1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480299503321

Autore

Mathews Karen R.

Titolo

Conflict, commerce, and an aesthetic of appropriation in the Italian maritime cities, 1000-1150 / / by Karen Rose Mathews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

90-04-36080-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations, map, tables, photographs

Collana

The Medieval Mediterranean : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500, , 0928-5520 ; ; Volume 112

Disciplina

720.94509021

Soggetti

Monuments - Italy - History - To 1500

Appropriation (Architecture) - Italy - History - To 1500

Building materials - Recycling - Italy - History - To 1500

Architecture and society - Italy - History - To 1500

City-states - Italy - Civilization

Electronic books.

Italy Civilization 476-1268

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction Visualizing Conflict and Commerce in the Maritime Cities of Medieval Italy -- Local Traditions and Norman Innovations in the Artistic Culture of Southern Italy -- Emulation of and Appropriation from Byzantium in Venetian Visual Culture -- The Interplay of Islamic and Ancient Roman Spolia on Pisan Churches -- Rivalry with Pisa and Spolia as Plunder of War in Medieval Genoa -- Conclusion Shifting Significations of the Spolia Aesthetic.

Sommario/riassunto

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.