The Alcazar of Seville and Mudejar Architecture
2004; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 43; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/25067097
ISSN2169-3099
Autores Tópico(s)Archaeological and Historical Studies
ResumoThe Seville Alcazar was an Islamic foundation that received significant additions and renovations in the fourteenth century by Alfonso XI and again by Pedro the Cruel. In both cases the changes were realized in a Mudejar style, reflecting the demographic and cultural continuity of Seville and especially of the artisanal class. But the motivations underlying the selection of this style were different for each monarch. Alfonso celebrated the triumph of his Christian coalition over an Islamic coalition, and commissioning a work of Mudejar architecture allowed him to seize and appropriate a subject Islamic culture in much the same way as he had seized Islamic territory. But Pedro's use of the Mudejar style was less antagonistic, for he was advised by Muhammad V of Granada, who was living in exile under his protection. Pedro had grown up in Seville surrounded by Islamic culture. Thus, his decision to adopt the Mudejar style expressed an important aspect of his own identity that emphasized his Andalusian roots and transcended religious associations.
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