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Reframing the Alhambra: Architecture, Poetry, Textiles and Court Ceremonial

Reframing the Alhambra: Architecture, Poetry, Textiles and Court Ceremonial

Bush, Olga

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Series: Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral ArchitectureSpainish & Portuguese History

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ISBN10: 147448090X
ISBN13: 9781474480901
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Dec 1 2020
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.50
Language: English

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.

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