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Courting the Alhambra : Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to the Hall of Justice Ceilings.
Title:
Courting the Alhambra : Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to the Hall of Justice Ceilings.
Author:
Robinson, Cynthia.
ISBN:
9789047426882
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Contents:
Articles -- Simone Pinet and Cynthia Robinson , Introduction -- Cynthia R obinson , Arthur in the Alhambra? Narrative and Nasrid Courtly Self-Fashioning in the Hall of Justice Ceiling Paintings -- Ana Echevarria , Painting Politics in the Alhambra -- Rosa María R odríguez Porto , Courtliness and its Trujumanes: Manufacturing Chivalric Imagery across the Castilian- Grenadine Frontier -- Jerrilynn D. Dodds , Hunting in the Borderlands -- Jennifer Borland , The Forested Frontier: Commentary in the Margins of the Alhambra Ceiling Paintings -- Amanda Luyster , Cross-Cultural Style in the Alhambra: Textiles, Identity and Origins -- Simone Pinet , Walk on the Wild Side -- Oscar Martín , Allegories of Love: The Alhambra Ceilings and The Evolution of Sentimental Fiction -- Book Reviews -- Daniel Lasker , Review of Daniel Frank, Search Scripture Well. Karaite Exegetes and the Origins of the Jewish Bible Commentary in the Islamic East -- Andrew Berns , Review of Elliott Horowitz: Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence -- Brian Catlos , Review of Klein, Elka. Jews, Christian Society, and Royal Power in Medieval Barcelona.
Abstract:
Bringing together the critical tools of art history, literature and historiography, this collections offers a series of new approaches to the study of the painted ceilings in the Hall of Justice of the Alhambra.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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