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• Title:Conflict, commerce, and an aesthetic of appropriation in the Italian maritime cities, 1000-1150 / by Karen Rose Mathews.
  
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• Author/Creator:Mathews, Karen R., author.
  
• Published/Created:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NA9348.I8 M38 2018
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: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.
  Italy--Civilization--476-1268.
  
• Description:ix, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  
• Series:Medieval Mediterranean ; v. 112.
  
• Summary: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.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9789004335653 hardcover
  900433565X hardcover
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Conflict and Commerce in the Medieval Mediterranean
  Visualizing the Relationship between Conflict and Trade 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. Interplay of Islamic and Ancient Roman Spolia on Pisan Churches
  Introduction
  Conflict and Commerce in Eleventh and Twelfth-century Pisa
  Signification of Ancient Spolia and Contemporary Muslim Spoils on Pisan 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
  Aesthetic of Appropriation and Competition with Pisa
  Conclusion: Shifting Significations of the Spolia Aesthetic
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  Secondary Sources.