The Spanish Art Archive now available online
Spanish Art Archive has initiated the process of incorporating historical content in electronic format. Over the coming months, available, Full text and unrestricted access, all scientific articles […]
Books
Homosexuality in Al-Andalus. Siglos VIII to XII, a
Agustina Alejandra Orozco Segatori in this chapter we discussed homosexuality in general, and a brief summary of how this was considered at different times in the history of Spain until the arrival of the Muslims. “On […]
The Gate of the viziers of the Umayyad Mosque of Cordoba
Viziers DOOR OF MOSQUE OF CORDOBA OMEYA Archaeologist Peter Ivory presented in this work the results of the archaeological investigation of the oldest Islamic western front, Gate of the Viziers […]
By Córdoba D. Pedro de Madrazo
An interesting book on Cordova in full digital format for viewing on the web. Especially interesting are the descriptions of the stages of construction of the mosque and the construction of the cathedral and the side chapels of the […]
The pictorial museum optical scale
Antonio Palomino, born in Bujalance, near Cordoba, in 1653, was pretty mediocre painter little known and appreciated today. He enjoyed the influence of Valdés Leal and Alfaro, and after settling in Madrid, where later […]
The Muslim eschatology in the Divine Comedy
THE LEGEND OF NIGHT JOURNEY AND ASCENSION OF MUHAMMAD THE DIVINE COMEDY collated GENESIS OF THE LEGEND 1. The Muslim legend night journey and ascension of Muhammad to the mansions of grave, has been the genesis and […]
Pablo de Céspedes (1538-1608)
Painter, sculptor and architect. He was born in Córdoba year 1538 in the house of Francisco Lopez Aponte, prebendary of that holy church, and uncle Alonso de Céspedes, our father and brother of Pedro Pablo de Céspedes, whoever […]
A blind describes the Mosque
(…) And how to enjoy the architecture and monuments a blind person? “There are two elements. On the one hand, as everyone enjoyed, thanks to what is previously known, a la cultura, curiosity… But then you […]
Archaeology in the Mosque foundational. Ivory Pedro Ruiz
An interesting summary of the space of the mosque from the perspective of the official archaeologist of the Cabildo. Archaeologist Peter Ivory perhaps the most authoritative voice to speak about what the mosque keeps in his basement. He has directed […]
The mosque. Rafael Moneo and 2
Continuing with the article by Rafael Moneo on the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the journal FMR.