03402nam 2200577 450 991048029950332120190826145055.090-04-36080-810.1163/9789004360808(CKB)4100000001400693(MiAaPQ)EBC5265058(OCoLC)1019844623(nllekb)BRILL9789004360808(EXLCZ)99410000000140069320180303h20182018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierConflict, commerce, and an aesthetic of appropriation in the Italian maritime cities, 1000-1150 /by Karen Rose MathewsLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2018.©20181 online resource (236 pages) illustrations, map, tables, photographsThe Medieval Mediterranean : Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500,0928-5520 ;Volume 11290-04-33565-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Medieval Mediterranean ;Volume 112.MonumentsItalyHistoryTo 1500Appropriation (Architecture)ItalyHistoryTo 1500Building materialsRecyclingItalyHistoryTo 1500Architecture and societyItalyHistoryTo 1500City-statesItalyCivilizationItalyCivilization476-1268Electronic books.MonumentsHistoryAppropriation (Architecture)HistoryBuilding materialsRecyclingHistoryArchitecture and societyHistoryCity-statesCivilization.720.94509021Mathews Karen R.943880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480299503321Conflict, commerce, and an aesthetic of appropriation in the Italian maritime cities, 1000-11502130644UNINA