From Byzantine to Norman Italy: Mediterranean Art and Architecture in Medieval Bari (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780755635771)

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.

Author: Clare Vernon
ISBN-10: 0755635779
ISBN-13: 9780755635771
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2024
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59d