Description
Shimmering with gold, the mosaics that adorn the magnificent structures built by the Normans who ruled Sicily in the twelfth century are among the world’s greatest cultural treasures. They also embody Sicily’s complex heritage: the island was ruled by Greeks and then Muslims before the Norman takeover. We investigate how the different traditions intermingled and impacted one another as we explore the spectacular artistry of the mosaicists.
Timothy Graham is a distinguished professor of history and a regents’ professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNM. He served as director of the Institute for Medieval Studies 2002-2020, organizing the acclaimed annual Medieval Spring Lecture Series. He holds BA, MA, and PhD degrees from Cambridge and an MPhil from the Warburg Institute, University of London. He is the author of Introduction to Manuscript Studies.