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  La venta de la Huerta de Santa María de la Real : fortaleza de la Alhambra por los marqueses de Mondéjar en 1831

  Vílchez Vílchez, Carlos

  Abstract:	La Huerta de Santa María de la Alhambra, lugar donde estuvo el Palacio del Partal Alto en la etapa islámica, y a finales del siglo XV donado por los Reyes Católicos, a los alcaides de la Alhambra, los condes de Tendilla
  Subject:	Huerta de Santa María Alhambra Marqués de Mondéjar
  Identifier:	2253-9263
  URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10514/14294

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  Re-envisioning the Alhambra: Readings of architecture and ornament from medieval to modern

  Eggleton, Lara Eve

  Abstract:	The Alhambra, a medieval Islamic palatine city located in Granada, Spain, is examined in this thesis as the product of material transformations and changing visual perceptions over time. Selected areas of the Nasrid palatial complex (1238-1492) are explored within the context of their production, their later alterations under Christian rule, and in relation to the interpretations of British travellers, historians, designers and enthusiasts throughout the long nineteenth century. Through the formation of individual and collective identities, responses to cultural difference, and an active engagement with the past, the Alhambra grew to become a commemorative monument of multiple and interrelated histories. In addressing the overlapping structural and ornamental layers which make up its form, this study challenges the historiographic limitations of categories such as 'medieval' and 'modern', as well as formal categories such as 'ornament' and 'architecture', which render some art histories more visible than others. A series of case studies examine the conditions that allowed for its reshaping, and the variety of ways its hybrid spaces have been re-envisioned. Chapters one and two focus on the visual manifestations of political agendas across both Muslim and Christian periods of rule, and challenge the application of binary models of influence and conflict to the periods leading up to and following the conquest of Granada in 1492. Subsequent chapters address nineteenth-century perspectives, revealing the perceptual frameworks that informed different impressions of the monument for popular and critical audiences. Descriptions and representations are discussed in accordance with Romantic visualising tropes such as the Gothic and the Sublime, and the Alhambra is situated within debates over national identity and technological progress during the Great Exhibitions of the mid-century. The Alhambra is thus understood both in terms of its cumulative value, and its individual layers of meaning that belong to plural histories and trajectories of influence.
  Publisher:	University of Leeds.
  Subject:	Alhambra Decoración y ornamentación musulmana Literatura de viajes
  URI:	http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1736/

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  Experiencing architecture, experiencing nature

  Torres, MaryAlice

  Abstract:	The idea for this thesis came from the recognition of the richness in an architectural experience and the desire to understand more about the meaning of this experience in the larger context of architecture and culture. Andalusia, Spain provides a uniqueness in that it unites, through many years of struggle, two cultures, the Spanish and the Islamic. It begins with the description of a personal architectural experience ... a journey through the Alhambra. From this description a clearer understanding of its meaning is derived. The existence of a dialog between nature and architecture becomes evident in the analysis. Light and shadow are integral in the making of this experience and layered upon these are elements which unify the experience. The integration of these aspects of the architectural experience provide a richer understanding of the definition of the architectural experience. As the experience becomes more clearly understood, its role in Islamic architecture in Spain becomes unveiled. This thesis is an attempt to challenge the personal experience of architecture and to analyze its meanings as a way to extend the understanding of Islamic architecture in Spain.
  Publisher:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
  Subject:	Alhambra Arquitectura musulmana
  URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10514/14289

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  Biofilms on exposed monumental stones: mechanism of formation and development of new control methods

