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Moorish art and architecture
Moorish art and architecture branch of Islamic art and architecture developed in the westernmost lands of the Muslims, known as the Maghreb: N Africa and Spain. The Great Mosque at Al Qayrawan in Tunisia is the prototype of western Islamic religious edifices. Finished in the 9th cent., it compris... Read more
fandango
fandango , ancient Spanish dance, probably of Moorish origin, that came into Europe in the 17th cent. It is in triple time and is danced by a single couple to the accompaniment of castanets, guitar, and songs sung by the dancers. At the end of certain measures, the music halts abruptly and the dance... Read more
Carmona
Carmona , town (1990 pop. 24,515), Sevilla prov., SW Spain, in Andalusia. It is a farm center for an area raising cattle, cereals, fruits, and olives. Ferdinand III of Castile took Carmona from the Moors in 1247 after a year-long siege. It has numerous examples of Gothic, Moorish, and baroque archit... Read more
Granada
Granada city (1990 pop. 268,674), capital of Granada prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, at the confluence of the Darro and Genil rivers. Formerly (17th cent.) a silk center, Granada is now a trade and processing point for an agricultural area that is also rich in minerals. Beautifully situated at the fo... Read more
Lorca
Lorca , city (1990 pop. 67,338), Murcia prov., SE Spain, in Murcia, on the Guadalentín River. It is a market center for a fertile, irrigated basin producing cereals, fruits, and vegetables. Hemp sandals and woolen products are made in Lorca. Nearby are gypsum quarries and sulfur and iron mine... Read more
Juan de Pareja
Juan de Pareja , c.1610-70, Spanish religious and portrait painter, of Moorish origin. Pareja was the lifelong assistant of Velázquez, who painted his portrait (Metropolitan Mus.). His paintings show originality and an impetuous baroque temper. An outstanding work, the Calling of St. Matthew... Read more
Andalusia
Andalusia , Span. Andalucía , autonomous region (1990 pop. 7,100,060), 33,675 sq mi (87,218 sq km), S Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea, the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's largest and most populous region, it covers most of S Spain, comprising the provinces of Almer&iacut... Read more
Moors
Moors nomadic people of the northern shores of Africa, originally the inhabitants of Mauretania. They were chiefly of Berber and Arab stock. In the 8th cent. the Moors were converted to Islam and became fanatic Muslims. They spread SW into Africa (see Mauritania ) and NW into Spain. Under Tarik i... Read more
Toledo
Toledo city (1990 pop. 60,671), capital of Toledo province, central Spain, in Castile-La Mancha, on a granite hill surrounded on three sides by a gorge of the Tagus River. Historically and culturally it is one of the most important cities of Spain. Tourism is its most important industry, and armame... Read more
Alhambra
Alhambra [Arab.,=the red], extensive group of buildings on a hill overlooking Granada, Spain. They were built chiefly between 1230 and 1354 and they formed a great citadel of the Moorish kings of Spain. After the expulsion of the Moors in 1492, the structures suffered mutilation, but were extensive... Read more

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Moorish art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Moorish art and architecture branch of Islamic...its minaret, the Giralda . The apogee of Moorish architecture was reached in the 13th and...centuries when Spain wrested itself from Moorish domination, the Christians nevertheless...
Iberian Peninsula: Overview
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...the seventeenth century was the end of Moorish culinary system in Iberian lands. However, some Moorish elements are still discernible in Peninsular...Contact between Moors and Christians Moorish foodways influenced the cuisine of Christian...
Spanish art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the use of a flattened horseshoe arch. Moorish and Asturian Influences The full horseshoe...Spanish tradition down to the present day. Moorish interiors, subdivided into isolated units...cathedrals and collegiate churches. Other Moorish elements, such as multifoil and intersecting...
Toledo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...zar (fortified palace), was originally a Moorish structure, restored in the 13th cent. and...again restored. Toledo is surrounded by partly Moorish, partly Gothic walls and gates. Of Moorish origin also is the Alcántara bridge...
