Lepanto and Beyond (eBook, PDF)

Images of Religious Alterity from Genoa and the Christian Mediterranean
Redaktion: Laura Stagno, Stagno; Borja Franco Llopis, Franco Llopis

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Produktbeschreibung

Interdisciplinary approach to the Iberian and Italianperceptions and representations of the Battle of Lepanto and the Muslim "e;other"e;The Battleof Lepanto, celebrated as the greatest triumph of Christianity over its Ottomanenemy, was soon transformed into a powerful myth through a vast media campaign. The varied storytelling and the many visual representations that contributed toshape the perception of the battle in Christian Europe are the focus of thisbook. In broader terms, Lepanto and Beyond also sheds light on theconstruction of religious alterity in the early modern Mediterranean. Itpresents cross-disciplinary case studies that explore the figure of theMuslim captive in historical documentation, artistic depictions, andliterature. With a focus on the Republic of Genoa, the authors also aim tobalance the historical scale and restore the important role of the Genoese inthe general scholarly discussion of Lepanto and its images.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Universitaire Pers Leuven
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789461663733
• Artikelnr.: 72448768

Autorenporträt

Laura Stagno is associate professor of early modern art history at the University of Genoa and Scientific Director of the Museum of Palazzo del Principe in Genoa. Borja Franco Llopis is associate professor of early modern art history at the UNED (Madrid), and principal investigator of the International Research Group "Before Orientalism: Images of the Muslim Other in Iberia."

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
PART I. OTHERNESS AND CONFRONTATION IN EARLY MODERN SOUTHERN EUROPE
1. A Brief Review of the Scholarly Literature on Representation of the
"Turk" and images of Lepanto in Italy and Iberia Laura Stagno and Borja
Franco Llopis
2. Multiple Alterities in the Ottoman Empire Steven Hutchinson
PART 2. LEPANTO: THE BATTLE, ITS NARRATIVES, ITS ICONOGRAPHIES
3. Event and Narration. Spanish Storytelling on the Battle of Lepanto in
the Early 1570s Stefan Hanß
4. A Sea of Dead Turks: Lepanto and the Iconographies of Hell and the Flood
Víctor Mínguez
5. Lepanto in Religious Iconographies: The Genoese Case Daniele Sanguineti
6. Accusation, Defense and Self-Defense: The Debate on the Action of
Giovanni Andrea Doria in Lepanto Emiliano Beri
7. Celebrating Lepanto in the Republic of Genoa: Giovanni Andrea Doria's
and Other Aristocrats' Patronage. Portraits, Paintings and Tapestries Laura
Stagno
Gallery Section
8. The Necessary Enemy: Reconsidering the Perception of the "Other" in a
Society of War Contractors (Genoa, Spain and the Ottoman Empire - Sixteenth
Century) Bastien Carpentier
PART 3. AFTER THE BATTLE: SLAVES BETWEEN REALITY AND REPRESENTATION
9. In the Sign of Reciprocity: Muslim Slaves in Genoa and Genoese Slaves in
Maghreb Andrea Zappia
10. The Image of the Turkish Slave in a Peripheral Area of the Pontifical
States: The Case of the Cycle of Villa Buonaccorsi in Potenza Picena
Giuseppe Capriotti
11. 'Cet obscur objet du désir': Sex and Slavery in Early Modern Spanish
Fiction Mercedes Alcalá Galán
Illustration Credits About the Authors