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Exploring the aristocratic villas and court culture of Cordoba,
during its 'golden age' under the reign of the Umayyad dynasty (r.
756-1031 AD), this study illuminates a key facet of the secular
architecture of the court and its relationship to the well-known
Umayyad luxury arts. Based on textual and archaeological evidence,
it offers a detailed analysis of the estates' architecture and
gardens within a synthetic socio-historical framework. Author
Glaire Anderson focuses closely on the CA(3)rdoban case study,
synthesizing the archaeological evidence for the villas that has
been unearthed from the 1980s up to 2009, with extant works of
Andalusi art and architecture, as well as evidence from the Arabic
texts. While the author brings her expertise on medieval Islamic
architecture, art, and urbanism to the topic, the book contributes
to wider art historical discourse as well: it is also a synthetic
project that incorporates material and insights from experts in
other fields (agricultural, economic, and social and political
history). In this way, it offers a fuller picture of the topic and
its relevance to Andalusi architecture and art, and to broader
issues of architecture and social history in the caliphal lands and
the Mediterranean. An important contribution of the book is that it
illuminates the social history of the Cordoban villas, drawing on
the medieval Arabic texts to explain patterns of patronage among
the court elite. An overarching theme of the book is that the
Cordoban estates fit within the larger historical constellation of
Mediterranean villas and villa cultures, in contrast to
long-standing art historical discourse that holds villas did not
exist in the medieval period.
Exploring the aristocratic villas and court culture of Cordoba,
during its 'golden age' under the reign of the Umayyad dynasty (r.
756-1031 AD), this study illuminates a key facet of the secular
architecture of the court and its relationship to the well-known
Umayyad luxury arts. Based on textual and archaeological evidence,
it offers a detailed analysis of the estates' architecture and
gardens within a synthetic socio-historical framework. Author
Glaire Anderson focuses closely on the CA(3)rdoban case study,
synthesizing the archaeological evidence for the villas that has
been unearthed from the 1980s up to 2009, with extant works of
Andalusi art and architecture, as well as evidence from the Arabic
texts. While the author brings her expertise on medieval Islamic
architecture, art, and urbanism to the topic, the book contributes
to wider art historical discourse as well: it is also a synthetic
project that incorporates material and insights from experts in
other fields (agricultural, economic, and social and political
history). In this way, it offers a fuller picture of the topic and
its relevance to Andalusi architecture and art, and to broader
issues of architecture and social history in the caliphal lands and
the Mediterranean. An important contribution of the book is that it
illuminates the social history of the Cordoban villas, drawing on
the medieval Arabic texts to explain patterns of patronage among
the court elite. An overarching theme of the book is that the
Cordoban estates fit within the larger historical constellation of
Mediterranean villas and villa cultures, in contrast to
long-standing art historical discourse that holds villas did not
exist in the medieval period.
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