Naslov
Cultural transfers on the Adriatic from the 5th to the late 8th century in their political context and the question of „Adriobizantysm“

Autori
Jurković, Miljenko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Frontiers in East and South East Europe. Perception, Expansion and Protection of Borders from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 13.06.2013. - 15.06.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
cultural transfers; late antiquity; early middle ages; adriatic coast

Sažetak
Between late Antiquity and the early middle Ages borders often changed on the Adriatic. In the 6th century the Adriatic belonged to a Mediterranean koine known as the golden age of Justinian, or early-byzantine. This was the last attempt to reunify an already lost empire under a ruler with great ambitions. Therefore many new investments occurred in those parts of the empire that were regained after the gothic – byzantine wars, especially in Istria and the province of Dalmatia. We witness a raising dynamism in commerce between the eastern parts of the empire and the Adriatic coast, proved by archaeological findings of pottery, metal work, by shipwrecks and other findings. Most important, the cultural transfers were evident. Ships carrying architectural sculpture, whole sets of columns, capitals, marble slabs, and liturgical furnishings were sailing from Constantinople to Adriatic towns, thus creating a whole new world of shining churches. Those ships were protected by the line of castra built in the time of Justinian on the eastern shores of the Adriatic as well as on the islands. Gradually things changed. There is practically no evidence, or scarce ones, of trading or cultural transfers after the Slavic incursions at the beginning of the 7th century. The political situation in the 7th and the first half of the 8th is still not clear enough, the cultural one is stagnating. But, in the second half of the 8th century new protagonists appeared on the Adriatic scene – first Rome through Ravenna, the Lombard kingdom and soon afterwards the Carolingians. Diplomatic activities on both sides were crucial for the future cultural transfers. Step by step we can follow those diplomatic activities by analysing the artistic production in Istria and Dalmatia, now turned towards the west, showing either importation of works of art from northern Italy, or the activities of sculptors arriving from Rome or northern Italy.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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