  Cuzman, Oana Adriana

  Abstract:	Biofilms on exposed monumental stones: mechanism of formation and development of new control methods Cuzman, Oana Adriana (2009) Biofilms on exposed monumental stones: mechanism of formation and development of new control methods Documenti full-text disponibili: Documento PDF - Richiede un lettore di PDF come Xpdf o Adobe Acrobat Reader 9Mb Abstract Within the stone monumental artefacts artistic fountains are extremely favorable to formation of biofilms, giving rise to biodegradation processes related with physical-chemical and visual aspect alterations, because of their particular exposure conditions. Microbial diversity of five fountains (two from Spain and three from Italy) was investigated. It was observed an ample similarity between the biodiversity of monumental stones reported in literature and that one found in studied fountains. Mechanical procedures and toxic chemical products are usually employed to remove such phototrophic patinas. Alternative methods based on natural antifouling substances are recently experimented in the marine sector, due to their very low environmental impact and for the bio settlement prevention on partially immersed structures of ships. In the present work groups of antibiofouling agents (ABAs) were selected from literature for their ability to interfere, at molecular level, with the microbial communication system “quorum sensing”, inhibiting the initial phase of biofilm formation. The efficacy of some natural antibiofoulants agents (ABAs) with terrestrial (Capsaicine - CS, Cinnamaldehyde - CI) and marine origin (Zosteric Acid - ZA, poly-Alkyl Pyridinium Salts – pAPS and Ceramium botryocarpum extract - CBE), incorporated into two commercial coatings (Silres BS OH 100 - S and Wacker Silres BS 290 - W) commonly used in stone conservation procedures were evaluated. The formation of phototrophic biofilms in laboratory conditions (on Carrara marble specimens and Sierra Elvira stone) and on two monumental fountains (Tacca’s Fountain 2 - Florence, Italy and Fountain from Patio de la Lindaraja - Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain) has been investigated in the presence or absence of these natural antifouling agents. The natural antibiofouling agents, at tested concentrations, demonstrated a certain inhibitory effect. The silane-siloxane based silicone coating (W) mixing with ABAs was more suitable with respect to ethyl silicate coating (S) and proved efficacy against biofilm formation only when incompletely cured. The laboratory results indicated a positive action in inhibiting the patina formation, especially for poly-alkyl pyridinium salts, zosteric acid and cinnamaldehyde, while on site tests revealed a good effect for zosteric acid.
  Subject:	Biodegradación Rocas ornamentales Restauración Monumentos
  Description:	Investiga la diversidad microbiana de tres fuentes italianas y dos españolas, una de ellas la Fuente del Patio de Lindaraja
  URI:	http://amsdottorato.cib.unibo.it/2257/

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  Análisis de motivos decorativos de tejidos y revestimientos cerámicos en el entorno de la visión artificial. Aplicación a la reconstrucción de motivos históricos y al diseño

  Albert Gil, Francisco Eugenio

  Abstract:	El objetivo de esta tesis es la contribución a la creación, e implementación en herramientas informáticas, de una metodología aplicable para el análisis y edición de imágenes procedentes del campo de los diseños cerámicos y textiles, y por extensión, de todas aquellas imágenes que siguen un patrón repetitivo y que, por tanto, se ajustan a la Teoría de Grupos de Simetría. Para ello, se ha definido una metodología de análisis dividida en etapas, en la que se va aumentando gradualmente el nivel de la información manejada, desde los píxeles de la imagen inicial, pasando por los objetos (formas o unidades básicas perceptúales) y los motivos (agrupaciones de objetos realizadas con criterios perceptúales) hasta llegar a la estructura del patrón, es decir, las distintas transformaciones geométricas que relacionan los elementos (objetos y motivos) que lo forman. La información estructural obtenida es utilizada con fines diversos: la clasificación de las imágenes según el Grupo de Simetría del Plano del patrón, la reconstrucción de las imágenes aprovechando el conocimiento de qué partes están relacionadas por la estructura, y por último, la edición de patrones, tanto a nivel de formas y motivos, como de estructura, permitiendo realizar cambios estructurales con facilidad, con lo que se generan familias de patrones a partir de uno analizado. Las herramientas desarrolladas han sido probadas con un amplio conjunto de imágenes de patrones de procedencias muy diversas, destacando el estudio de los alicatados de la Alhambra de Granada y del Alcázar de Sevilla, así como de textiles y, ampliando los objetivos iniciales, a diversos elementos del entorno urbano.
  Subject:	Grupos de simetría de planos Tejidos Revestimientos cerámicos
  Identifier:	Albert Gil, FE. (2006). Análisis de motivos decorativos de tejidos y revestimientos cerámicos en el entorno de la visión artificial. Aplicación a la reconstrucción de motivos históricos y al diseño. Gomis Martí, JM. dir
  URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10514/14287

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