Godescalc’s Career and the Problems of ‘Influence’

Introduction

“…C. R. Dodwell identified in his delicate, assured draughtsmanship the confluence of influence from the Reims school of the early ninth century, and the Anglo-Saxon 'Dunstan' style (itself derived from the Ada school of the late eighth century). 6 It is hard to imagine art historical discourse without the concept of influence. 5 The heavy reliance on notions of influence in these interpretations of the Harley Aratus can be seen as symptomatic of a more widespread art historical dependence on the term.…”