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ISBN
1501705296
EAN
9781501705298
Publication Name
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Type
Paperback / softback
Release Title
Sicily: Culture and Conquest
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Higgs, Peter
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
1501705296
ISBN-13
9781501705298
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221736788

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sicily : Culture and Conquest
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Ancient / General, European, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Social Science, History
Author
Dirk Booms, Peter Higgs
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
64.1 Oz
Item Length
10.3 in
Item Width
9.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-012968
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
945.80074/42142
Synopsis
The largest island in the Mediterranean, Sicily has been continuously inhabited for millennia. Its strategic position and fertile soil, enriched by the fires of Mount Etna, made it alluring to successive waves of settlers and conquerors. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Normans vied to stake their claim on the island. Periods of decline, exploitation, and neglect alternated with those of enlightenment and prosperity, during which the arts flourished. This book, accompanying a major 2016 exhibition at the British Museum, offers a broad survey of the island's geography and its rich mythological and historical past, while focusing on Sicily's two most artistically innovative periods. Greeks began settling on the island in the late eighth century BCE, encountering Phoenicians and other peoples. The artistic achievements of this Classical golden age include some of the most awe-inspiring temples seen anywhere in the Greek Mediterranean. A second extraordinary period of enlightenment took place under Norman rule in the twelfth century AD, when Sicily became a power broker in the Mediterranean world and one of the wealthiest and most culturally prosperous places in Europe. Richly illustrated with full-color images of more than two hundred remarkable objects drawn from the collection in the British Museum and from museums across Sicily and around the world, this book highlights the skills of artists and artisans, architects and builders?and the vision of their patrons across the centuries?who together produced some of the most unique and significant works of art in the history of the Mediterranean., The largest island in the Mediterranean, Sicily has been continuously inhabited for millennia. Its strategic position and fertile soil, enriched by the fires of Mount Etna, made it alluring to successive waves of settlers and conquerors. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Normans vied to stake their claim on the island. Periods of decline, exploitation, and neglect alternated with those of enlightenment and prosperity, during which the arts flourished.This book, accompanying a major 2016 exhibition at the British Museum, offers a broad survey of the island's geography and its rich mythological and historical past, while focusing on Sicily's two most artistically innovative periods. Greeks began settling on the island in the late eighth century BCE, encountering Phoenicians and other peoples. The artistic achievements of this Classical golden age include some of the most awe-inspiring temples seen anywhere in the Greek Mediterranean. A second extraordinary period of enlightenment took place under Norman rule in the twelfth century AD, when Sicily became a power broker in the Mediterranean world and one of the wealthiest and most culturally prosperous places in Europe.Richly illustrated with full-color images of more than two hundred remarkable objects drawn from the collection in the British Museum and from museums across Sicily and around the world, this book highlights the skills of artists and artisans, architects and builders--and the vision of their patrons across the centuries--who together produced some of the most unique and significant works of art in the history of the Mediterranean., This book, accompanying a major 2016 exhibition at the British Museum, offers a broad survey of the island's geography and its rich mythological and historical past, while focusing on Sicily?s two most artistically innovative periods.
LC Classification Number
DG865.B66 2016

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