The *mechanics* of influence is the trickiest part of this question. "Bringing news" of other styles and techniques seems hopelessly vague. Writing in gold was a highly skilled practice, using very expensive materials. So too were other practices, such as fine stone carving and the crafting of mosaics.
I simply can't imagine experimenting without a clear idea in mind, and then without some sort of training. What I *can* imagine in places like Sicily and the Holy Land is a mixing of artisans from different traditions, who shared skills and approaches [okay, that's vague too]. They would learn from each other and then adapt those new techniques to their own traditions. That's a hands-on, personal notion of influence, I realize, but it has the advantage of moving the discussion from the art objects per se to the
people who created them.
[To paraphrase a distinction posed so succinctly by my colleague, Dale Kinney.]
Elaine
Elaine M. Beretz, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Center for Visual Culture
Bryn Mawr College
101 Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
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I would suggest also an examination of the 12th and
13th century painted crucifixes in Umbria and Tuscany (see
esp. the Sozio crucifix in Foligno , the San Damiano crucifix in the Basilica
of St. Clare, and the crucifixes by Cimabue and others. [See E. Sandberg
Vavala’, La Croce Dipinta Italiana. First published in 1929,
reprinted in 1980) Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.] Unfortunately, the
photos are all in black and white, with some rather murky.
Cyprian Rosen
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For
people intersted in Western influene on Byzantine art and vice-versa, I
recommend the catalogue of the exhibit "The Origins of El Greco:
Icon Painting in Venetian Crete" (same title), ed. by Anastasia
Drandaki (Oxbow/David Brown) $20.00.
Maureen A. Tilley
Visiting Professor of Theology
Fordham University
113 W. 60th Street
New York, NY 10023
212-636-6369
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