Church, State, Vellum, and Stone

Church, State, Vellum, and Stone
Author: Therese Martin
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2005-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 904741618X

The essays in this volume, written in honor of retired scholar John Williams, treat a variety of topics pertaining to Medieval Spain; providing an interdisciplinary, international, and intergenerational view of current work in the field.

Medieval Iberia

Medieval Iberia
Author: E. Michael Gerli
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 960
Release: 2013-12-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136771611

As the first comprehensive reference to the vital world of medieval Spain, this unique volume focuses on the Iberian kingdoms from the fall of the Roman Empire to the aftermath of the Reconquista. The nearly 1,000 signed A-Z entries, written by renowned specialists in the field, encompass topics of key relevance to medieval Iberia, including people, events, works, and institutions, as well as interdisciplinary coverage of literature, language, history, arts, folklore, religion, and science. Also providing in-depth discussions of the rich contributions of Muslim and Jewish cultures, and offering useful insights into their interactions with Catholic Spain, this comprehensive work is an invaluable tool for students, scholars, and general readers alike. For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia website.

The Conversos and Moriscos in Late Medieval Spain and Beyond

The Conversos and Moriscos in Late Medieval Spain and Beyond
Author: Kevin Ingram
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2021-01-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004447342

Converso and Morisco are the terms applied to those Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity (mostly under duress) in late Medieval Spain. Converso and Moriscos Studies examines the manifold cultural implications of these mass convertions.

Goya

Goya
Author: Janis A. Tomlinson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002-03-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300094930

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) created magnificent paintings, tapestry designs, prints, and drawings over the course of his long and productive career. Women frequently appeared as the subjects of Goya's works, from his brilliantly painted cartoons for the Royal Tapestry Factory to his stunning portraits of some of the most powerful women in Madrid. This groundbreaking book is the first to examine the representations of women within Goya's multifaceted art, and in so doing, it sheds new light on the evolution of his artistic creativity as well as on the roles assumed by women in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Spain. Many of Goya's most famous works are featured and explicated in this beautifully designed and produced book. The artist's famous tapestry cartoons are included, along with the tapestries woven after them for the royal palaces of the Prado and the Escorial. Goya's infamous Naked Maja and Clothed Maja are also highlighted, with a discussion on whether these works were painted at the same time and how they might have originally hung in relation to one another. Focus is also placed on Goya's more experimental prints and drawings, in which the artist depicted women alternatively as targets of satire, of sympathy, or of admiration. Essays by eminent authorities provide a historical and cultural context for Goya's work, including a discussion on the significance of fashion and dress during the period. The resultant volume is surely to be treasured by all who admire Goya's art and by those who are interested in women's issues of his time.

Light Bearers

Light Bearers
Author: Richard W. Schwarz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2000
Genre: Seventh-Day Adventists
ISBN: 9780816317950

Romanesque Renaissance

Romanesque Renaissance
Author: Konrad Adriaan Ottenheym
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2021-01-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9004446621

In the renaissance also architecture from c. 800–1200 was regarded as a useful source of inspiration for contemporary building, sometimes by misinterpreting these medieval architecture as roman structures, sometimes because that era was also regarded as a glorious ‘ancient’ past.

Jews and Muslims Made Visible in Christian Iberia and Beyond, 14th to 18th Centuries

Jews and Muslims Made Visible in Christian Iberia and Beyond, 14th to 18th Centuries
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2019-05-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004395709

This volume aims to show through various case studies how the interrelations between Jews, Muslims and Christians in Iberia were negotiated in the field of images, objects and architecture during the Later Middle Ages and Early Modernity. . By looking at the ways pre-modern Iberians envisioned diversity, we can reconstruct several stories, frequently interwoven with devotional literature, poetry or Inquisitorial trials, and usually quite different from a binary story of simple opposition. The book’s point of departure narrates the relationship between images and conversions, analysing the mechanisms of hybridity, and proposing a new explanation for the representation of otherness as the complex outcome of a negotiation involving integration. Contributors are: Cristelle Baskins, Giuseppe Capriotti, Ivana Čapeta Rakić, Borja Franco Llopis, Francisco de Asís García García, Yonatan Glazer-Eytan, Nicola Jennings, Fernando Marías, Elena Paulino Montero, Maria Portmann, Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza, Amadeo Serra Desfilis, Maria Vittoria Spissu, Laura Stagno, Antonio Urquízar-Herrera.

The Conversos and Moriscos in Late Medieval Spain and Beyond

The Conversos and Moriscos in Late Medieval Spain and Beyond
Author: Kevin Ingram
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004175539

Converso and Morisco are the terms applied to those Jews and Muslims who converted to Christianity (mostly under duress) in late medieval Spain. "Converso and Moriscos Studies" examines the manifold cultural implications of these mass convertions.