A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
“A Living Ruin”: Palace, City, and Landscape in Nineteenth-Century Travel Descriptions of Granada
This paper explores British travellers' initial encounters with the landscape and architecture of Granada and the Alhambra fortress-palace throughout the nineteenth century. Travel journal descriptions are examined alongside handbooks and guides to Spain, and considered in relation to the architectural tropes and viewing techniques that became common during the era of picturesque travel. Travellers' expectations and preconceived notions are revealed through their negotiation of style and integration of features within the view and through the association of the ruin with the Islamic monument and, in some cases, with the city of Granada. The resulting body of travel literature is shown to play a role in the historical positioning of modern Spain on the cultural outskirts of Europe.
“A Living Ruin”: Palace, City, and Landscape in Nineteenth-Century Travel Descriptions of Granada
This paper explores British travellers' initial encounters with the landscape and architecture of Granada and the Alhambra fortress-palace throughout the nineteenth century. Travel journal descriptions are examined alongside handbooks and guides to Spain, and considered in relation to the architectural tropes and viewing techniques that became common during the era of picturesque travel. Travellers' expectations and preconceived notions are revealed through their negotiation of style and integration of features within the view and through the association of the ruin with the Islamic monument and, in some cases, with the city of Granada. The resulting body of travel literature is shown to play a role in the historical positioning of modern Spain on the cultural outskirts of Europe.
“A Living Ruin”: Palace, City, and Landscape in Nineteenth-Century Travel Descriptions of Granada
Eggleton, Lara (author)
Architectural Theory Review ; 18 ; 372-387
2013-12-01
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Tennis Palace Refurbishment- Restoration of a Ruin?
| Online Contents | 1999
The nineteenth-century reconstruction of Gyeonghoeru Pavilion in Gyeongbokgung Palace, Korea
| DOAJ | 2023
The nineteenth-century reconstruction of Gyeonghoeru Pavilion in Gyeongbokgung Palace, Korea
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2023
Earl E. Rosenthal, The Palace of Charles V in Granada
| DataCite | 2020
Biodeterioration of the Lions Fountain at the Alhambra Palace, Granada (Spain)
| British Library Online Contents | 2006