Articulating the Ḥijāba: Cultural Patronage and Political Legitimacy in Al-Andalus

The ʿĀmirid Regency C. 970-1010 AD
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-46913-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 156, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1681 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East

In Articulating the Hijaba, Mariam Rosser-Owen analyses for the first time the artistic and cultural patronage of the ‘Amirid regents of the last Cordoban Umayyad caliph, Hisham II, a period rarely covered in the historiography of al-Andalus. Al-Mansur, the founder of this dynasty, is usually considered a usurper of caliphal authority, who pursued military victory at the expense of the transcendental achievements of the first two caliphs. But he also commissioned a vast extension to the Great Mosque of Cordoba, founded a palatine city, conducted skilled diplomatic relations, patronised a circle of court poets, and owned some of the most spectacular objects to survive from al-Andalus, in ivory and marble. This study presents the evidence for a reconsideration of this period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosser-Owen, Mariam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Mariam Rosser-Owen, D.Phil. (2004), University of Oxford, is Curator Middle East at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, specialising in the arts of Islamic Iberia and North Africa, with a particular focus on ivory and ceramics.