The Church of San Giacomo di Rialto in the Medieval

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_15347
dc.contributor.author	Collins Dorothy
dc.title	The Church of San Giacomo di Rialto in the Medieval Era
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The Venetian church San Giacomo di Rialto is one of the oldest surviving medieval structures on the Lagoon today. Constructed around the year 1000, it follows a ‘Greek cruciform’ or cross-in-square architectural layout which was predominantly developed in the territories of the Byzantine Empire during the High Middle Ages (1000-1204). This paper examines the significance of the architecture of San Giacomo. This paper details the history of the construction of the church and subsequently its importance in the physical, ideological, and cultural construction of medieval Venice. In this paper I evaluate the difference between Eastern and Western architecture in the Medieval Mediterranean and how San Giacomo exemplifies or challenges both styles.
dc.relation.ispartof	Sources, Literatures, Arts & Landscapes of Europe
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-05-05
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-09-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-670-1/the-church-of-san-giacomo-di-rialto-in-the-medieva/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-729-6/005
dc.identifier.issn	2724-6620
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8507
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-670-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-729-6
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Basilica
dc.subject	Byzantine
dc.subject	Greek cruciform
dc.subject	High Middle Ages
dc.subject	History of Venice
dc.subject	Medieval
dc.subject	Medieval architecture
dc.subject	Romanesque
dc.subject	San Giacomo di Rialto
dc.subject	Venice

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The Church of San Giacomo di Rialto in the Medieval Era

Dorothy Collins King’s College, London, UK

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The Venetian church San Giacomo di Rialto is one of the oldest surviving medieval structures on the Lagoon today. Constructed around the year 1000, it follows a ‘Greek cruciform’ or cross-in-square architectural layout which was predominantly developed in the territories of the Byzantine Empire during the High Middle Ages (1000-1204). This paper examines the significance of the architecture of San Giacomo. This paper details the history of the construction of the church and subsequently its importance in the physical, ideological, and cultural construction of medieval Venice. In this paper I evaluate the difference between Eastern and Western architecture in the Medieval Mediterranean and how San Giacomo exemplifies or challenges both styles.

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May 5, 2023

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Sept. 22, 2022

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978-88-6969-670-1

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978-88-6969-729-6

Keywords: Venice • History of Venice • Medieval architecture • Greek cruciform • Romanesque • Byzantine • San Giacomo di Rialto • High Middle Ages • Basilica • Medieval

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