The Beauty of the Power: Muqarnas, Sharing Art and Culture across the Mediterranean

Carrillo-Calderero, Alicia

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“…On the other hand, there are many studies on muqarnas compositions in the Iberian Peninsula [43][44][45], Morocco [46], the Mediterranean basin [47][48][49], Persia [50], and elsewhere [51,52] Later examples, also in Palermo, can be found in the Zisa Palace and the Quba Palace [53][54][55].…”

Section: Preliminary Studies On Muqarnasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, there are many studies on muqarnas compositions in the Iberian Peninsula [43][44][45], Morocco [46], the Mediterranean basin [47][48][49], Persia [50], and elsewhere [51,52]. Among the earliest examples of muqarnas from the West is the wooden ceiling of the Palatine Chapel of the Royal Palace of Ruggero II in Palermo (ca.…”

Section: Preliminary Studies On Muqarnasmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Deformed Muqarnas Dome at the Sala de los Reyes in the Alhambra: Graphic Analysis of Architectural Heritage

Gámiz-Gordo,

Ferrer-Pérez-Blanco,

Reinoso-Gordo

2023

Heritage

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The muqarnas are small pieces grouped together, adopting surprising three-dimensional forms. They are a symbol of identity of the 14th century Nasrid architecture at Alhambra in Granada. This research’s aim is to graphically analyze the plaster muqarnas dome located to the south of the Sala de los Reyes, in the Palacio de los Leones. The methodology followed combines historical images analysis and modern digital graphic techniques. First, a compilation of unpublished drawings and photographs documenting architectural transformations and significant alterations in the roof structures since the 16th century is provided. Although these muqarnas were drawn by Jones and Goury in the 19th century, the current research identifies and draws, digitally for the first time, its nearly two thousand pieces of this dome. Additionally, metric data of the current state has been collected using 3D laser scanning, revealing significant deformations. In this way, the knowledge of these fragile architectural elements is achieved to promote their heritage dissemination and to facilitate the conservation of a monumental site included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Section: Preliminary Studies On Muqarnasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, there are many studies on muqarnas compositions in the Iberian Peninsula [43][44][45], Morocco [46], the Mediterranean basin [47][48][49], Persia [50], and elsewhere [51,52]. Among the earliest examples of muqarnas from the West is the wooden ceiling of the Palatine Chapel of the Royal Palace of Ruggero II in Palermo (ca.…”

Section: Preliminary Studies On Muqarnasmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Deformed Muqarnas Dome at the Sala de los Reyes in the Alhambra: Graphic Analysis of Architectural Heritage

Gámiz-Gordo,

Ferrer-Pérez-Blanco,

Reinoso-Gordo

2023

Heritage

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A Grammar of Muqarnas: Drawings of the Alhambra by Jones and Goury (1834-1845)

Gámiz-Gordo

Ferrer-Pérez-Blanco

2019

VLC arquitectura

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<p>The muqarnas of the Nasrid Alhambra stand out as one of the most singular architectural episodes of Medieval Islamic art due to their sophisticated three-dimensional construction, whose layout remains little known. In 1834 and 1837, the architects Owen Jones and Jules Goury visited the monument in Granada and accomplished surprising drawings thereof, later published towards 1842-1845 as chromolithograph prints, which represented its architecture, ornaments, and muqarnas in a systematic way for the first time. In order to value their pioneering drawings, the historical data is briefly reviewed and several previous drawings of the Alhambra are cited. After consideration of a few questions regarding the process of data collection in Granada, a comparative analysis is presented of a cornice, a capital, an arch and a pendentive, with photos and computer-aided drawings. Thus, the principles or elementary grammar of muqarnas groupings described by these architects are highlighted, as well as the precision of their images, which resulted crucial to integrate and disseminate the architectural legacy of the Alhambra in the contemporary Western culture.</p>

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The Beauty of the Power: Muqarnas, Sharing Art and Culture across the Mediterranean

Abstract: This paper aims to highlight the artistic exchanges between Sharq al-Andalus and elsewhere in the

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A Deformed Muqarnas Dome at the Sala de los Reyes in the Alhambra: Graphic Analysis of Architectural Heritage

A Deformed Muqarnas Dome at the Sala de los Reyes in the Alhambra: Graphic Analysis of Architectural Heritage

A Grammar of Muqarnas: Drawings of the Alhambra by Jones and Goury (1834-1845)

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