Conflict, Commerce, and an Aesthetic of Appropriation in the Italian Maritime Cities, 1000-1150

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-33565-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 112, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: The Medieval Mediterranean

In Conflict, Commerce, and an Aesthetic of Appropriation in the Italian Maritime Cities, 1000-1150, Karen Rose Mathews analyzes the relationship between war, trade, and the use of spolia (appropriated objects from past and foreign cultures) as architectural decoration in the public monuments of the Italian maritime republics in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. This comparative study addressing five urban centers argues that the multivalence of spolia and their openness to new interpretations made them the ideal visual form to define a distinct Mediterranean identity for the inhabitants of these cities, celebrating the wealth and prestige that resulted from the paired endeavors of war and commerce while referencing the cultures across the sea that inspired the greatest hostility, fear, or admiration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mathews, Karen Rose

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Byzantinisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Visualizing Commerce and Conflict in the Maritime Cities of Medieval Italy
Conflict and Commerce in the Medieval Mediterranean
Visualizing the Relationship between Trade and Conflict Through an Aesthetic of Appropriation

1 Local Traditions and Norman Innovations in the Artistic Culture of Southern Italy
Introduction
Local Traders and Norman Warriors in Southern Italy
Forging an Amalfitan International Style: The Art Patronage of the Local Elite
Norman Architectural Patronage and the Spolia Aesthetic
2 Emulation of and Appropriation from Byzantium in Venetian Visual Culture
Introduction
Conflict, Trade, and the Venetian Presence in the Eastern Mediterranean
Appropriated Relics from Byzantium
Relics, Spoils, and Spolia in Venetian Art and Architecture
3 The Interplay of Islamic and Ancient Roman Spolia on Pisan Churches
Introduction
Commerce and Conflict in Eleventh and Twelfth-century Pisa
The Signification of Ancient and Contemporary Muslim Spoils onPisan Churches
4 Rivalry with Pisa and Spolia as Plunder of War in Medieval Genoa
Introduction
Crusade Campaigns and Commercial Compensation
Spolia as Plunder in the Art and Architecture of Genoa
The Aesthetic of Appropriation and Competition with Pisa
Conclusion: Shifting Significations of the Spolia Aesthetic
Select Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources

Über Autor(innen)

Karen Rose Mathews, Ph.D. (1995), University of Chicago, is an Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Miami. She has published extensively on the use of spolia in the visual culture of the Mediterranean, concentrating on the artistic production of medieval Italy.