The Reuse of Classical Antiquity in the Palace of Madinat al-Zahraʾ and Its Role in the Construction of Caliphal Legitimacy
The appearance of a group of Roman statues and sarcophagi in different buildings of the palace of Madinat al-Zahraʾ founded by Caliph ʿAbd al-Rahman III (r. 912–61) raises several questions about the revival of classical antiquity promoted by the caliphal court of Cordoba in the tenth century. The...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Muqarnas
Year: 2014, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-33 |
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Al-Andalus
Cordoba
Madinat al-Zahraʾ
Umayyads
Islamic architecture
palace
classical antiquity
classical revival
Roman sculpture
spolia
philosophers
Muses
library
school
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