TY  - BOOK
AU  - Danby,Miles
TI  - Moorish style
SN  - 071482951X
AV  - NK1270 .D36 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - London
PB  - Phaidon
KW  - Decoration and ornament, Islamic
KW  - Decoration and ornament
KW  - Islamic influences
KW  - Decoration and ornament, Architectural
KW  - Architecture, Islamic
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index
N2  - In the nineteenth century a fascination with the Orient spread across Europe. The landscapes, townscapes and costumes of the Ottoman, Arab and Mogul worlds provided inspiration for painters from Delacroix to Matisse. When expressed in architecture and design, this phenomenon became known as the Moorish Style. In this magnificently illustrated survey, Miles Danby examines the roots of the style in art and architecture throughout the Islamic world, discussing the factors of space, pattern, structure and decoration. Of all the buildings which exemplify this style, the Alhambra in Granada is perhaps the most important. Expertly recorded by the great nineteenth-century designer Owen Jones, its features became part of the exotic dreams of aesthetes and have continued to inspire architects in the twentieth century. This book is the first to examine the style from its origins to its contemporary manifestation
ER  -