Forging Cultural Universes in the Mediterranean Renaissance: Altarpieces in Sardinia, Prints by Raphael, and Connections with the Flemish and Spanish Worlds
Description
Cultural exchanges and maritime traffic, led by the expansionist and trading ambitions of the Crown of Aragon, connected the territories of the Western Mediterranean. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the strategic security guaranteed by Sardinia, Sicily, and the Balearic Islands, which at the same time provided supplies for various goods (cereals, tuna, leather, coral, salt), allowed these outposts to circulate a wide range of languages and styles, and—together with commodities—sailors and agents from the worlds of business, the church, diplomacy, and politics.
Methods (English)
This companion examines the global Renaissance through object-based case studies of artistic production from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe in the early modern period.
The international group of contributors take an art historical approach characterized by close analysis of form and meaning as well as function, and a focus on questions of crosscultural dialogue and adaptation. Seeking to de-emphasize the traditional focus on Europe, this book is a critical guide to the literature and the state of the field. Chapters outline new questions and agendas while pushing beyond familiar material. Main themes include workshops, the migrations of artists, objects, technologies, diplomatic gifts, imperial ideologies, ethnicity and indigeneity, sacred spaces and image cults, as well as engaging with the open questions of "the Renaissance" and "the global."
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- 978-1-032-26158-4
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- Book: 10.4324/9781003294986 (DOI)
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2024-01-211st Edition