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

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

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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...

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Author / Creator: Bush, Olga (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Series:Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
Subjects:
Islam and architecture > Spain > Granada.
Architectural inscriptions > Spain > Granada.
Interior architecture > Spain > Granada.
Interior architecture.
Architectural inscriptions.
Islam and architecture.
Granada (Spain) > Court and courtiers.
Spain > Granada.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • Series Editor's Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Colour, Design and Medieval Optics
  • Chapter 2. Addressing the Beholder: The Work of Poetic Inscriptions
  • Chapter 3. Qalahurra of Yusuf I: A Case Study of a Tower-palace
  • Chapter 4. 'Textile Architecture' in the Cuarto Dorado
  • Chapter 5. Integrating Aesthetic and Politics: The Mawlid Celebration in the Alhambra
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Acknowledgements
  • Index

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