In Praise of Song: The Making of Courtly Culture in al-Andalus and Provence, 1005-1134 A.D. - Couverture rigide

Robinson, Cynthia

 
9789004124530: In Praise of Song: The Making of Courtly Culture in al-Andalus and Provence, 1005-1134 A.D.
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004124535 ISBN 13 : 9789004124530
Editeur : Brill, 2002

Synopsis

This volume offers a reconstruction of the court culture of the taifa kings of al-Andalus (11th century A.D.), using both visual and textual evidence. A focus of particular attention is the court of the Banū Hūd at Zaragoza, and that dynasty's palace, the Aljafería. Principle written sources are not histories and chronicles, but the untranslated poetic anthologies of al-ḥimyarī and al-Fatḥ ibn Khāqān.
The first part of the book addresses taifa visual and literary languages, with especial emphasis on connections between the literary and visual aspects of taifa aesthetics. The sections on the Aljafería's ornamental program will be of particular interest, not only to historians of Islamic art, but to students of all visual traditions with strong non-figural components.
In addition, Part One also proposes that taifa court culture has been considered as a culture of "courtly love," and this argument also forms the point of departure for Part Two. The second part of the study uses luxury objects of Islamic and Limousine production as a point of departure for a detailed comparison of the thematics of taifa poetry in classical Arabic on the themes of courtly love and pleasures with those of the better-known Provençal tradition.

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À propos de l?auteur

Cynthia Robinson, Ph.D. (1995) in Art History, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor of Islamic and Medieval Art at the University of New Mexico. She has published on Andalusī art and literature, and together with Oleg Grabar, Islamic Art and Literature (Markus Wiener Press, 2001).

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004124535
ISBN 13 
9789004124530
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
446
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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