Sarah K. Kozlowski, associate director, Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History, University of Texas at Dallas, and director, Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities, Naples
Over the course of the fourteenth century, three powerful queens of Naples—Mary of Hungary, Sancia of Majorca, and Johanna of Anjou—joined the ranks of the greatest patrons and collectors of medieval Europe. They headed major architectural projects, acquired textiles and luxury objects from throughout the Mediterranean and Eurasia, and commissioned paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, and precious metalwork from the leading artists of their day. Many of these works were specifically made to move and traveled as gifts or bequests.
This lecture traces the itineraries of portable panel paintings given by these royal women to reinforce familial bonds, legitimize dynastic claims, and furnish favored religious foundations. Mobile and exquisitely crafted, these paintings extended the cultural and political geographies of the court far beyond Naples.
These free lectures, part of a continuing series, address a range of topics relating to the appreciation and interpretation of art.
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