{"id":424,"date":"2016-03-25T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/?p=424"},"modified":"2016-03-25T12:21:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:21:56","slug":"cappella-palatina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/sicily\/cappella-palatina\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cappella Palatina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-425 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0246-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0246\" width=\"178\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0246-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0246-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0246-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On our second day in Palermo, the group visited the Cappella Palatina, a Norman chapel built in the 12th century under Roger II. \u00a0The chapel combines Norman, Byzantine, and Arab traditions in its architecture under the roof of Christianity. \u00a0First of all, the main architectural elements are Norman. \u00a0The Byzantine features are the mosaic style and triple-apsidal plan. \u00a0Muslim influence most obviously presents itself in the muqarnas on the ceiling and the abundance of geometric designs. \u00a0Additionally, there are inscriptions not only in the traditional Latin and Greek, but in Arabic, as well. La Zisa, which we toured the day before, is yet another Norman structure in Sicily with strong Arabic influence. \u00a0There are plenty of geometric designs and and Arabic inscriptions (mostly on the bowls inside) in La Zisa. \u00a0Also, its muqarnas is made in brick instead of wood, revealing that the Normans made the traditionally Islamic feature their own. \u00a0However, the muqarnas of the Cappella Palatina separates itself again from that of La Zisa in that it was painted with figures, obviously straying far from Islamic tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-426 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0247-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0247\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0247-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0247-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/114\/2016\/03\/IMAG0247-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last interesting thing that I will point out about the Cappella Palatina are the columns. \u00a0Not only are such Corinthian columns uncommon in Norman architecture, but it is interesting that original classical columns are integrated into the arches. \u00a0The Cappella Palatina is quite literally a combination of the cultures present in Sicily.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our second day in Palermo, the group visited the Cappella Palatina, a Norman chapel built in the 12th century under Roger II. \u00a0The chapel combines Norman, Byzantine, and Arab traditions in its architecture under the roof of Christianity. \u00a0First of all, the main architectural elements are Norman. \u00a0The Byzantine features are the mosaic style [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sicily","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/italian-3008-spring-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}