Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of Art History, August 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University, 1983. / Vita, leaves 1133-1134. Includes bibliographical references ; leaves 672-1132 (including illustrations) not photocopied at request of author.

While academic discussion of ornament within medieval Islamic art has laboured much over the codification and meaning of certain forms, there has been relatively little research to date on the visual and iconographic function of architecture as ornament in this context. Those few authors that have dealt with this issue have focused overwhelmingly on two-dimensional architectural representations, largely ignoring the considerable body of portable objects from the medieval Middle East that imitate architecture through three-dimensional forms, whether in a mimetically coherent fashion or in a more elliptical or reconfigured manner. This thesis proposes, first and foremost, that there is significant cultural meaning inherent in the use of architecture as an inspiration for the non-essential formal qualities of portable objects from the medieval Islamic world. Through iconographic analysis of the relationships that such objects form with architecture, an understanding of both full-size architecture and its miniature incarnations in the medieval urban context is advanced within the thesis. To maximise the intellectual scope of the study whilst still enabling an in-depth treatment of the material, four discrete studies of different object groups are presented. All of these are thought to date from approximately 1000 to 1350 CE, and to come from the core Middle Eastern territories of Persia, Syria and Egypt. The first chapter examines the glazed ceramic ‘house models’ believed to originate in late or post-Seljuq Persia. The second discusses six-sided ceramic tables from the same milieu, and more numerous related tables produced in Syria during the same period. In the third chapter carved marble jar stands from Cairo, apparently produced from the twelfth century onwards, are analysed. The final chapter, on metalwork, broadens its approach to encompass two very different strains of production: inkwells from Khurasan and incense burners from the breadth of the Middle East. Because much of the thesis focuses on material that has been dramatically understudied, it performs the primary action of compiling examples of each of the object types under study. Though this information is presented as a catalogue vi sommaire, this component of the thesis is not regarded as an end in itself. The major tasks of the thesis are the identification of the architectural tropes that are being evoked within each object group, analysis of the manner in which those forms have been modified to suit the miniature context of the objects, and the location of meaning within such diminutive evocations of architectural form. Through comparisons with other objects, full-size architecture, two-dimensional representations of architecture and historical texts, the thesis moves discourse on this type of motif in Islamic art beyond the traditional and sometimes superficial discussion of ‘ornament’, re-setting architectural iconography within larger contexts of urbanisation and city culture of the medieval Islamic world.

Thesis (doctoral)--Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-284) and index.

Akademisk afhandling -- Uppsala. / On cover: Särtryck ur Norrländskt handbibliotek VIII. "Litteratur": p. [8].

Issued in part (xii, 47 p.)--as the author's inaugural dissertation, Basel. / "Literatur-abkürzungen": p. [x]-xvi.

The relationship between decoration, architectural form, and function is investigated in depth in those early chapels of Italy and Istria which retain significant amounts of their decorative programmes. These include the Archbishops' chapel and the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, S. Vittore in Ciel d'Oro, Milan, the St. Matrona chapel at S. Prisco near S. Maria di Capua Vetere, Campania, and the chapels at the Lateran Baptistery, Rome. In addition, the chapels are set into a broader context through a survey of the many chapels which survive in less good condition, or are known only from archaeological and literary sources. The decorative programme of each chapel is analysed for iconographic content. Themes reflect not only the basic vocabulary of the earliest Christian art, but more precisely, the hopes and aspirations of the chapel's builder. The vast majority of the surviving chapels were built as memorial or funerary chapels in connection with the cult of the dead, and expressed the soul's need for assistance in the attainment of heaven. The funerary cult was intimately connected with that of the martyrs, whose bodies and relics also rested in the chapels, and whose power in favour of those who were interred beside them was invoked in art in the chapels' decorative programmes. Literary evidence confirmed that chapels had also existed in the dwellings of the lay aristocracy, though none had survived. On the other hand, clergy-house oratories were represented not only by the chapel of the Archbishops of Ravenna, but by the shrines of the two saints John at the Lateran Baptistery, Rome, which were identified as papal oratories adjacent to the home of the early popes at the Lateran Palace. The total loss of the domestic chapels of the laiety slanted the conclusions of the study not only towards clergy house oratories, but towards funerary and memorial structures, of which a greater number survived. It was found that the latter illustrate the chronological sequence: martyr's memoria, funerary chapel, martyrium. Some examples served more than one of these functions in turn, and possibly the full sequence. Analysis of the iconographic programmes showed that themes and functions were closely interrelated. Even so, there were more similarities than differences in the iconographic programmes of chapels which clearly served different functions. Most importantly, three-dimensional decorative schemes were common to all types of chapel. In these compositions, the chapel's interior space represented a microcosm of the universe. These schemes were judged to be ancestral to the decorative schemes typical of centrally-planned churches in the Middle Byzantine period. Annexed chapels formed the main subject of the study, and all those mentioned so far are of this type. However, the origin of chapels within the perimeters of church buildings, which occurred late in the period of study, is briefly discussed in the final chapter, where oratories, sacristies, and chapels inside auxiliary buildings are distinguished from one another, and from the annexed chapels which had previously been standard. / Graduate

This thesis discusses the appropriation of antique art in Italy during the fourteenth century. In order to do that, it considers the surviving antiquities in late medieval Italian cities and examines their reception and perception by contemporary authors and artists. Following the introductory chapter, which sets out the aims of the thesis and provides a brief historical background of the period, this study is divided in two parts. Part I examines the awareness of ancient art in the Trecento by looking at late-medieval Italian texts. After an introduction of the relevant texts and a presentation of the biographical background of their authors, the chapters explore the reliability of the writers, their references to antique art and their particular interests towards antique art. They also examine the textual evidence on attitudes towards antiquity, contrasting the different approaches of intellectual and popular audiences, and discuss a number of surviving antique works that were placed in public places and were charged with ideological intent, meaning and power. Part II approaches the subject of the appropriation of antique art in the Trecento from a different angle and deals with the reaction of artists toward ancient art. It discusses the emergence of a new iconography that reflects themes arising from encounters with classical literary texts, explores instances of antique sculpture portrayed in fourteenth-century paintings, and examines the antique sources of various Trecento motifs and compositions. The Appendix is a detailed list of antique works of art that were visible in Trecento Italy, along with a discussion of their history and the relevant primary and secondary bibliography.

