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The Alhambra

Af: Robert Irwin Engelsk Paperback

The Alhambra

Af: Robert Irwin Engelsk Paperback
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The Alhambra, the ''red fort'' on its rocky hill above Granada, with its fountained courts and gardens, and intricate decoration, has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In a stimulating new book in the ''Wonders of the World'' series Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its engrossing and often mysterious history. Built by a bloody and threatened dynasty of Muslim Spain, it was preserved as a monument to the triumph of Christianity. Much of what we see is the invention of later generations. Its highly sophisticated decoration is not just random but full of hidden meaning. Even its purpose - palace or theological college - is not always clear. Its influence on art, and on literature, orientalist painting and Granada cinemas, Washington Irving and Borges, has been significant. Robert Irwin enables us to understand that history fully. The Wonders of the World is a series of books that focuses on some of the world''s most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with a fair amount of mythological baggage. These monuments have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides.
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The Alhambra, the ''red fort'' on its rocky hill above Granada, with its fountained courts and gardens, and intricate decoration, has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In a stimulating new book in the ''Wonders of the World'' series Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its engrossing and often mysterious history. Built by a bloody and threatened dynasty of Muslim Spain, it was preserved as a monument to the triumph of Christianity. Much of what we see is the invention of later generations. Its highly sophisticated decoration is not just random but full of hidden meaning. Even its purpose - palace or theological college - is not always clear. Its influence on art, and on literature, orientalist painting and Granada cinemas, Washington Irving and Borges, has been significant. Robert Irwin enables us to understand that history fully. The Wonders of the World is a series of books that focuses on some of the world''s most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with a fair amount of mythological baggage. These monuments have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781861974877
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1861974876
Kategori: Europæisk historie
Udg. Dato: 24 feb 2005
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 197mm
Forlag: Profile Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 24 feb 2005
Forfatter(e): Robert Irwin
Forfatter(e) Robert Irwin

Kategori Europæisk historie

ISBN-13 9781861974877

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 16mm

Bredde 129mm

Højde 197mm

Udg. Dato 24 feb 2005

Oplagsdato 24 feb 2005

Forlag Profile Books Ltd