Versions and visions of the Alhambra in the nineteenth-century Ottoman world
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Anna McSweeney, Versions and visions of the Alhambra in the nineteenth-century Ottoman world, West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture, 22, 1, 2015, 44 - 69Download Item:
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The Alhambra as a source of inspiration for Western architects in the nineteenth century
is well known and has been thoroughly documented. But “alhambresque” style was not
just an Orientalist exoticism in the West. It was also used in Muslim contexts, where the
style was considered suitable for public buildings—the entrance to the former Ministry
of Defense building in Istanbul, for example—as well as for royal pavilions and palace
interiors. In this article I explore the use of the alhambresque style in non-Western contexts
in the nineteenth century, where “alhambresque” came to mean something more than simply
fashionable exoticism.
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Islamic art , Orientalism , Ottoman art , al Andalus , architectural historyISSN:
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