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The Art of the Genoese Colonies of the Black Sea Basin (1261-1475)
Series: - The Medieval Mediterranean, Volume: 136
Author:
Rafał Quirini-Popławski offers here the first panorama of the artistic phenomena of the Genoese outposts scattered around the Black Sea, an area whose cultural history is little known. The artistic creativity of the region emerges as extraordinarily rich and colorful, with a variety of heterogeneous, hybrid and intermingled characteristics.
The book questions the extent to which the descriptor "Genoese" can be applied to the settlements’ artistic production; Quirini-Popławski demonstrates that, despite entrenched views of these colonies as centres of Italian and Latin culture, it was in fact Greek and Armenian art that was of greater importance.
The book questions the extent to which the descriptor "Genoese" can be applied to the settlements’ artistic production; Quirini-Popławski demonstrates that, despite entrenched views of these colonies as centres of Italian and Latin culture, it was in fact Greek and Armenian art that was of greater importance.
Rafał Quirini-Popławski, Ph.D. (2005), Jagiellonian University, is a medieval art historian at this university. He has published on sacral art in Ukraine, Romanesque sculpture in Poland, and late medieval art in the Black Sea Basin.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 The Aims of the Book
2 State of Research – Literature Review
3 Sources and Approaches
1 Historical Introduction
1 History of the Genoese Colonies in the Context of the History of the Black Sea Basin in the Late Medieval Period
2 The Legal and Organisational Frameworks of Construction Activity and Crafts in the Colonies. Origin of Builders and Craftsmen
2 The Topography of the Colonies and Secular Buildings
1 The Topography of the Colonies
2 Secular Buildings
3 Sacral Buildings
1 Introduction
2 The Churches of Caffa
3 The Churches of Pera
4 Churches and Other Religious Buildings in Soldaia, Cembalo, Trebizond, Samastri, and Vosporo
4 Bas-Relief Decoration
1 Review of Monuments
2 Analysis
5 Painting and Applied Arts
1 Monumental Painting
2 Panel and Miniature Painting
3 Applied Arts
4 Numismatics and Sphragistics
Conclusion
Catalogue
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 The Aims of the Book
2 State of Research – Literature Review
3 Sources and Approaches
1 Historical Introduction
1 History of the Genoese Colonies in the Context of the History of the Black Sea Basin in the Late Medieval Period
2 The Legal and Organisational Frameworks of Construction Activity and Crafts in the Colonies. Origin of Builders and Craftsmen
2 The Topography of the Colonies and Secular Buildings
1 The Topography of the Colonies
2 Secular Buildings
3 Sacral Buildings
1 Introduction
2 The Churches of Caffa
3 The Churches of Pera
4 Churches and Other Religious Buildings in Soldaia, Cembalo, Trebizond, Samastri, and Vosporo
4 Bas-Relief Decoration
1 Review of Monuments
2 Analysis
5 Painting and Applied Arts
1 Monumental Painting
2 Panel and Miniature Painting
3 Applied Arts
4 Numismatics and Sphragistics
Conclusion
Catalogue
Bibliography
Index
Of interest to institutes, libraries, specialists, and students working on late mediaeval art in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region, as well as historians, church historians and archaeologists.