From Byzantine to Norman Italy : Mediterranean art and architecture in medieval Bari / Clare Vernon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vernon, Clare, author.

Series:

New Directions in Byzantine Studies.

New Directions in Byzantine Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byzantine & Medieval art.

Art--History.

Art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2023.

System Details:

text file

HTML/PDF

Summary:

This is the first major study to comprehensively analyze the art and architecture of the archdiocese of Bari and Canosa during the Byzantine period and the upheaval of the Norman conquest. The book places Bari and Canosa in a Mediterranean context, arguing that international connections with the eastern Mediterranean were a continuous thread that shaped art and architecture throughout the Byzantine and Norman eras. Clare Vernon has examined a wide variety of media, including architecture, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, epigraphy and luxury portable objects, as well as patronage, to illustrate how cross-cultural encounters, the first crusade, slavery and continuities and disruptions in the relationship with Constantinople, shaped the visual culture of the archdiocese. From Byzantine to Norman Italy will appeal to students and scholars of Byzantine art, the medieval Mediterranean and the Italo-Norman world.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: A Mediterranean city, c. 1000-1130

Part I: Byzantine Bari and Canosa

Chapter 1: Life in Byzantine Bari

Chapter 2: The Byzantine palace: Building Constantinople on the frontier

Chapter 3: Bari cathedral and 'Lombard' patronage under Byzantine rule

Chapter 4: Canosa cathedral: 'Minister with light', how to be an archbishop

Part II: The Church of San Nicola, Bari

Chapter 5: The crypt: Enter St Nicholas and the Normans

Chapter 6: A throne of Solomon: Classicism, crusade, slavery

Chapter 7: Architecture: A temple of Solomon

Chapter 8: Portal sculpture: The secular, the sacred and the sacramental

Chapter 9: Elias of Bari: Benedictine, bishop, builder

Chapter 10: Pavements: Adriatic connections underfoot?

Part III: The Tomb of Bohemond I, Prince of Antioch

Chapter 11: Crusader architecture: Constance of France and her Holy Sepulchre

Chapter 12: Made in Italy: Innovations in bronze

Chapter 13: Inscribing a crusader legacy

Conclusion: Connections and retrospection

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Vernon, Clare From Byzantine to Norman Italy

ISBN:

9780755635764

0755635760

9780755635757

0755635752

9780755635740

0755635744

OCLC:

1368039448