Alhambra

From: Finbarr Barry Flood <barry.flood@nyu.edu>

 

A series of four lectures by Kamal Boullata and José Miguel Puerta Vílchez. 

April 23-26, at Silsila: Centre for Material Histories,  a new center at New York University dedicated to material histories of the Islamicate world,

Olga Bush, Reframing the Alhambra: Architecture, Poetry, Textiles and Court Ceremonial

 

The Nasrid builders of the Alhambra – the best-preserved medieval Muslim palatial city – were so exacting that some of their work could not be fully explained until the invention of fractal geometry. Their design principles have been obscured, however, by the loss of all archival material. This book resolves that impasse by investigating the neglected, interdisciplinary contexts of medieval poetics and optics and through comparative study of Islamic court ceremonials.

From: Olga Bush <olbush@vassar.edu>

 

Olga Bush, Reframing the Alhambra: Architecture, Poetry, Textiles and Court Ceremonial

The Nasrid builders of the Alhambra – the best-preserved medieval Muslim palatial city – were so exacting that some of their work could not be fully explained until the invention of fractal geometry.