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Book SynopsisThe ceiling paintings in the Hall of Justice of the Alhambra have not received serious scholarly attention for the past thirty years, perhaps due to their difficult incorporation into a discrete program of Christian vs. Islamic art, categories that until recently remained unchallenged themselves. The Alhambra itself continues to elicit the interest of many scholars, and several recent interpretations of the function of the Palace of the Lions, which houses the paintings, have been put forth. This collection brings together art historians, literary critics and historians who suggest new ways of approaching the paintings through their immediate social, historical, architectural and literary contexts, proposing a porous and flexible model for the production of culture in Iberia. Contributors are Jerrylin Dodds, Ana Echevarria, Jennifer Borland, Rosa María Rodríguez Porto, Oscar Martin, Amanda Luyster, Cynthia Robinson and Simone Pinet.
Table of ContentsSimone Pinet and Cynthia Robinson, Introduction Cynthia Robinson, Arthur in the Alhambra? Narrative and Nasrid Courtly Self-Fashioning in the Hall of Justice Ceiling Paintings Ana Echevarria, Painting Politics in the Alhambra Rosa María Rodríguez Porto, Courtliness and its Trujumanes: Manufacturing Chivalric Imagery across the Castilian–Grenadine Frontier Jerrilynn D. Dodds, Hunting in the Borderlands Jennifer Borland, The Forested Frontier: Commentary in the Margins of the Alhambra Ceiling Paintings Amanda Luyster, Cross-Cultural Style in the Alhambra: Textiles, Identity and Origins Simone Pinet, Walk on the Wild Side Oscar Martín, Allegories of Love: The Alhambra Ceilings and The Evolution of Sentimental Fiction
