The Alhambra

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781537146249
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins.

Author : Robert Irwin
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847650988
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Robert Irwin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alhambra, the 'red fort' on its rocky hill above Granada with its fountained courts and gardens and intricate decoration has long been a byword for exotic and melancholy beauty. In a stimulating new book in the 'Wonders of the World' series Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines its engrossing and often mysterious history. Built by a bloody and threatened dynasty of Muslim Spain, the Alhambra was preserved as a monument to the triumph of Christianity. Much of what we see is the invention of later generations. Its highly sophisticated decoration is not just random but full of hidden meaning. Even its purpose - palace or theological college - is not always clear. Its influence on art, and on literature, orientalist painting and Granada cinemas, Washington Irving and Borges, has been significant. Robert Irwin enables us to understand the Alhambra's history fully. 'The Wonders of the World' is a series of books that focuses on some of the world's most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost everyone: they have achieved iconic stature and are loaded with mythological baggage. These monuments have been the subject of many books over the centuries, but our aim, through the skill and stature of the writers, is to get something much more enlightening, stimulating, even controversial, than straightforward histories or guides.

Author : Washington Irving
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732692620
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Alhambra by Washington Irving

Author : Antonio Fernández Puertas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Antonio Fernández Puertas and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on many years of painstaking research and covering eleven centuries of medieval, modern and contemporary history, The Alhambra represents a major contribution to world scholarship. During his research for the book, the author has made some very exciting discoveries. He has, for example, resolved one of the great enigmas of Nasrid art by discovering the geometric proportional system on which the entire Alhambra architecture and decoration are based. The designs are at times so intricate that they baffle even professional mathematicians: Professor Fernaacute;ndez-Puertas has cracked the geometric code and discovered that the marvels of the Alhambra are built on a proportional system that is essentially incommensurable and not based on fixed units like metres or inches. This has involved making hundreds of analytical figures, many of which will be included in the book. Professor Fernaacute;ndez-Puertas is also the first to discover the chronological order in which the Alhambra palaces were built. He has collated much fragmentary information in order to reconstruct a picture of court life within the Alhambra and the personalities of its sultans and poet-viziers. The book thus contains the heart of three centuries of Nasrid art, as well as providing a history of the palatine city from the ninth century to the present day: the pre-Nasrid Alhambra, the Nasrid Alhambra and the Christian Alhambra. Based on many years of painstaking research and covering eleven centuries of medieval, modern and contemporary history, The Alhambra will be the most comprehensive scientific work yet issued on the subject--a work of this order is unlikely to be published again within our lifetime.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alhambra written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : T.F. Editores, S.L.C.
ISBN 13 : 9788492441129
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra and the Generalife written by and published by T.F. Editores, S.L.C.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to this unique UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Author : Oleg Grabar
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Oleg Grabar and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ricardo Villa-Real
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Alhambra Told to Children written by Ricardo Villa-Real and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Desmond Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780882250878
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alhambra written by Desmond Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Cressler
Publisher : Milford House Press
ISBN 13 : 9781620061978
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Emeralds of the Alhambra written by John Cressler and published by Milford House Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How could we forget? Our world is stained with the blood of religious conflict and fanaticism, yet we managed to forget that for hundreds of years in medieval Spain, Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together in relative peace, sharing languages and customs, whispering words of love across religious boundaries, embracing a level of mutual acceptance and respect unimaginable today. Together, they launched one of the great intellectual and cultural flowerings of history. Our world aches for a future graced with tolerance and peace. Let us join together in reawakening the glory of medieval Muslim Spain, of al-Andalus. Emeralds of the Alhambra is a love story set in the resplendent Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, during the Castilian Civil War (1367-1369), a time when Muslims took up their swords to fight alongside Christians. Here is the story of William Chandon, a Christian knight, and the Sufi Muslim princess, Layla al-Khatib. As Chandon's influence at court grows, he becomes trapped between his forbidden love for Layla and his Christian heritage, the demands of chivalry and political expediency. Chandon and Layla must make choices between love and honor, war and peace, life and death, choices which ultimately will seal Granada's fate as the last surviving stronghold of Muslim Spain. Emeralds of the Alhambra is the first book in the series Anthems of al-Andalus" --Back cover.