Art and Patronage in the Medieval Mediterranean: Merchant Culture in the Region of Amalfi
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Art and Patronage in the Medieval Mediterranean: Merchant Culture in the Region of Amalfi

Art and Patronage in the Medieval Mediterranean: Merchant Culture in the Region of Amalfi

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Jill Caskey (Author)  

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An important trade centre in the Medieval Mediterranean, Amalfi and the surrounding region of southern Italy sustained strong art production and patronage from the eleventh through to the thirteenth centuries. Merchant patrons realised a wide variety of religious and residential complexes that were evocative of Byzantine, Islamic, Western, and local traditions. With the rise of the Angevin kingdom, a demise of this eclectic art tradition took place and by the fourteenth century, Amalfitan painting and sculpture reflected compromises between local and Neapolitan styles, demonstrating the erosion of its autonomy. Originally published in 2004, this book evaluates the Amalfitan art production in terms of moral, economic, and social structures, including investment strategies, anxieties about wealth and salvation, and southern Italy's diverse religious communities. Historiographical analyses and postcolonial models of interpretation offer further insight into Amalfitan art and its ever-shifting relationship to the visual cultures of sovereign authorities in southern Italy.
Jill Caskey is associate professor of fine art at the University of Toronto. A recipient of fellowships and grants form the Getty Grant Program, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the Fulbright Commission, she is also a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. She received the Founders' Award from the Society of Architectural History in 2000.
  • Contributor: Jill Caskey
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780521811873
  • Number of Pages: 344
  • Packaged Dimensions: 197x254x25mm
  • Packaged Weight: 1004
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2004-12-06
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Jill Caskey is associate professor of fine art at the University of Toronto. A recipient of fellowships and grants form the Getty Grant Program, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the Fulbright Commission, she is also a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. She received the Founders' Award from the Society of Architectural History in 2000.

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