This session will explore the legacy of Islamic art in Europe through its medieval ceilings, many of which are dispersed as architectural fragments in contemporary museums. It will focus on the case study of the Torrijos ceilings, four monumental wooden ceilings that were commissioned in the 1490s by a couple close to the Catholic Monarchs,Continue reading “CFP: ‘Crafting Medieval Spain: the Torrijos ceilings in context,’ session at the 2022 Association for Art History Annual conference, deadline 1 November 2021”
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Islamic Art Circle at SOAS – Monthly Lecture – 13 Jan 2021 – 6pm
To register please email rw51@soas.ac.uk by 10 January 2021
Summer course: “Romanization and Islamization in the Western Mediterranean”, Casa Árabe, Córdoba, Monday 23– Saturday 28 July 2020
Specialists from different academic institutions will guide a select group of students in a series of seminar-style intensive classes throughout a week-long course. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVESThe image above speaks for itself: in the background, built as the Friday Mosque of Cordoba, an extraordinary example of medieval Arab architecture and a popular tourist destination, which isContinue reading “Summer course: “Romanization and Islamization in the Western Mediterranean”, Casa Árabe, Córdoba, Monday 23– Saturday 28 July 2020″
The Arts & Science in Early Islamic Spain (London)
The Arts & Science in Early Islamic Spain Dr Glaire D. Anderson: University of North Carolina The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 0RN Research Forum Seminar Room Wednesday 15 June 2016 – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
CFP: Orientalism and Spain in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Edinburgh, April 2016
Call for Papers: Orientalism and Spain in the 19th and 20th Centuries Association of Art Historians University of Edinburgh 7-9 April 2016 Convened by Claudia Hopkins (University of Edinburgh) and Anna McSweeney (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London) Spain represents a unique and fertile context in which to explore attitudes to theContinue reading “CFP: Orientalism and Spain in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Edinburgh, April 2016”
Anna McSweeney : “Arthur von Gwinner and the Alhambra cupola in Berlin”, 7 May 2015
RESEARCH SEMINAR IN ISLAMIC ART Department of the History of Art & Archaeology SOAS, University of London Anna McSweeney on “Arthur von Gwinner and the Alhambra Cupola in Berlin” Thursday 7 May 2015 5.30pm in Room B111 (Brunei Building) Abstract: One of the jewels in the collection of the Museum für Islamische Kunst in BerlinContinue reading “Anna McSweeney : “Arthur von Gwinner and the Alhambra cupola in Berlin”, 7 May 2015″
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