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The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia: Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries book cover

1st Edition

The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries

Edited By Inés Monteira Copyright 2025
242 Pages 20 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 20 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 20 Color & 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context. This study includes figurative and iconographic motifs, architectural forms, and even the spolia from constructions and Arabic inscriptions that were embedded in Christian buildings. The Islamic visual... Read more

Part 1  Reinterpretation

1. Anti-Islamic Elements in Tenth-Century Beatus Manuscripts

Peter K. Klein

2. Reimagining Relics and Reliquaries between al-Andalus and the Northern Kingdoms in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries

Rose Walker

Part 2  Appropriation

3. Eagles and Peacocks in Tenth- to Twelfth-Century Iberian Art

Inés Monteira

4. Aesthetic of Appropriation: Andalusi Spolia in Medieval Christian Iberia

Jorge Elices Ocón

5. A Sign of Conquest and Continuity: Arabic Inscriptions on Christian Buildings from the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries

Julie Marquer

Part 3  Artistic Transfer

6. Artistic Connections between al-Andalus and Asturian Art in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries

Lorenzo Arias Páramo

7. The Portal of the Church of San Pedro de Cervatos. Artistic Transfers between al-Andalus and the Castilian Leonese Kingdom in the Twelfth Century

Noelia Silva Santa-Cruz

8. The Urban Palaces of Andalusi Toledo: the Value of Local Traditions in Shaping the Artistic Horizon of 1085

Victor Rabasco García

9. Artistic Transfers in Medieval Iberian Architecture: Islamic Decoration in Context and its Reception in Christian Kingdoms

María Marcos Cobaleda

Biography

Inés Monteira is Professor in the History of Art Department at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Madrid.

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