Moors
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Spain, where, from the beginning, the Moorish conquest had met with its only opposition...universities and architectural treasures (see Moorish art and architecture ). With the exception...and the Almoravids in 1086 took over Moorish Spain, which was throughout the whole...
Andalusia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...include copper, iron, zinc, and lead. Moorish influence is still strong in the character...Gypsy flamenco music and dance, and Moorish architecture, provides the strongest...oacute;rdoba ). Andalusia remained under Moorish rule until most of it was conquered in...
Granada
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Granada is the famous Alhambra , an old Moorish citadel and royal palace, which dominates...del Generalife, summer residence of the Moorish rulers, has celebrated gardens. Christian...Gypsy caves. Granada was originally a Moorish fortress and rose to prominence during...
Seville
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Points of Interest Seville has kept much of its Moorish aspect. The Gothic cathedral (1401-1519), one...cathedral is the alcazar, built (14th cent.) in Moorish style by Moorish artisans on the order of Peter I (Peter the Cruel...
saddle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...main types of horse saddles, the Hungarian and the Moorish. The Moorish saddle, which was used extensively by cowboys in...and the stirrup is hung farther forward than on the Moorish saddle or the McClellan saddle, neither of which...
Andalusians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...derived words, reflecting the long Moorish occupation of the region. History and...trade, crafts, and merchant classes. Moorish occupation in Andalusia, which lasted...conversions, and suppression of all things Moorish that ensued in the course of this Castilian...

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Moorish architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Moorish architecture. Islamic architecture of North Africa and regions of the Iberian...formal foliate ornament of an interlacing type, also known as arabesque . Moorish influences had a considerable effect during the C19 enthusiasm for exotic...
Moorish arch
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Moorish arch. See arch .
Granada
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Granada a city in Andalusia in southern Spain. Founded in the 8th century, it became the capital of the Moorish kingdom of Granada in 1238, and was the last Moorish stronghold to fall in the reconquest of Spain in 1492. It is the site of the Alhambra palace.
Mudéjar
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...architecture and decorative art, partly Islamic (from the Moorish and Mozarabic traditions) and partly Gothic , that evolved...of it were revived in C19 and early C20, usually called the Moorish style . Bibliography Chueca Goitia (1965); Jayyusi (ed...
arch
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...foil arch: cusped or foliated arch associated with Gothic , Moorish , and Islamic styles. Foil arches can have trefoils , cinquefoils...have a series of small arcs cut in the intrados, as in the Moorish multifoil or scalloped arch, or can themselves be in the form...
Indian style
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...his Dissertation on the Prototypes of Architecture, Hindoo, Moorish, and Gothic (1787), and Select Views in India (1785...buildings to the West. Hodges proposed that Egyptian , Hindoo, Moorish , and Gothic all derived from a common visual memory of stalactite...
Islamic architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Moresque architecture in which elements of Islamic, especially Moorish (e.g. the Alhambra, Granada, Spain), architecture were...Arab Hall in Kensington (1877–9)).See also moorish architecture . Bibliography Ashraf & Belluardo (eds...
Japelli
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...with Greek Doric , Corinthian , Empire , Palladian , Gothic , Moorish , and Egyptianesque themes. Il Pedrocchino , an extension...Greek Revival Meat Market, Padua (1819–24), the Moorish conservatory, Villa Torlonia, Rome (1830s—where...
Alhambra
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Alhambra a fortified Moorish palace, the last stronghold of the Muslim kings of Granada, built...1248 and 1354 near Granada in Spain. It is an outstanding piece of Moorish architecture with its marble courts and fountains, delicate columns...
Cibola
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...sixteenth century to be fabulously wealthy. In 1539 the Spanish dispatched an expedition under Friar Marcos de Niza, guided by a Moorish man named Esteban. Esteban went ahead but was killed by the Zuni. De Niza, who had merely glimpsed a Zuni village from a...

