After passing through Bohí (Catalan Boí) the road comes to the village of Tahull (Catalan Taüll), with the churches of Sant Climent and Santa María (12th C.).
Both churches had very fine wall paintings, the originals of which are now in the Museum of Catalan Art in...
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This mural, removed from the wall of the church of Santa Maria at Tahull, is one of the most famous surviving examples of Catalonian Romanesque painting.
The artist of this painting is referred to as the Master of Tahull.
The rigid hieratic saints or Christs enthroned seen in earlier works are here replaced by a vivid and expressive representation of the fight between young David and the champion Goliath, who is depicted in chain armour and armed with a spear and shield.
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