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Mudéjar architecture in Granada
Vopálková, Martina ; Štěpánek, Pavel (advisor) ; Opatrný, Josef (referee)
This thesis called "Mudéjar Architecture in Granada" presents the most genuine artistic expresion of the Christian Midle Aged Spain. It deals with areas of the mudéjar architecture and it puts the main accent on mudéjar architecture in the south spanish town in Andalusia named Granada. I chose this subject matter because I am interested in spanish culure and history of spanish art. I availed of my annual research fellowship at the University of Granada and my annual staying in that mysterious town full of life, different cultures, history and art. I tried to deal with this Midle Age period explaining it on the background of historical events. I started with year 711 when the Arabs crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and entered to Spain. They started to ocupate the spanish territory. The proces of Reconquist culminated in 1492 when the town of Granada was captured by the Catolics Kings. The term Mudejar was first coined in 1859 by José Amador de los Ríos in his discursus called "El estilo mudéjar en arquitectura" given at the academy of Madrid named Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando de Madrid. The content of this subject matter is to present mudéjar architecture, it's origin, various theories and interpretations, different manafestations in areas of mudéjar art and it's formal and...

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