈hsel -- Gothic Manuscript Illumination: The Case of France / Anne D. Hedeman -- Glazing Medieval Buildings /Elizabeth Pastan -- Toward A Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts / Brigitte Buettner -- East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States / Jaroslav Folda -- The Art and Architecture of Lusignan Cyprus and the Latin States Established on Byzantine Territory (13th?14th Centuries) / Tassos C. Papacostas -- Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe / Marie?Theŕes̀e Zenner -- Sculptural Programs / Bruno Boerner -- Cistercian Architecture / Peter Fergusson -- Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way / Paula Gerson -- The Scattered Limbs of the Giant: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals / Tina Waldeier Bizzarro --- The Modern Medieval Museum / Michelle P. Brown.