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

Name: Reframing the Alhambra
Brand: Edinburgh University Press
SKU: 9781474480901
Price: 7200 KES
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ISBN: 9781474480901

by Olga Bush

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art

ISBN-10 147448090X

ISBN-13 9781474480901

Publisher Edinburgh University Press

Imprint Edinburgh University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 1st, 2020

Print length 344 Pages

Weight 830 grams

Dimensions 17.00 x 24.40 x 2.10 cms

Product Classification: History of art / art & design styles History of art Religious and ceremonial arts Religious subjects depicted in art Architecture: religious buildings Religious buildings History of architecture European history Medieval history Islam History European history Islam

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An interdisciplinary study of one of the most important monuments in Islamic art.

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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