Meanings and Functions of the Royal Portrait in the Mediterranean World

Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgement Illustrations Notes on Contributors An Introductory Essay: Mediterranean Perspectives on Royal Images Bibliography Chapter 1 Royal Images and Coronation Celebrations in the Sermons of Yovhannēs Pluz Erznkac‛i Conclusion Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 2 Beyond the Page: Royal Imagery in the Queen Keṙan Gospels and the Rhetoric of the Court in Armenian Cilicia 1 Ceci n’est pas un portrait 2 Visual Strategy and the Rhetoric of the Court 3 Experiencing History: The Versified Chronicle 4 Vision and Exegesis 5 Kingship and Cosmos: The World of the Court 6 Case and Canon Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 3 The Royal Portrait in the Het‘um Lectionary (1286) and the Genealogy of Christ in the Art and Ideology of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia 1 The Gospel of Skewṙa 2 The Theme of the Genealogy of Christ during the Reign of Het‘um i 3 The Theme of the Genealogy of Christ and King Lewon ii 4 The Prince Het‘um Lectionary 5 Conclusion Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 4 The Emperor’s Image in Byzantium: Perceptions and Functions 1 Imperialization of Christ or Christianization of the Emperor? 2 The Public Body 3 The Public Body as Living Ceremonial Image 4 Intersection of the Real and the Imaginary Emperor 5 ‘Likeness’ of God 6 Christ as Emperor 7 The Body as Continuum Bibliography Chapter 5 The Royal Imagery of Medieval Serbia 1 Serbian Royalty: Origins and Related Issues 2 Between East and West 3 Holy Royals 4 The Appropriation of Byzantine Models 5 Historicity and Legitimacy 6 Lineage and Triumph 7 Workshops 8 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 6 Royal Epiphanies in the Kingdom of Sicily: Frederick iii of Aragón (1296–1337) 1 The Identification of Official Images 2 The Royal Seal 3 The Denaro 4 The Mosaic of the Church of Santa Maria della Valle in Messina 5 The Mosaic of the Cathedral of Messina 6 Final Considerations and Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 7 Simone Martini paints Robert of Anjou: Angevin Portraiture between Naples and Assisi 1 Likeness in Death 2 The King’s Image: From Ideal to Individual 3 Simone Martini and the King’s Painted Portrait 4 Simone in Assisi 5 Simone, Giotto, and Portraiture 6 Angevin Portraiture in Context 7 The Angevin Royal Portrait and the Question of Likeness Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 8 A Gallery of Royal Effigies in Medieval Hungary and Its Genealogical Purpose 1 A miroir aux rois for the Kingdom of Hungary 2 Kings’ Galleries Outside of Hungary 3 Portraits or Royal Symbols? Bibliography Chapter 9 Game of Thrones: The Chess Set of Charlemagne in Context 1 From the Kingdom in the Sun to Saint-Denis 2 Ivory Trade and Artistic Production on the Amalfi Coast 3 Two Artists and Two Colours 4 Chess Pieces between East and West 5 Rulership and Image 6 The Patron 7 Skeptokrator Bibliography Chapter 10 The Royal Image and Its Public: Suger, Saint-Denis, and the Promotion of a Monarchical Iconography in 12th-Century France 1 New Research Perspectives: The Portals at Saint-Denis, Étampes, and Chartres 2 High Society in Monumental Sculpture? 3 Between Public and Private: The Royal Images on the Two Portals of Saint-Denis 4 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 11 Meanings and Functions of the Royal Portraits of the Navarrese Dynasty in the Kingdom of León, 1038–1109 1 The First Manifestation of the King: Authority towards the World and Penitence towards God 2 Second Manifestation of the King: Figures at Prayer Seeking Intercession 3 Third Manifestation of the King: fabricator regni et miles Apostoli 4 Conclusions Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 12 The King’s Dashing Attire c. 1200: Alfonso ii and Pedro ii of the Crown of Aragón in the Liber Feudorum Maior and Liber Feudorum Ceritaniae 1 Primary Clothing Pieces in the lfm and lfc 2 Garments, Royal Insignia, and Politics 3 Folio 93r of the Liber Feudorum Maior 4 Throne of Solomon 5 Activities at Court 6 Conclusions Acknowledgements Bibliography Chapter 13 Jaime ii (r. 1291–1327): Considering the Presentation and Representation of the King of Aragón from Iconographic and Written Evidence 1 Legal Images: Beyond Authentication 2 Ornamentum and Sollemnitas: Beyond Reflecting the King’s Artistic Sensibility 3 Funerary Settings for the Glory, the Memory, and the Legitimacy of the Dynasty 4 Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 14 The Image of the King and Its Architectural Spaces in Al-Andalus and Castile and in the Larger Context of the Mediterranean 1 Al-Andalus and Castile in the Genesis of the ‘Modern State.’ Artistic Synergies in a Shared Cultural Context 2 Andalusian Architectural Typologies in Castilian Palaces. Bahw, Qubba, and Monumental Façades with Inscriptions 3 Façade, Square, and Elevated Throne Room. The Palace of Comares in the Alhambra and the Castilian Palaces of the Late Middle Ages 4 Pedro i’s Palaces and the 14th Century in Castile: Tordesillas and the Alcazars of Seville and Carmona. Oh, place where the heroic king manifests! 5 The 15th Century: The Alcazar of Segovia and the Noble Palaces 6 The Rey en Siella. Multi-functional Spaces and Settings for King’s Images 7 Other Court Spaces of Knowledge and Literature. Towards the Prince’s Hall of Virtue? Adab and Maŷlis 8 Literature and History: The Palace of the Lions in the Alhambra, Palace of the Montería in the Alcazar of Seville, the Alcázar of Segovia, the Infantado Palace of Guadalajara, and the Castle of Belmonte 9 The Andamios and the External Stage 10 Forms and Messages without Frontiers in a Shared Cultural Context. Egypt, Venice, Al-Andalus, Castile, and Naples 11 Conclusions Bibliography Index The book proposes a reassessment of royal portraiture and its function in the Middle Ages via a comparative analysis of works from different areas of the Mediterranean world, where images are seen as only one outcome of wider and multifarious strategies for the public mise-en-scene of the rulers' bodies. Its emphasis is on the ways in which medieval monarchs in different areas of the Mediterranean constructed their outward appearance and communicated it by means of a variety of rituals, object-types, and media. 00Also available in Open Acces, published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation The book investigates, from different methodological viewpoints, the multiple ways in which medieval rulers in different areas of the Mediterranean constructed their outward appearance and communicated it by means of a variety of rituals, object-types, and media. ; Readership: This book is meant basically for an academic audience, but it could also be of relevance to a wider public interested in the following fields: medieval art and history, Mediterranean studies, and intercultural contacts in the Middle Ages