Moorish Architecture in Andalusia (Architecture & Design Series)
Publisher: Taschen
Published: April 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9783822876343
Subjects: Architecture; History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400; Islamic studies; History - General; Architecture, Islamic; International Architecture - African; Decoration & Ornament; Andalusia; Historic buildings; Spain
First sentence: The contrast between the desolate ruined castles on the heights of the sun-baked mountain landscape, and the palaces in the cities, with their cool patios, babbling fountains and scented blossoms testifying to a lifestyle of elegant sophistication - this contrast has stimulated the imagination of the northern European ever since the days of the Romantic movement.