Myth, Meaning, and Memory. The Horses of San Marco in Venice.
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2025-01-30
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After the Fourth Crusade of 1204, the Horses of San Marco were taken from Constantinople by the Venetians and were prominently placed on the San Marco Basilica. Far more than mere spoils of war or static relics of a bygone past, the Horses became active participants in the city’s cultural memory, particularly noticeable in the Renaissance. However, these narratives were not confined to the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, as the Horses continued to influence both popular and scholarly discourse in later centuries. At the same time, these different discourses stand in contrast to one another. This thesis examines how the Horses were perceived, used, and reimagined in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Venice, together with an exploration of the modern literature regarding the Horses and the meanings which modern authors ascribe to them regarding their initial placement on the façades of the basilica in the thirteenth century.
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