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architecture
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Gothic Revival Greco-Roman Grecian Greek Revival International (Style) Ionic Islamic Jacobean medieval mission modernist Moorish Moresque Mozarabic neoclassical neo-Gothic Norman Palladian Perpendicular postmodernist Prairie Style quattrocento Queen...

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Moorish Lecture Attracts Blacks
Newspaper article from: Sun Reporter, The; 4/14/2005; 636 words ; ...The 04-14-2005 The first annual Moorish Lecture Series held at Jubliee West in...their roots. Lecture topics covered Moorish law, history and government, so-called stateless pesons, Moorish Islamic community living, wholistic...
LOVE, TRUTH, PEACE, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE; SYRACUSE'S MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE OF AMERICA ONE OF 15 CHAPTERS IN NATION.(Local)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 2/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...Friday prayer services for Syracuse's Moorish Science Temple of America by raising all...referred to as governor or sheik - of Moorish Science Temple No. 4, which has met...Syracuse since 2001. The group is one of 15 Moorish Science temples in the country, said...
Moorish memories
Magazine article from: Middle East; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...like chickens coming home to roost in Moorish Spain The senora who ran the pension we...like chickens coming home to roost in Moorish Spain. Much of the property is Arab...Andalusia of course is a rich repository of Moorish culture. Malaga, the gateway to the...
Moorish fretwork furniture.(Biography)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...willow screens. The result was Ransom's Moorish fretwork (see Fig. 2). [FIGURE 1...patterns of Ransom's screens followed the Moorish design rules set down by Owen Jones in...the most extensive example of Ransom's Moorish interior design work is found in the Amelia...
Moorish Empire Became One of World's Finest Civilizations
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Vaughn Los Angeles Sentinel 03-01-1995 Moorish Empire Became One of World's Finest...the 7th and 14th century A.D., the Moorish empire in Spain became one of the world...civilizations. General Tarik and his black Moorish army from Morocco conquered Spain after...
Moorish sect carries on faith tradition.(Religion)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/1/2008; 608 words ; ...peace." Bey is the spiritual leader of Moorish Science Temple No. 4, which has met...its Friday services. It's one of 15 Moorish Science temples in the country, said...200 members in the group known as the Moorish Temple of America (1928 Por tion...
Forgotten Fruit of the City: Chicago and the Moorish Science Temple of America.(Illinois)
Newspaper article from: Cross Currents; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; My heightened interest in the Moorish Science Temple of America began in the...1997. Dr. Edward Page-El was born to Moorish parents and remained a faithful member...I have never felt left out within the Moorish community nor pressured to identify myself...
Palaces on the prairie; Two rare Moorish dwellings, inspired by the same medieval Spanish palace, look exotic, but they're just home for those who live there.(HOME & GARDEN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 2/27/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Granada, Spain, considered the pinnacle of Moorish architecture. The first gala held in...southwest Minneapolis. It was an exotic Moorish-style dwelling with arches, an onion...the years, including the addition of Moorish-inspired decorative elements, such...
Spain's Moorish present John Preston praises a traveller's deft guide to the role Islam continues to play in Spain
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/28/2004; ; 700+ words ; Andalus: Unlocking the Secrets of Moorish Spain by Jason Webster Doubleday, pounds...contention is that Spain is still a far more Moorish country than most Spaniards are either...southern Spain together, visiting old Moorish outposts like Seville and Granada. Meanwhile...
Moorish threads; Designer Declan Buckley used subtropical plants and soft pink walls to bring a touch of North Africa to a Barnes back garden. Pattie Barron reports.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 9/8/2004; 700+ words ; ...designer of choice, weaving an exotic Moorish thread into a suburban patch of grass...pink plaster, suggestive of sun-faded Moorish walls, make grand statements on either...striking finale to a great garden vista. "Moorish gardens are very symmetrical," says...