Resumen de L'Alessandro anglonormanno e il mosaico di Otranto: una ekphrasis monumentale?
Manuel Antonio Castiñeiras González
The iconographical programme in the Otranto Mosaic should be interpreted as a monumental ekphrasis. The 12th and 13th century romans, with the stories of Alenxandre teh Great, offer the basis for an understanding of the complexity of this cycle with the representation of Marvels of the East. The originality of this repertoire of images is related to teh particular historical and cultural context in Apulia during the Norman Period. Tha peculiarity explains the presence of King Arthur in the cycle.
