id
	10872
Url
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/10872
Resource template
	Academic Article
Resource class
	bibo:AcademicArticle
Title
	The Kingdom of Sicily Image Database
Creator
	Bruzelius, Caroline
	Vitolo, Paola
Date
	2016
Language
	eng
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Abstract
	The Kingdom of Sicily Image Database uses new media technologies to reframe our understanding of medieval Europe by focusing on the role of the built environment for the formation of state identity in the medieval Kingdom of Sicily ruled by Norman, Swabian, Angevin and Aragonese dynasties (950-1420). The theme is important for two reasons: the significance of South Italy as a prototype of multicultural state formation and the highly fragmentary (war bombardment, earthquakes, urban transformation) state of the sites that played a central role in the power structures of this new state. A comprehensive database of historical images of monuments and cities (prints, drawings, maps, photographs, etc.) made by scholars, artists and travellers from the 15th to the 20th centuries, can enable scholars and the public to recover the appearance of the landscape, of cities, and of individual monuments prior to radical renovations or destructions. An interdisciplinary research team is conducting a systematic survey and critical cataloguing of images dispersed in the archives, museums and libraries of Italy, Europe and US.
Is Part Of
	https://chloe.cnr.it/s/BiDiAr/item/2002
Doi
	https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.27.2016.06
Pages
	107-130
Uri
	https://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/articles/844
Volume
	27
Homepage
	https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/TQ5LWE9Z/item-list

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