A moorish battle in the Alhambra at Granada - Andalucia

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THE ALHAMBRA - Granada: MOORISH BATTLE

AT the extremity of the Court of the Lions, and contiguous to the apartments occupied by the curate of the Alhamra, are three historical paintings, fixed in the ceiling of a recess: they are finished with a considerable degree of strength, and much stiffness prevails in the figures and countenances.

Mr. Swinburne is of opinion, that they are not the work of a Moorish artist, but were executed by some Spanish painter shortly after the conquest of Granada: he rests his cOf!jecture chiefly on the anathema denounced by the Koran against all representations of animated beings. But it is well known that the Spanish-Arab Khalifs disregarded this prohibition: the lions, which support the celebrated fountain that bears their name , are a proof full in point; and, in addition to this evidence, we know that one Khalif placed the statue of a favourite mistress over the magnificent palace which he had erected for her use; while others, in defiance of the Prophet's mandate, caused their images to be stamped on their coins. There is, there fore, every reason to believe that the paintillgs in question, are really the work of an Arabian artist.

As to the subject of our plate, nothing certain is known; it forms the larger half of olle of the paintings, and is evidently a tournament or battle-piece; but on what occasion it took place, it were useless to conjecture. It is, however, valuable, in common with the other paintings, as shewing the costume of the Spanish Arabs, during the zenith of the Mahometan Empire in Spain.

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The Alhambra at Granada The Royal Palace The Alhambra fortress Plan of the Royal Palace Main entrance The Judgment Gate Elevation of the ancient Gate of the Judgment The Judgment Gate Porch Section of the Gate of the Judgment, Puerta del Vino and the Great Cistern The Baths Small Portico and Pateo del Agua A pateo del Agua alcove The Court and Fountain of Lions perspective Elevation of the Fountain of Lions Plan of the bason of the Fountain of Lions - Side Elevation - Entablature of the Court of the Lions Two Sisters hall The Abencerrages hall Golden Saloon Section and Elevation of the interior of the Golden Saloon Paintings in the Alhambra Arabian vases and niches Mosaics Arabian Ornaments Cufic Inscriptions Columns, capitals and cornices Royal Villa of Generalife view The Generalife Portico of the Generalife front view A Generalife Garden perspective view The Casa de Carbon

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