Art and patronage in the medieval Mediterranean : merchant culture in the region of Amalfi / Jill Caskey.

Main entry:

Caskey, Jill, 1964-

Title & Author:

Art and patronage in the medieval Mediterranean : merchant culture in the region of Amalfi / Jill Caskey.

Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2004.

Description:

xiv, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-322) and index.
Introduction : the art of mercatantia : medieval commerce and culture in southwestern Italy -- Ch. 1. The experience and politics of mercatantia -- Ch. 2. Amalfitans at home : residential architecture and its Mediterranean syntheses -- Ch. 3. Private and public in Amalfitan religious space -- Ch. 4. Amalfi and the new metropolis : the decline of the art of mercatantia.

Summary:

"An important trade center in the medieval Mediterranean, Amalfi and the surrounding region of southern Italy produced unusual types of art and patronage from the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries. Merchant patrons realized a wide variety of religious and residential complexes that were evocative of Byzantine, Islamic, Western, and local traditions."
"This book evaluates 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 relations to the visual cultures of sovereign authorities in southern Italy."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0521811872 (HB)
9780521811873 (HB)
9780521284264
0521284260

Subject:

Art, Italian Italy Amalfi Region.
Art, Medieval Italy Amalfi Region.
Art patronage Italy Amalfi Region.
Merchants Italy Amalfi Region History.
Art italien Italie Amalfi, Râegion d'.
Art mâediâeval Italie Amalfi, Râegion d'
Mâecâenat Italie Amalfi, Râegion d'
Commerðcants Italie Amalfi, Râegion d' Histoire.
Art, Italian
Art, Medieval
Art patronage
Merchants
Mäzenatentum
Mittelalter
Kunst
Beeldende kunsten.
Patronage.
Kooplieden.
Art medieval Itàlia Amalfi.
Mecentage Itàlia Amalfi.
Art, Italian Italy Amalfi.
Art, Medieval Italy Amalfi.
Art patronage Italy Amalfi.
Art patronage Italy, Southern.
Art, Italian Italy, Southern.
Art, Medieval Italy, Southern.
Merchants Italy Amalfi History.
Mèazenatentum.
Italy Amalfi Region
Amalfi Region
1000-1399

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 241743
Call No.: BIB 171591
Status: Available

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