IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 509: Exploring 15th-Century Cyprus, I: The Arts, from Elite Patronage to Local Tradition
Tuesday 8 July 2014, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | University of Cyprus |
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| Organiser: | Michalis Olympios, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alexander Beihammer, Department of History & Archaeology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia |
| Paper 509-a | Mimicking the Past: Orthodox Church Architecture under the Venetians (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Crusades, Mentalities |
| Paper 509-b | Tidal Change: Architectural Links between Lusignan Cyprus and Hospitaller Rhodes in the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Crusades |
| Abstract | This is one of three sessions conceived under the general theme of 'Exploring 15th-Century Cyprus'. Not unlike political, religious or economic history, the art history of Lusignan Cyprus (1192-1489) has focused on two relatively well-defined and overall prosperous periods, the 13th and 14th centuries on the one hand, the Venetian period (1489-1571) on the other. Conversely, the century between the Genoese invasion (1373) and the official assumption of power by Venice (1489) has attracted moderate scholarly interest, probably because it is generally thought to have been a turbulent period of political, financial, demographic, and cultural decline. This session's papers will attempt to throw some light on the island's architectural and book production in these troubled years, re-evaluating their contribution to the artistic landscape of the late medieval Mediterranean, which hovered between Late Gothic, Late Byzantine, and the Renaissance. |