Meanings and Functions of the Ruler's Image in the Mediterranean World (11th - 15th Centuries) - Couverture rigide

 
9789004511491: Meanings and Functions of the Ruler's Image in the Mediterranean World (11th - 15th Centuries)

Synopsis

The book investigates, from different methodological viewpoints, the multiple ways in which medieval rulers in different areas of the Mediterranean constructed their outward appearance and communicated it by means of a variety of rituals, object-types, and media.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michele Bacci, Ph.D. (1999), Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, is Professor of Medieval Art at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is the author of numerous studies on the cultural and art-historical contacts of East and West in the Middle Ages and on the history of the religious practices associated with cult-objects and holy sites. Manuela Studer-Karlen, Ph.D. (2010), University of Fribourg, is Professor for of Medieval Art at the University of Bern. She has published a monograph on late antique sarcophagi and articles on Byzantine art history. Mirko Vagnoni, Ph.D. (2008), University of Florence. His research mainly focuses on the staging of power in the Kingdom of Sicily between 12th and 14th centuries about which he has published several monographs and articles.

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