Art and Architecture of Sicily

by Julian Treuherz

Book Overview

Sicily's strategic position in the centre of the Mediterranean led to settlement or conquest by a succession of different peoples - Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Germans, French, Spanish - each one leaving its traces on Sicilian culture. This book provides a chronological survey, each section opening with a brief historical overview which is followed with an authoritative and engaging account of the development of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848226047
• ISBN13: 9781848226043
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Length: 320 Pages