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Reframing the Alhambra : architecture, poetry, textiles and court ceremonial

Bush, Olga author

2018

Overview

The Nasrid builders of the Alhambra - the best-preserved medieval Muslim palatial city - were so exacting that some of their work could not be fully explained until the invention of fractal geometry. Their design principles have been obscured, however, by the loss of all archival material. This book resolves that impasse by investigating the neglected, interdisciplinary contexts of medieval poetics and optics and through comparative study of Islamic court ceremonials. This reframing enables the reconstruction of the underlying, integrated aesthetic, focusing on the harmonious interrelationship between diverse artistic media - architecture, poetry and textiles - in the experience of the beholder, resulting in a new understanding of the Alhambra.

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Subject: Alhambra (Granada, Spain) / Islam and architecture Spain Granada / Architectural inscriptions Spain Granada / Interior architecture Spain Granada / Granada (Spain) Court and courtiers
• ISBN: 9781474416504

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NA 387 .B87 2018	1	BOOK	ARTS