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From Granada to Berlin - The Alhambra Cupola (Paperback)
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From Granada to Berlin - The Alhambra Cupola (Paperback)
Series: CAHIM - Connecting Art Histories in the Museum
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This book is the story of an extraordinary survivor from the
Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain: the Alhambra cupola, now in the
Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin. The cupola, a ceiling crafted from
carved and painted wood, was made to crown an exquisite mirador in
one of the earliest palace buildings of the Alhambra. The book is
the cupola's biography from its medieval construction to its
imminent redisplay in Berlin. It traces the long history of the
Alhambra through the prism of the cupola, from the Muslim craftsmen
who built it, to its adaptation by the Christian conquerors after
the fall of Granada in 1492, to its creation as a heritage site.
The cupola was sketched by artists from across Europe, before it
was dismantled by a German financier and taken to Berlin in the
19th century. It witnessed the dramatic events of the 20th century
in Germany and was eventually bought by the Museum in 1978. In
recent decades, the new visibility of the cupola to the wider
public has prompted questions about the object and its movement
from Granada to Berlin. Its removal from the Alhambra and the
complex reasons behind this loss are central to this biography.
Setting the cupola within the wider context of Islamic heritage, it
considers the role of collecting practices in the transformation of
living monuments into heritage sites in the 20th century. This book
presents a focused study of this unique object that cuts across
academic disciplines and geographic boundaries to reveal a new
perspective on the legacy of Islamic art in Europe and its
continuing relevance today.
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