• Bacci Michele

The Middle Ages was a time of conflict, but also a time of interaction between the different cultures of the Mediterranean. This course aims to illustrate the dynamics through which the arts of Byzantium, Islam and Latin Europe met and exchanged ideas, forms and objects. In particular, it will illustrate the importance of this exchange in Islamic Andalusia, Norman Sicily and Latin- and Ayyubid-ruled Palestine from the 11th through the 13th century.

The analysis of the specific contexts of Andalusia, Sicily and Palestine will provide an in-depth knowledge of the different forms of expression that were the result of the encounter of several artistic traditions: namely, the art of the Islamic Maghreb and Christian Spain, the traditions of Northern Europe, Southern Italy, the Mediterranean countries under Byzantine and Latin domination and the Islamic and Christian cultures of the Near East.

Arcidiacono, Giulia, Pittura medievale rupestre in Sicilia: il territorio di Siracusa tra Oriente e Occidente, Spoleto 2020.

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Bella, Tancredi, La cattedrale medievale di Catania: un cantiere normanno nella contea di Sicilia, Milan 2023.

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Calvo Capilla, Susana, Las mezquitas de al-Andalus, Almería 2014.

Campagna Cicala, Francesca, Pittura medievale in Sicilia, Veneria Reale 2020.

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Dolezalek, Isabelle, Arabic Script on Christian Kings: Textile Inscriptions on Royal Garments from Norman Sicily, Berlin 2017.

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Fishhof, Gil, Shaping Identities in a Holy Land. Crusader Art in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem: Patrons and Viewers, Abingdon and New York 2024.

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Tranchina, Antonino, Monaci sullo stretto: architettura e grecità medievale tra Calabria e Sicilia, Cinisello Balsamo 2023.

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Ziadé, Raphaëlle, L’art des Chrétiens d’Orient de l’Euphrate au Nil, Paris 2022.