In analyzing the early medieval architecture of Christian and Islamic Spain, Jerrilynn Dodds explores the principles of artistic response to social and cultural tension, offering an account of that unique artistic experience that set Spain apart from the rest of Europe and established a visual identity born of the confrontation of cultures that perceived one another as alien. Architecture and Ideology in Early Medieval Spain covers the Spanish medieval experience from the Visigothic oligarchy to the year 1000, addressing ...
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In analyzing the early medieval architecture of Christian and Islamic Spain, Jerrilynn Dodds explores the principles of artistic response to social and cultural tension, offering an account of that unique artistic experience that set Spain apart from the rest of Europe and established a visual identity born of the confrontation of cultures that perceived one another as alien. Architecture and Ideology in Early Medieval Spain covers the Spanish medieval experience from the Visigothic oligarchy to the year 1000, addressing a variety of cases of cultural interchange. It examines the embattled reactive stance of Hispano-Romans to their Visigothic rulers and the Asturian search for a new language of forms to support a political position dissociated from the struggles of a peninsula caught in the grip of a foreign and infidel rule. Dodds then examines the symbolic meaning of the Mozarabic churches of the tenth century and their reflection of the Mozarabs' threatened cultural identity. The final chapter focuses on two cases of artistic interchange between Islamic and Christian builders with a view toward understanding the dynamics of such interchange between conflicting cultures. Dodds concludes with a short account of the beginning of Romanesque architecture in Spain and an analysis of some of the ways in which artistic expression can reveal the subconscious of a culture.
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VG- Book A large, heavy item: Priority and non-U.S. shipping may require extra fees; please inquire. Not ex-lib. Not Hardcover in dark grey cloth, no jacket, 4to. xv + 174pp. + album of 32 figures (plans) and 81 b/w plates. Index, endnotes. VG-. Wear with surface loss and touches of fraying at corners and hinge ends, touch of exposed card to lower front corner; cloth otherwise clean and sharp with bright spine titles; corners bumped. Mild spine slant/cocking with no effect on strong binding; sparse marginal notes/checks to some half-dozen pages; else all clean and unmarked.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. xvi, 174pp. 32 figures and 81 plates. Black and white. FINE/HC/DJ. From the library of medievalist Roger E. Reynolds.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 264 p. Contains: Halftones, black & white, Maps. Audience: General/trade. Fine book in VG+ cover. Book is near new: clean & tight with no markings or blemishes. DJ is VG+ clean & unmarked with light edge wear at top binding. Very nice copy overall. Shipped promptly in proper protective packaging.
