Reframing the Alhambra : Architecture, poetry, textiles and court ceremonial /
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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2018.
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| Serie: | Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctv2f4vgbn |
Sommario:
- 1 Colour, Design and Medieval Optics
- 2 Addressing the Beholder: The Work of Poetic Inscriptions
- 3 Qalahurra of Yu−suf I: A Case Study of a Tower-palace
- 4 'Textile Architecture' in the Cuarto Dorado
- 5 Integrating Aesthetic and Politics: The Mawlid Celebration in the Alhambra