Description
Book SynopsisRafał 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.
Table of ContentsContents 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
