Reframing the Alhambra : : Architecture, Poetry, Textiles and Court Ceremonial / / Olga Bush.
An interdisciplinary study of one of the most important monuments in Islamic artFinalist for the 2019 Charles Rufus Morey Book AwardThe 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...
Saved in:
| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
|---|---|
| VerfasserIn: | |
| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art : ESIA
|
| Online Access: | |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 5 B/W illustrations 94 colour illustrations 16 B/W line art |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- 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 Ynsuf 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