La Serenissima in Cyprus
Aspects of Venetian Art on the Edge of a Maritime Empire, 1474/89–1570/1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21974995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthi Andronikou (0000-0003-0294-4171, University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 186 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0752 • E-ISSN: 2076-0752 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/arts12050186 |
| OpenAlex | W4386384336 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article investigates the manifestation of Venetian visual culture of the Renaissance in the island of Cyprus, which, between 1474/89 and 1570/1, stood as one of Venice’s Mediterranean colonies. To date, scholarship on panel and wall painting production of Venetian Cyprus has devoted careful attention to the infiltration of Italian details and styles in the broader sense—mainly drawn from the Italian Middle Ages—thus failing to notice any correlations between Cypriot visual arts and contemporary Venetian. In this study, I aim to provide an overarching perspective that will illuminate the presence and assimilation of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Venetian visual vocabulary in Cypriot artistic capital. With an emphasis on devotional painting, I will examine iconographic schemes, such as the Man of Sorrows and the Holy Conversation, and facets of stylistic and iconographic correspondences between the two territories. I will also probe the architectural function, purpose, and tenor of lunette-shaped panels in Cyprus and collate them with their Venetian equivalents. Put simply, I hope to flesh out the artistic contact Cypriot artists and their sponsors maintained with Venice rather than with Italy as a whole
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Empire · Fifteenth · Ottoman empire · Painting · Scholarship · The arts · Visual arts · Visual culture · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
Cyprus: An island culture
Two Notes on the Deësis
Artistic, Commercial, and Confessional Exchanges between Venetian Crete and Western Europe
A ‘Lost’ Panel and a Missing Link
Landholding and landscape in Ottoman Cyprus
Shared devotions
The Discovery of an Early Man of Sorrows on a Dominican Triptych
Secular Charity, Sacred Poverty
Manipulating the Sacred
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |