The Alhambra
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The Alhambra

A Cycle of Studies on the Eleventh Century in Moorish Spain

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The Alhambra

A Cycle of Studies on the Eleventh Century in Moorish Spain

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9783110005240
eBook ISBN
9783110818598
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
European Medieval History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Prologue. The Story of a Discovery and a Reply to Critics
  2. Notes to Prologue
  3. PART I. A SOLOMONIC RENAISSANCE
  4. A. Cordova
  5. B. The Arabs
  6. (1) ARABIC INDIVIDUALISM AND HUMANISM
  7. (2) HISPANO-ARABIC PRIDE, NATIONALISM, AND SECULARISM
  8. (3) THE AWAKENING OF THE SENSES
  9. (4) ORIGINS
  10. (5) ARABIC POETRY
  11. C. The Jews
  12. (1) ACCULTURATION AND CONTEST
  13. (2) HEBREW ACTIVISM
  14. (3) HEBREW HUMANISM, LIBERALISM, AND HERESY
  15. (4) THE BEGINNING OF HISPANO-HEBREW POETRY
  16. Notes to Part I
  17. PART II. THE ALHAMBRA – ART HISTORY
  18. A. Dramatis Personae (In Full)
  19. B. Ibn Gabirol’s Testimony: A Nature Poem and Encomium to a Maecenas and his Castle
  20. C. Location of Yehōṡeph ibn Naghrālla’s Alhambra Palace
  21. D. The Court of Lions
  22. (1) MODERN DESCRIPTIONS
  23. (2) THE FOUNT OF LIONS
  24. (3) ICONOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY
  25. (4) FURTHER DOCUMENTATION: THE NAGHRĀLLAS’ OTHER FANTASTIC ARCHITECTURE
  26. (5) SUMMARY
  27. (6) THE INSCRIPTION ON THE PRESENT BASIN
  28. (7) THE QUESTION OF THE ORIGINAL LOCATION AND FORM OF THE FOUNTAIN
  29. (8) THE MANUFACTURE OF THE LIONS
  30. (9) THE STYLE OF THE ALHAMBRA LIONS
  31. (10) THE COURT OF LIONS AND ITS WATER CHANNELS – DATING THE “ZĪRID” STRUCTURES
  32. E. Other Constructions and Works of Art found in the Present Alhambra which may have been Yehōṡeph ibn Naghālla’s
  33. F. Again Ibn Gabirol’s Poem: The other References to the Palace
  34. Notes to Part II
  35. PART III. THE ALHAMBRA PALACE – LITERARY STUDIES
  36. A. Introduction. Nature Poetry of the Eleventh Century
  37. (1) A BEE AND A PALM POEM
  38. (2) ARABIC NATURE POETRY – ITS DEVELOPMENT
  39. (3) POETICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF EDIFICES IN SPAIN
  40. (4) HISPANO-ARABIC SPRING AND GARDEN POETRY
  41. Notes to Part III A
  42. B. Ibn Gabirol’s Great Nature Poem
  43. (1) IBN GABIROL AND NATURE
  44. (2) “THE LAND OF POETRY” – ARABIC AND HEBREW MYTHOPOETRY
  45. (3) THE TWO THEMES
  46. (4) “THE POET’S LAND”: HERITAGE AND TRANSFORMATION
  47. (5) COMPLETION OF THE FRAME
  48. (6) CONCLUSION AND COMPARISON
  49. Notes to Part III B
  50. C. Ibn Gabirol’s Garden and Spring Poems
  51. (1) SPRING I: THE GARDEN BED RESURRECTED AND THE SUN
  52. (2) SPRING II: RAIN – THE CALLIGRAPHER
  53. (3) SPRING III: RAIN RESTORING NATURE AND THE POET AGONIZED BY LOVE
  54. (4) SPRING IV: ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPRING
  55. (5) SPRING V: NOCTURNAL WINTER’S END RAIN AND SPRING
  56. (6) SPRING VI: INVITATION TO A BANQUET
  57. D. Arabic Flower-Portraits
  58. E. Ibn Gabirol: The Present of Roses
  59. Notes to Part III C, D, E
  60. Abbreviations
  61. Index A: Proper Names (including dynasties, nations, religions, sects)
  62. Index B: Subjects of Fine Arts
  63. Index C: Literary Subjects (including Metaphors)
  64. Index D: Geographic Names
  65. Index E: Book Titles
  66. Index F: Poems listed by their Beginning Words
  67. Index G: Foreign Words
  68. List of Illustrations