The cultures of his kingdom

Description:

This analytical study takes seriously the proposition that the royal chapel of the Norman kings of Sicily, the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, preserves virtually intact - and uniquely so - an ensemble of architecture and arts from the twelfth century. It systematically investigates every major component of the decoration and furnishing of the chapel, and in so doing propounds a new chronology for the edifice, in phases, which fixes a new frame of reference for understanding how the chapel functioned under the Norman kings.

subjects: Architecture, Norman,  Art patronage,  Buildings, structures,  Cappella Palatina di Palermo,  Church architecture,  Church decoration and ornament,  Norman Architecture,  Roger ii, king of sicily, 1095-1154,  Church architecture, italy,  Civilization, medieval,  Medieval Civilization

People: Roger II King of Sicily (d. 1154)

Places: Italy,  Palermo,  Palermo (Italy)