Publication

1997 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

42,500 words, Guess

Page Count

170 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL976652M
  • ISBN-100691025800
  • OCLC Control Number34410001
  • Library of Congress Control Number96013777
  • LibraryThing2836567
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  • Goodreads2904993

Classifications

  • DDC726/.4
  • LCCNA5621.P3 T76 1997

Description

This analytical study takes seriously the proposition that the royal chapel of the Norman kings of Sicily, the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, preserves virtually intact - and uniquely so - an ensemble of architecture and arts from the twelfth century. It systematically investigates every major component of the decoration and furnishing of the chapel, and in so doing propounds a new chronology for the edifice, in phases, which fixes a new frame of reference for understanding how the chapel functioned under the Norman kings.

Subjects

Topics

Art patronageNorman ArchitectureChurch architectureArchitecture, NormanMedieval CivilizationBuildings, structuresCivilization, medieval

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