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Book Courting the Alhambra

Download or read book Courting the Alhambra written by Cynthia Robinson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-02-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the critical tools of art history, literature and historiography, this collections offers a series of new approaches to the study of the painted ceilings in the Hall of Justice of the Alhambra.

Book Courting the Alhambra

Download or read book Courting the Alhambra written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Making Copies in European Art 1400 1600

Download or read book Making Copies in European Art 1400 1600 written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of 16 experts underline the binds and exchanges between different contexts and artistic techniques that copies established in the Renaissance, and how the history of taste is sophisticated and complex.

Book Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art

Download or read book Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art written by Francesca Leoni and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated to the topic of eroticism and sexuality in the visual production of the medieval and early modern Muslim world, this volume offers new insights and methodological models that extend our understanding of erotic and sexual subjects in the Islamic tradition. The essays shed light on the diverse socio-cultural milieus of erotic images, on the motivations underlying their production, and on the responses generated by their circulation.

Book Confronting the Borders of Medieval Art

Download or read book Confronting the Borders of Medieval Art written by Jill Caskey and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays examine art on the borders of the medieval world, from China to Spain. They engage three related issues: margins, frontiers, and cross-cultural encounters. Historiographic problems and pedagogical questions weave through the essays and the editors introduction.

Book Architectural Heritage Revisited

Download or read book Architectural Heritage Revisited written by Ilan Vit-Suzan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By improving our understanding of how the tangible and intangible dimensions of heritage are correlated, we could develop a relationship with heritage that goes beyond the mere act of conservation. This book argues that we need to recognize the historic monument as a tangible aspect of a holistic expression of culture that is rooted in specific spatio-temporal conditions. However, since the latter are constantly changing, it is vital to identify an implicit contradiction with the goals of conservation. As the intangible dimensions are more dynamic, driven by the transmission, reception, and advancement of knowledge, the reliance of the prevailing treatment of heritage today, conservation, ossifies this relationship. By examining three major heritage monuments - the Pantheon, Teotihuacan's Sun Pyramid and Alhambra - the book shows how these sites are the product of multiple strategies and unforeseen agents, accumulated through history. It emphasizes how these historical trends need to be better understood in order to attain a more 'organic' relationship with heritage and offers some recommendations that should be analyzed in participative processes of deliberation: the Pantheon's continuity could be extended; the Pyramid's loss, accepted; and Alhambra's exclusion, reversed. In this way, the book invites people to engage heritage from a historical understanding that is open to critical reassessment, dialogue, and cooperation.

Book The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada between East and West

Download or read book The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada between East and West written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (1232-1492) was the last Islamic state in al-Andalus. It has long been considered a historical afterthought, even an anomaly, but this impression must be rectified: here we place the kingdom in a new context, within the processes of change that were taking place across all Western Islamic societies in the late Middle Ages. Despite being the last Islamic entity in the Iberian Peninsula, Granada was neither isolated nor exclusively associated with the nearest Islamic lands. The special relationship between Nasrid territory and the surrounding Christian states accelerated historical processes of change. This volume edited by Adela Fábregas examines the Nasrid kingdom through its politics, society, economics, and culture. Contributors: Daniel Baloup, Bárbara Boloix-Gallardo, María Elena Díez Jorge, Adela Fábregas, Ángel Galán Sánchez, Alberto García Porras, Expiración García Sánchez, Raúl González Arévalo, Pierre Guichard, Antonio Malpica Cuello, Christine Mazzoli-Guintard, Rafael G. Peinado, Antonio Peláez Rovira, José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, María Dolores Rodríguez-Gómez, Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza, Roser Salicrú i Lluch, Bilal Sarr, Francisco Vidal-Castro, Gerard Wiegers, Amalia Zomeño.

Book The Alhambra

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  • Author : Robert Irwin
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2012-06
  • ISBN : 0674063600
  • Pages : 223 pages

Download or read book The Alhambra written by Robert Irwin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alhambra is the only Muslim palace to have survived since the Middle Ages and has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In his absorbing new book, Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its history and allure.

Book Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe

Download or read book Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe offers a critical examination of the reception of Ibero-Islamic architecture in medieval Iberia and 19th-century Europe. Taking selected case studies as a starting point, the volume challenges prevalent readings of interconnected cultural and artistic phenomena.

Book The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace

Download or read book The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace written by Owen Jones and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace

Download or read book The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace written by Owen 1809-1874 Jones and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Alhambra

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  • Author : Washington Irving
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Release : 2023-02-24
  • ISBN : 3382119471
  • Pages : 530 pages

Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Book The Alhambra

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  • Author : Washington Irving
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1886
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 594 pages

Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Diez Albums

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2016-11-14
  • ISBN : 9004323481
  • Pages : 690 pages

Download or read book The Diez Albums written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five Diez albums in Berlin are an important source for the study of Ilkhanid, Jalayirid, and Timurid art. The 21 essays of this book contribute to deepening our understanding of the development of Persianate art and its perception in later times.

Book The Alhambra

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  • Author : Washington Irving
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1836
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tales of the Alhambra

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  • Author : Irving W.
  • Publisher : Рипол Классик
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 5521082522
  • Pages : 447 pages

Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Irving W. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. “Tales of the Alhambra” is a collection of essays, sketches and stories. The Alhambra is a palace located in Granada, in the south of Spain. The book consists of a collection of enchanting Spanish and Moorish legends, folktales, and myths about the palace and its surroundings, along with some more traditional travel narratives and observational essays about the country and its customs.

Book Tales of the Alhambra

    Book Details:
  • Author : Washington Irving
  • Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
  • Release : 2019-05-15
  • ISBN : 0486834379
  • Pages : 179 pages

Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon his 1829 arrival in Granada, Spain, American author Washington Irving was immediately charmed by the city's beauty and picturesque qualities. While researching a book on the conquest of Granada, he gained access to the Alhambra Palace, which had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. Irving became a guest at the ancient fortress, where he found himself in the company of several colorful inhabitants. During his sojourn, the writer became increasingly enamored of the grand palace and its wealth of history and folklore. The result is this captivating collection of essays, sketches, and tales. As Irving notes in his Preface, "It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins." A must-read for modern-day visitors to the Alhambra, this edition presents a fascinating selection of Irving's observations and stories.