Craftsmen mobility, sociocultural microstructures and the perpetuation of Byzantine art: A bottom-up approach to pottery traditions
(2024) Microstructures and Mobility in Byzantium — p. --, published
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- Based on a collection of case studies, this article provides a bottom-up approach to glazed pottery traditions at Constantinople, in its periphery and outside the Byzantine Empire between the 12th and the 14th centuries. Through a combination of archaeological and archaeometric investigations, the aim is to reconstruct workshop production outputs, pottery commercial networks, and local demands. In this enquiry, new questions arise about the modalities of sharing aesthetic tastes and decoration techniques at regional and long distances. These elements supply essential information on the social and cultural ties that existed among craftsmen and pottery consumers, both within and outside the territories remaining to the Byzantine Empire after the Fourth Crusade. In doing so, this study delves into the yet under-documented topic of the negotiation of collective identities, social interactions, and “invisible boundaries” in the Late Byzantine society. It casts new light on the internal flexibility and diversity of this society and on the ways Byzantine traditions were adopted, adapted and perpetuated by Latin groups across Europe and western Asia after the Fourth Crusade.
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Liard, F. (2024). Craftsmen mobility, sociocultural microstructures and the perpetuation of Byzantine art: A bottom-up approach to pottery traditions. In Rapp C., Stouraitis Y. (ed.), Microstructures and Mobility in Byzantium (p. p. --). Vienna University Press - Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/261025