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It evokes a setting for the Arabian Nights… The Moors disapproved of representational art, and the Alhambra is chiefly adorned with geometric designs in a wealth of variation. Inscriptions in Arabic or Kufic characters are integral with the stucco decoration. … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Ahmar Alhambra, al-Khatib chronicler, Alhambra Granada, Alhambra Palace, Charles V Spain, Ferdinand III Castile, Hall of the Two Sisters Alhambra, King Ferdinand Spain, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Sultans Nasrid Dynasty, Theophile Gautier, University of Granada, Washington Irving, Yusef I Nasrid Dynasty
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Alhambra: languid but not tranquil
Despite its languid and sensuous atmosphere, the palace was anything but tranquil. Twenty-one rulers in 254 years means an average of about one every twelve years. Since both al-Ahmar and Yusef I had comfortably long reigns of forty-one and twenty-one … Continue reading
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Tagged Abencerrages execution Granada, Al-Ahmar Alhambra, Alhambra Granada, Alhambra Palace, Alhambra Patio de los Leones, Emilio Garcia Gomez, King Ferdinand Spain, King Philip II Spain, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Nasrid kings, Nasrid Kings of Granada, Queen Isabella Spain, Theophile Gautier, Washington Irving, Yusuf I Granada
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