| Description |
1 online resource (264, iv pages, 19 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Preliminary Materials / C. Robinson and S. Pinet -- Introduction / Cynthia Robinson and Simone Pinet -- Arthur In The Alhambra? Narrative And Nasrid Courtly Self-Fashioningin The Hall Of Justice Ceiling Paintings / Cynthia Robinson -- Painting Politics In The Alhambra / Ana Echevarria -- Courtliness And Its Trujamanes: Manufacturing Chivalric Imagery Across The Castilian-Grenadine Frontier / Rosa María Rodríguez Porto -- Hunting In The Borderlands ( For Oleg Grabar) / Jerrilynn D. Dodds -- The Forested Frontier: Commentary In The Margins Of The Alhambra Ceiling Paintings / Jennifer Borland -- Cross-Cultural Style In The Alhambra: Textiles, Identity And Origins / Amanda Luyster -- Walk On The Wild Side / Simone Pinet -- Love's Subjects: The Alhambra Ceilings, Sentimental Fiction And Allegory / Oscar Martín -- Book Reviews / C. Robinson and S. Pinet -- Colour Illustrations / C. Robinson and S. Pinet -- Index / C. Robinson and S. Pinet |
| Summary |
The ceiling paintings in the Hall of Justice of the Alhambra have not received serious scholarly attention for the past thirty years, perhaps due to their difficult incorporation into a discrete program of Christian vs. Islamic art, categories that until recently remained unchallenged themselves. The Alhambra itself continues to elicit the interest of many scholars, and several recent interpretations of the function of the Palace of the Lions, which houses the paintings, have been put forth. This collection brings together art historians, literary critics and historians who suggest new ways of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Ceilings -- Spain -- Granada
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Spain -- Granada
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Islamic decoration and ornament -- Spain -- Granada
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Islamic mural painting and decoration -- Spain -- Granada
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ART -- History -- General.
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Ceilings
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural
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Islamic decoration and ornament
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Islamic mural painting and decoration
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Deckenmalerei
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Spain -- Granada
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Granada -- Alhambra -- Sala de los Reyes.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pinet, Simone
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Robinson, Cynthia, 1962-
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| LC no. |
2008041965 |
| ISBN |
9789047426882 |
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9047426886 |
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