Reframing the Alhambra : Architecture, poetry, textiles and court ceremonial /
Bush, Olga.
Reframing the Alhambra : Architecture, poetry, textiles and court ceremonial / Olga Bush. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2018. - 1 online resource (344 pages) - Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781474416511
Architecture.
Architectural drawing, Medieval.
Electronic Books.
NA350 / .R447 2018
Reframing the Alhambra : Architecture, poetry, textiles and court ceremonial / Olga Bush. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2018. - 1 online resource (344 pages) - Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9781474416511
Architecture.
Architectural drawing, Medieval.
Electronic Books.
NA350 / .R447 2018