The Right of Art, the Principle of the Artist, the Imperative of the Scholar. The Example of a Romanesque Sculptor’s Workshop in the Context of the Law of the Frame

Abstract

The article addresses the topic of the significance of the law of the frame in academic discussion, the classification of artworks, and the pursuit to understand the formal aspects of artistic objects. It has been demonstrated how frequently and to what extent the law of the frame is included in cross-sectional publications on the history of art. The analysis has confirmed considerable importance of the said law in the teaching of the history of Romanesque art. Consequently, the basis of the conside-rations contained herein is a wide selection of, mostly, academic and popular academic syntheses, in which – inspired by the idea of the law of the frame and function – original observations were made already in the 1930s and in which the law of the frame was discussed to define and describe the form of artworks. The law of the frame has remained significant until today.