Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe : Cultural Negotiations and Artistic Translations in the Middle Ages and 19th-Century Historicism.

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Interconnected Realities -- Part 1 Between Fascination and Conflict -- Chapter 1 Where Does Mudéjar Architecture Belong? -- 1 José Amador de los Ríos and Mudéjar Terminology - an Ongoing Debate -- 2 Opening the Path for New Approaches -- 3 Mudéjar Architecture and the Transcultural Reality of Medieval Iberia -- Chapter 2 When Warriors Become Teachers: Alfonso x's Cultural Endeavors and the Crusade Ideology -- 1 A Castilian Humanism? -- 2 The Crusade Ideology and the Mudéjar Revolt -- 3 The Palacio Gótico in Seville -- 4 Alfonso x, Warrior and Teacher -- Illustrations -- Chapter 3 "Ennobling Muslims and Jews"? The Instrumentalization of Mudéjar under the House of Trastámara 1369-1474 -- 1 Discrimination as a Political Strategy -- 2 The Pogroms of 1391 -- 3 Mudéjar in a Persecution Society -- 4 The Alcázar of Segovia: The Continuity of Mudéjar during the Fifteenth Century -- 5 The Salon de los Reyes -- 6 The Salon del Trono or del Solio -- 7 A Christianization of Mudéjar -- Illustrations -- Chapter 4 Reassessing the Moorish Revival in 19th-century Europe -- 1 The Revalorization of Medieval Architecture and the Question of Style -- 2 Stylistic Pluralism and the Eclectic Approach -- 3 Reinventing Ibero-Islamic Architecture on International Stage -- 4 Spain's Search for a National Style -- 5 The Different Faces of the Moorish Revival -- Illustrations -- Part 2 Agents and Networks -- Chapter 5 "Oh, You Seeker of Knowledge! This is Its Gate Opened Wide …" The Transcultural Networks of Patrons, Artists, Scholars, Writers and Diplomats Between Medieval Iberia and North Africa in the 14th Century.

1 The Apogee of the Marinids: Patrons of Knowledge and Architecture -- 2 Writings on the Wall: The Exchange between the Nasrid and Marinid Courts -- 3 Seville, Once More: The Encounter of Pedro i and Ibn Ḫaldūn -- 4 Gates Closing: The End of an Era of Borderless Transmission -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Chapter 6 Beyond Kings and Sultans: Vertical Diffusion and the Patrons of Urban Palaces in 14th-century Toledo -- 1 The Case of Samuel Ha-Levi Abulafia -- 2 The Álvarez de Toledo, the Casa de Mesa and the Casas Principales de San Román -- 3 Under the Sign of the Dove: The Taller del Moro, the Meneses and Palomeque Families -- 4 The Ayala Family and the Casa Güena -- 5 A City as Amplifier -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Chapter 7 Spanish Intellectuals of the 19th Century and Their Role for Knowledge Exchange Across Europe -- 1 Preparing the Ground: Antonio de Zabaleta, José Amador de los Ríos, and the Boletín Español de Arquitectura -- 2 Forging a Bridge between Madrid and the English-Speaking World: Pascual de Gayangos y Arce -- 3 A Monumental Career - Juan Facundo Riaño y Montero -- 4 Making an Exemplary Case for the Re-Valorization of Spain's Islamic Legacy -- Chapter 8 Mentors, Patrons and Social Networks: The Trajectories of Architects in a Globalized Century -- 1 Young Architects and Influential Mentors in the Cultural Metropolis of Paris -- 2 The Spanish Journey -- 3 Emile Boeswillwald and the Montijo Family -- 4 Building a Neo-Moorish Palace in Madrid -- 5 Emil Otto Tafel and the Emergence of Artistic Hubs on the Peripheries -- 6 Networks and Mobility of 19th-Century Architects -- Illustrations -- Chapter 9 Il Gusto Moresco: Amateurs and Artists in Florence and Rome during the Second Half of the 19th Century -- 1 Florence and Rome: Islamic Art at the Periphery?.

2 Two Florentine Amateurs of Islamic Art - Ferdinando Panciatichi Ximenes d'Aragona and Frederick Stibbert -- 3 The Artists-Collectors of Rome - Mariano Fortuny and the Spanish Connection -- 4 Viewing the Alhambra from South of the Alps -- Illustrations -- Part 3 Artisans and Architects as Protagonists of Transcultural Exchange and Artistic Transfer -- Chapter 10 An Interconnected World: Mudéjar Artisans and the Aristocracy in 15th-century Castile -- 1 The Mudéjar Environment in 15th-Century Castile -- 2 The Castilian Nobility and al-Andalus: An Ambivalent Relationship -- 3 Muslims at the Service of Noble Families -- 4 The Enríquez Family: A Church -- 5 The Manrique Family: A Monastery -- 6 The Velasco Family: A Palace -- 7 The Fonesca Family: A Castle -- 8 The Mudéjars and the Taste for Ibero-Islamic Aesthetics -- 9 The Mudejars: Muslim Craftsmen at the Service of Christian Customers -- Illustrations -- Chapter 11 Reproducing the Alhambra: Monument Conservators and Artisans in Granada -- 1 The Restoration of the Alhambra and the Revitalization of Local Practices -- 2 Rafael Contreras Muñoz and Madrid's High Aristocracy -- 3 Antonio Santisteban and the Institutionalization of Local Practices in Granada -- 4 A Present-Day Replica: The Arab Hall of Madrid's Former Armory Museum Reproduced in Toledo -- 5 Materials and Construction Techniques: from Past to Present -- 6 Beyond an Ephemeral Fashion -- Illustrations -- Chapter 12 Learning from Casts and Models: Schools and Academies in 19th-century Europe and the Specific Case of the Alhambra Collection in St. Petersburg -- 1 The Alhambra at the Schools of Decorative Arts: from 'Alhambra Jones' to Europe -- 2 The Alhambra Collection at the Scientific-Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg -- 3 Pavel Notbek in Granada: Documenting the Alhambra over Ten Years.

