«Art and Architecture»

Abstract

This handbook offers an overview of the main issues regarding the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual and artistic history of the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Muslim rule (eighth–fifteenth centuries). A comprehensive list of primary and secondary sources attests the vitality of the academic study of al-Andalus (= Muslim Iberia) and its place in present-day discussions about the past and the present. The contributors are all specialists with diverse backgrounds providing different perspectives and approaches. The volume includes chapters dealing with the destiny of the Muslim population after the Christian conquest and with the posterity of al-Andalus in art, literature and different historiographical traditions. My chapter offers a synthetic and updated academic treatment of the arts and its relation with the society of al-Andalus, In addition to the article, I am also the author of several boxes: Box 21.1 Mozarab and Mudejar Art; Box 21.2 Ivories; Box 29.1 Cordoba; Box 2.2 Murcia.