Aquest treball, pretén presentar un estudi monogràfic i de síntesi sobre l’art gòtic al Maresme. El primer objectiu proposat era presentar una anàlisi intentant superar les monografies locals d’edificis més o menys estudiats i intentar aconseguir una visió general inèdita més àmplia de l’estil a la comarca, evidenciant els seus ritmes constructius i els seus elements definidors. Això comportava també una revisió de les monografies ja publicades per tal d’actualitzar les noves recerques i replantejar algunes coses acceptades des de fa anys i que potser calia qüestionar. Un segon objectiu, vindria marcat per l’intent d’analitzar els diferents estils en una zona perifèrica del comtat de Barcelona medieval. La historiografia d’abast nacional inclou en els seus repertoris les grans obres monumentals i, en la majoria de casos, no hi ha un especial atenció als edificis de segon i tercer ordre, com a obres de caràcter més popular. Es tractava doncs de comparar les obres de la comarca i analitzar quin grau hi ha de seguiment dels models i repertoris generals de l’estil i si les característiques, cronologies i estilemes, que defineixen les grans etapes de l’art gòtic català es poden aplicar a aquesta comarca, i quina relació s’estableix entre aquestes obres i les primeres. A principis del el s. XIV, la majoria d’edificis i termes jurisdiccionals del baix Maresme ja estan plenament establerts. En contra del que passa en altres indrets, la introducció de l’art gòtic a Maresme no presenta inicialment un període de grans inversions i de grans projectes sinó que hi domina el manteniment de les estructures heretades del període de l’art romànic i les noves actuacions tindran un caràcter més aviat puntual. La introducció del nou estil en el Maresme el podem situar a mitjans del s.XIV gràcies a l’aparició d’uns nous promotors que formaran part dels grups influents de la burgesia comercial i burocràtica barcelonina. Alguns dels membres d’aquest grup esdevindran els propietaris de la majoria de senyories de la comarca i en el procés esdevindran els comitents d’una gran part de les obres d’art al Maresme. En aquest període es comença a palpar la incipient influència en l’àmbit artístic d’un grup de nous promotors que s’aniran imposant a mida que avanci la centúria del 1400. Seran les elits locals de les noves viles independents, constituïdes en “Universitats del terme” les que agafaran el relleu en la promoció artística tant religiosa com civil. Dins aquest període, també s’analitzen una sèrie d’edificis singulars vinculats a les ordes monàstiques (el priorat de Sant Pere de Clarà (Argentona), el convent - hospital de Caldes d’Estrac i la cartoixa de Montealegre a Tiana) a més de la renovació del mobiliari litúrgic (retaules, escultures, orfebreria....) Ja en el s.XVI, les elits locals com a nous promotors, utilitzaran els recursos del Comú de les viles i esdevindran els veritables renovadors de l’obra pública, tant laica com religiosa, promovent una gran activitat de renovació dels edificis, principalment els parroquials, els quals seran erigits de nova planta mantenint encara viu el llenguatge gotitzant que de forma epigonal arribarà fins a finals del s.XVI i principis del s.XVII. Al final del treball s’analitzen els diferents artífexs i les formes de treball per abordar la idea del colonialisme artístic dels tallers barcelonins a la zona del Maresme. / JOAQUIM GRAUPERA GRAUPERA: Gothic art in Baix Maresme (XIIth to XVIth century). Art and artistic promotion in a peripheral area of the Barcelona County. Mataró, 2011. This research offers a monographic study on Gothic art in Maresme area. The first aim is to transcend the local monographs with a more comprehensive view, which implied the review of the already published monographs in order to update their research and question it if necessary. The second aim is to analyze the styles in a peripheral area of Barcelona medieval county comparing the works of this area and analyzing to which extent followed the characteristics, chronology and style, which define the main phases of the Catalan Gothic art. The introduction of the new style in the Maresme area takes place at the second half of the XIVth century, thanks to the emergence of a new group of promoters that are part of the influential groups of the Barcelona trading and bureaucratic bourgeoisie. Some members of this group will become the owners of most of the lordships and the clients for many of the works of art in Maresme. In this period it starts to be felt the influence in art of a group of new promoters that will impose themselves as we enter into the 1400’s: the local elites of the new independent villages that will take the relay in the artistic promotion, both in the religious and in the civil art and some buildings linked to monastic orders are analyzed as well as the renewal of the liturgical furniture. Already in the XVIth century, the local elites will become the real renovators of both religious and secular public work, promoting the renewal of the buildings, specially the parish churches, which will be built still keeping alive the gothic language which will reach the end of the XVIth and the beginning of the XVIIth centuries. At the end of this research, different craftsmen and their way of working are also analysed in order to approach the idea of an artistic colonialism of the Barcelona workshops in the area of Maresme.

Originally issued as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala universitet, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-302) and index.