The Alhambra
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Author
Publication
2004 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
53,250 words, Guess
Page Count
213 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3304720M
- ISBN-100674015681
- OCLC Control Number54974589
- OCLC Control Numberalhambra0000irwi_q8b8
- Library of Congress Control Number2004047417
and 2 more
- LibraryThing384882
- Goodreads1244814
Classifications
- DDC946/.82
- LCCDP402.A4 I89 2004
Description
"The Alhambra is the only Muslim palace to have survived from the Middle Ages. Built by a bloody and threatened dynasty of Muslim Spain, it was preserved as a monument to the triumph of Christianity. Every day tourists in their thousands are entranced by its superb site, its towers and courts, its fountained gardens, its honeycombed ceilings and its intricate tile work. Much of what they see is the invention of later generations. Its highly sophisticated decoration is not just random but full of hidden meaning. Its most magnificent buildings were designed not by architects, but by philosophers and poets. It is a place of many mysteries. Even its purpose is not always clear. The Alhambra, which resembles a fairy tale palace, was constructed by slave labour in an era of economic decline, plague and political violence. Its beautifully decorated halls witnessed many murders. The Alhambra's influence on art, and on literature, Orientalist painting and Granada cinemas, Washington Irving and Borges, has been significant. Robert Irwin helps us to understand that story fully."--Jacket.
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