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" A Changing Mosaic: Multicultural Exchange in the Norman Palaces of Twelfth-Century Sicily "
Dana Katz
Caskey, Jill
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804982
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TL49819
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2023809103; 10195833
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Mahbub, Muqtasid
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A Changing Mosaic: Multicultural Exchange in the Norman Palaces of Twelfth-Century Sicily\ Dana KatzCaskey, Jill
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University of Toronto (Canada)
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2016
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Ph.D.
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History of Art
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2016
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437
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Committee members: Conklin Akbari, Suzanne; Safran, Linda
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-68093-5
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This dissertation examines the twelfth-century residences associated with the Norman Hautevilles in the parklands that surrounded their capital at Palermo. One of the best-preserved ensembles of medieval secular architecture, the principal monuments are the palaces of La Zisa and La Cuba, the complexes of La Favara and Lo Scibene, the hunting lodge at Parco, and the palace at Monreale. The Norman conquest of Sicily in the previous century dramatically altered the local population’s religious and cultural identity. Nevertheless, an Islamic legacy persisted in the park architecture, arranged on axial plans with waterworks and ornamented with muqarnas vaults. By this time, the last Norman king, William II, and his court became aligned with contemporaries in the Latin West, and Muslims became marginalized in Sicily.
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Fine arts; Art history; Medieval history
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Communication and the arts;Social sciences;Landscape;Medieval mediterranean;Muslim sicily;Nineteenth-century historiography;Norman sicily;Secular architecture
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Caskey, Jill
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History of ArtUniversity of Toronto (Canada)
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