Wonders Of The World: The Alhambra

Wonders Of The World: The Alhambra by Robert Irwin


ISBN
9781861974129
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
224

A stimulating new book in the 'Wonders Of The World' series, Robert Irwin, Arabist and novelist, examines the Alhambra's engrossing and often mysterious history.

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.

Built by a bloody and threatened dynasty of Muslim Spain, it 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 that history fully.
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