Reachig its peak i the 11th ad 12th ceturies, the Romaesque movemet was marked by a peculiar, vivid, ad ofte moumetal expressiveess i architecture ad fie arts. The mai ceters were located i Italy, Frace, the Germa-laguage coutries, Spai, ad Eglad, though the voices of Scadiavia ad Easter Europe expressed themselves distictly i the gere, which pattered itself o atique ad Byzatie art. Despite utold losses, coutless Romaesque masterpieces remai preserved today.