Courting the Alhambra: cross-disciplinary approaches to the Hall of Justice ceilings
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2008
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Item Description:"Special offprint of Medieval encounters, volume 14, nos. 2-3 (2008)"--Cover. - Includes pagination from original publication. - 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
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (264, iv pages, 19 pages of plates)
ISBN:9789047426882
9047426886
9789004173422
9004173420

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