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Conflict, Commerce, and an Aesthetic of Appropriation in the Italian Maritime Cities, 1000-1150
Karen Rose Mathews
出版
BRILL
, 2018-01-03
主題
History / General
Art / History / General
History / Europe / General
History / Europe / Medieval
Social Science / Archaeology
Art / History / Medieval
ISBN
9004360808
9789004360808
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=psZKDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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.