Conflict, Commerce, and an Aesthetic of Appropriation in the Italian Maritime Cities, 1000-1150

by Karen Rose Mathews and Mathews Karen Rose

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900433565X
• ISBN13: 9789004335653
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"