Abstract
This chapter examines fragments of stucco reliefs from three churches located in Sicily and southern Italy, Santi Pietro e Paolo at Itala, San Giuliano at Caltagirone, and Santa Maria de Terreti near Reggio Calabria. It explores the seam-like character of Norman Sicily by probing episodes of art production in which and western Christian cultures overlapped. The chapter also examines a few examples of what might be defined loosely as Islamic art that were made in the wake of the arrival of the Normans. Admittedly, the southern Italian stuccoes discussed here are not parts of intricate extant ensembles, as are the examples just cited. The chapter discusses the stucco reliefs demonstrates that a rarely studied medium can illuminate important problems in the history of art, in this case, the genesis of the polyvalent and multicultural arts of the Norman period in Sicily. Keywords:Caltagirone; Christian cultures; art; Norman Period; Sicily; stucco reliefs; Stuccoes
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