4 Opening a New Chapter: Pavel Notbek's Alhambra Сollection in Russia -- 5 The Impact of the Alhambra Collection on Neo-Moorish Buildings and Interiors -- 6 Political Changes and the Devaluation of a Unique Collection -- 7 Bringing the Alhambra Back to Life -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Part 4 Artistic Translations between Imagination, Politics and Ideology -- Chapter 13 The Limits of Otherness: Decoding the Entangled Heritage of Medieval Iberia -- 1 The Facets of Otherness and the Iberian Reality -- 2 A new Cathedral for Toledo - Gothic Style versus Local Tradition -- 3 Introducing the Polylobed Arch to Toledo -- 4 The Transcultural Trajectory of the Polylobed Arch and the European Perspective -- Illustrations -- Chapter 14 Political Ruptures and Artistic Continuities: Pedro i, Enrique ii and the First Trastámara Architecture in Context -- 1 Beyond Pedro i's Exceptionality: The Artistic Display of a Castilian King -- 2 From Seville to Córdoba: The Formation of a Castilian Canon -- 3 The Royal Palace of León: Aesthetics of Power in Times of Conflict -- 4 Beyond Mudéjar: Reassessing Castilian Artistic Choices at the End of the Fourteenth Century -- Illustrations -- Chapter 15 Oriental Carpets and Gothic Windows: Stained Glass in Neo-Moorish Architecture -- 1 Stained Glass in al-Andalus -- 2 Stained Glass and Oriental Carpets -- 3 From Theory to Practice - The Wilhelma and Its Stained Glass -- 4 Creations between 'Moorish' and 'Gothic' - Stained Glass in Carl von Diebitsch's Architecture -- 5 Mingling Styles - Stained Glass at the Villa di Sammezzano -- 6 The Gothic and Moorish Revivals -- Illustrations -- Chapter 16 The Alhambra as a Historicist Matrix for Museum Displays -- 1 Bringing the Alhambra to Florence - the Moorish Hall at Villa Stibbert -- 2 Installing a Neo-Moorish Style Room in Stuttgart's Palais Urach.

3 From Private to Public - the Arab Hall in Madrid's Armory Museum -- 4 Museum Display and Alhambresque Style -- Illustrations -- Chapter 17 Stylistic Eclecticism and its Oriental Languages: Alhambrismo in St. Petersburg -- 1 The Reception of the Alhambra in St. Petersburg -- 2 Phase One: Early Neo-Moorish Interiors and Illustrated Publications on Nasrid Décor, ca. 1830-1845 -- 3 Phase Two: In-Depth Studies in Granada and the Manifold Use of Neo-Moorish Style, ca. 1845-1865 -- 4 Phase Three: The Neo-Moorish Style as Part of the Architectural Repertoire, ca. 1865-1917 -- 5 Learning from Alhambrismo -- Illustrations -- Part 5 Transmitting Islamic Aesthetics Across Centuries -- 1 Architectural Transformation -- Chapter 18 The Fortune of the Court of the Lions and the Court of the Dolls: Artistic Translations and Processes of Decontextualization -- 1 Owen Jones's Alhambra Court and the Universalization of the Court of the Lions -- 2 From Exterior to Interior: the Court of the Lions in 19th-Century Spanish Residential Architecture -- 3 Pavilions and Fountain: Evocative Symbols and the Representation of National Identity -- 4 Architectural Transformations in 19th-Century Europe and the Spanish Exception -- Illustrations -- Chapter 19 Domes Reinvented: Changing Meanings and Artistic Translations of Ibero-Islamic Rib and Muqarnas Vaults -- 1 A Shared Artistic Language: Ribbed Vaults and muqarnas Domes in Medieval Iberia -- 2 The Rib Vault of Sammezzano's White Hall: An Unexpected Trajectory -- 3 Beyond Historic References -- 4 Continuity versus Innovation -- Illustrations -- Chapter 20 The Hybridization of Sebka Ornament -- 1 Towards Transcultural Ornamentation -- 2 The Internationalization of Sebka in the 19th Century -- 3 The Analytical Eye: from Ornament to Pattern.

4 The Reinvention of Sebka Between the Second Half of the 19th and the Early 20th Century.

Mudejarismo and Moorish Revival in Europe offers a critical examination of the reception of Ibero-Islamic architecture in medieval Iberia and 19th-century Europe. Taking selected case studies as a starting point, the volume challenges prevalent readings of interconnected cultural and artistic phenomena.

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