Designing Norman Sicily
Material Culture and Society
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Publication
2020 - Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781783274895
- ISBN-101783274891
- OCLC Control Number1111138494
- Better World Books9781783274895
- Open LibraryOL29455275M
Classifications
- LCCDG867.2 .D47 2020
Description
Material culture played a crucial role in developing the cultural narrative of Norman Sicily. The essays in this book consider how images, designs, artifacts, structures and objects were used to help create the story of the medieval kingdom, and what they reveal about the complex political and social dynamics that underpinned the so-called "multicultural" state. Arguing that a visual language developed in medieval Sicily and southern Italy in this period, the contributions journey through both familiar and unexplored aspects of Siculo-Norman art, in particular those areas which have only been made possible with recent advances in technology and international academic collaboration. Topics addressed include manuscripts and mosaics, textile diplomacy, the drama of coins and trade, new readings of old buildings, and the insights of archaeological excavations into everyday life. All of the ideas presented in this volume converge on the central theme of how material culture helped to develop story and society in the medieval kingdom of Sicily.
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- Designing Norman Sicily: Material Culture and Society
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