Rappresentazioni del potere tra giudicato d’Arborea, Corona d’Aragona e Regno di Napoli

Usai Nicoletta

2020-01-01

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Abstract

The theme of representations of power and the use of images for political purposes has been the subject of a growing number of studies for several years now. Coats of arms, goldsmith's objects, paintings and sculptures are examined not only for their status as art objects but also as a product of the will of wealthy clients, often sovereigns, who use them to increase consensus around them. In the Mediterranean context, the fourteenth century recorded important personalities who used images as a form of visual consolidation of their authority. Among these Roberto d'Angio, king of Naples, and Peter the Ceremonious, sovereign of the Crown of Aragon, constitute widely examined case studies. In this essay we want to offer some reflections relating to the figure of Mariano IV, sovereign of the Giudicato of Arborea, in relation to the rulers of his time, in a historical moment, the mid-14th century, in which Sardinia is entering de facto territories of the Crown of Aragon.