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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 January 2020
      20 February 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108769068
      9781108488167
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769068
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.67kg, 224 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, Art, History, European Studies, Western Art
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    In this book, Lisa Reilly 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 artworks 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 often as the return of true Christian rule.

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    ‘It is ambitious in its scope, and an easy, stimulating read.’

    Caroline Bruzelius Source: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians

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