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The Great Mosque of Cordoba brought the influence of Islamic and Byzantine architecture to Spain, and led to the creation of the mudejar-style of architecture that is now a trademark of the Spanish Empire. As the cultural capital under the Muslim Umayyad dynasty, Cordoba grew as a city rich in art and architecture, eventually becoming a cultural mecca for Islam. As Glaire Anderson, historian of Islamic art and architecture, states, “the Great Mosque was the centerpiece of Cordoba, one of the…

The Sistine Chapel is the most famous chapel, which is located in the Vatican. The Sistine Chapel is a huge rectangular hall, which has an oval-shaped vaulted sailing, and is divided into two parts with an incredibly beautiful marble wall. Architects invested considerable work in the construction of the building, but the most important value and wealth of the Sistine Chapel is the present of frescoes by Michelangelo and the wall paintings of other masters, which can be called the masterpiece of…

there was a temple that was dedicated to a Roman god Janus where the Mosque stands today. After being invaded by Visigoths in 572, the temple was converted to a church. The church was constructed on the “San Vicente” Basilic. The construction and architecture of the Mosque of Cordoba is the longest standing example of Islamic artwork and Cordoba’s Christian identity combination. This can be seen through the Hypostyle Hall, the dome, and the mihrab. When the basilic became property of Abd…

Introduction One of my favourite churches – one that I visit almost every time I go to Rome - is Santa Maria sopra Minerva. This church of the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church is located very close to the Pantheon (about 150 metres). It is considered to be the only Gothic church within the walls of ancient Rome (Sokolov, n.d.). I will briefly describe the history of this church before describing relationship between its appearance and layout and its religious uses; and highlighting…

Gothic art evolved from Romanesque art and lasted from the mid 12th century and lasted to as late as the 16th century in some areas. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the gothic period. The principal structures of these buildings came from the medieval masons and their work to innovate and create new structural support to better hold these historical buildings. The elements they created allowed for taller, more massive, and complicated ground plans in building than…

Even their names help to convey this, Horrocks sounds very simple and English whereas Raut sounds European and slightly more upper class. The story is set in three key places, in a garden, a railway crossing, and an iron works, which all have their individual gothic elements. The garden is portrayed as a dark, still place, with an atmospheric sky looming overhead, the railway crossing is where Raut experiences a near death incident, but oddly enough Horrocks saves him, then the final…

Among the numerous Femme Fatales of the Gothic Literature Era existed one of extraordinary power and mystery. Ayesha, known as “She,” was one of the greatest seductresses of the late Victorian Gothic period created by H.G. Haggard. With her unique beauty and charm she could put the world at her feet, but with total power comes consequence. She who must be obeyed was only as powerful as the blinding obsession she had for Kallikrates would allow her to be. Ultimately,a it is that obsession that…

filled with light. Saint Denis Abbey’s newly designed choir would herald a revolution in architecture which would ripple throughout the culture of Christendom. The Italians would call the style Gothic. Gothic, meant as a slight, was so named to suggest that the culture of Christendom had been destroyed by the Goth barbarians. However, the influence of opus modernum, modern work, would change more than the architecture of churches in Europe. The Gothic style would influence the culture of Europe.…

When one door closes another door opens, or if you 're a part of my family it might be a window. It was a hot summer day when Nick and I locked ourselves out of the house. It would be several hours before our mother would be returning from work, and we didn 't dare call our dad and tell him that we locked ourselves out. That left us with two choices, sit outside and wait or find an alternative way in. Being a hot summer day we opted for the second option. So we pried the screen off the window…

Barbarian Gothic Tribes destroyed the roman empire and its culture in the fifth century. This style of art can be looked at in almost every aspect of art. It comes in the form of painting, sculptures and most importantly architecture. Although painting was not as important as the architecture it still helped with the development of the era. The paintings during this era were centered…