Admiration and Awe Morisco Buildings and Identity Negotiations in Early Modern Spanish Historiography

by Urquizar-Herrera, Antonio

• ISBN13: 9780198797456
• ISBN10: 0198797451
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-07-11
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Antonio Urquizar-Herrera is Associate Professor at the History of Art Department of the UNED, Madrid, as well as Life Member at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He has published several monographs about Early Modern Art in Spain, among them Coleccionismo y nobleza. Signos de distincion social en la Andalucia del Renacimiento (2007). He has also published more than thirty book chapters and articles in International and Spanish peer review journals. He has been principle investigator of a number of different research groups and research projects on Early Modern Art in Spain.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Islamic Stones of Spain, Today
Introduction
PART I
1. Conquest and Plunder
2. The Notion of the Loss of Spain
3. Islamic Monuments as Christian Trophies
PART II
4. Historical Dislocation and Antiquarian Appropriation
5. The Foundations of an Antiquarian Literature for Islamic Architecture
6. The Antiquarian Appropriation of Islamic Monuments
PART III
7. The Religious Use of the Antiquarian Model
8. Genealogical Forgery and Continuity of Christian Worship
9. Calling on the Martyrs: The Final Atonement of Islamic Architecture
PART IV
10. Charting the Impact of Historiographical Texts?
Bibliography