Research Catalog

Title

The invention of Norman visual culture : art, politics, and dynastic ambition / Lisa Reilly, University of Virginia.

Author

Reilly, Lisa A.

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Description

xiii, 214 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

"In this book, Lisa Reily establishes a new interpretive paradigm for the eleventh and twelfth century art and architecture of the Norman world in France, England, and Sicily. Traditionally, scholars have considered iconic works like the Cappella Palatina and the Bayeux Embroidery in a geographically piecemeal fashion that prevents us from seeing their full significance. Here, Reilly examines these works individually and within the larger context of a connected Norman world. Just as Rollo founded the Normandy "of different nationalities," the Normans created a visual culture that relied on an assemblage of forms. To the modern eye, these works are perceived as culturally diverse. As Reilly demonstrates, the multiple sources for Norman visual culture served to expand their meaning. Norman art works represented the cultural mix of each locale, and the triumph of Norman rule, not just as a military victory but as a legitimate succession and as often, the return of true Christian rule"--

Subjects

• Art and society
• History
• To 1500
• Sizilien
• Normandie
• Frankreich
• England
• Repräsentation
• Normannen
• Kunst
• Herrschaft
• Architektur
• Europe
• Art, Norman
• Art and society > Europe > History > To 1500

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.

Contents

Vikings into Normans -- Anglo-Norman England : from duke to king -- Norman Sicily : the invention of a kingdom.

ISBN

• 9781108488167
• 1108488161
• 9781108738484
• 1108738486
• 9781108769068 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781108857604 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2019037639

OCLC

• on1106037179
• SCSB-9714524

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library