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Author Bush, Olga.

Title Reframing the Alhambra : Architecture, poetry, textiles and court ceremonial / Olga Bush.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (344 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 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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Subject Architecture.
Architecture.
Architectural drawing, Medieval.
Architectural drawing, Medieval.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bush, Olga. Reframing the Alhambra. Architecture, poetry, textiles and court ceremonial. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2018 9781474416504 (OCoLC)1035751026
ISBN 9781474416511 (electronic book)
1474416519 (electronic book)
9781474416504
1474416500