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Iberian Cultures: The Mediterranean and Transatlantic Blueprint

Moorish Architecture

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Islamic Architecture has influenced Art around the world Islamic influene in Architecture has been very popular throught years. Architecture is very important because it is what builts up where soceity will inhabit. The Moorish population has a great influence to what Architecture is today. We still see how buldings all over the nations have adopted what Muslims felt was artistic to incorparate into buildings. Modern Architects still study the historical content of the moorish archistructure. #Moorish, #Architecture, #Art History Content

The Muslim people have expanded through years all over the world. Since the 700's Spain has had a large population of Muslims who have migrated to the country. The Arab community did not have many rights in Spain until Abd al Rahman(a prince) came to fight and subsequently conquered. After conquering, The Moors ruled large part of Spain of what they called al-Andalus, located in Southern Spain, a city that is known today largely for its remarkable architecture.This history is only one piece on how much Moorish Architecture has inspired nations and adopted the craft.

What was used and Where are some locations
The Moors built a series of mosques, citadels, and palaces filled with ornate plaster carvings and tile work. From the geometric grid designs on the minaret that is now part of the Sevilla Cathedral's Giralda bell tower, to the symmetrically arrayed gardens and fountains of the Generalife. Examples of the stunning work of Moorish architects and craftsmen abound in such cities Spanish cities as Sevilla, Grenada, Cordoba and Zaragoza, and yet, its work has expanded all around including in a very popular Universcity in Southern CaliforniaUCLA.

Inspired Artist
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a successful artist. His paintings involved the exposure of light passing vividly through his paintings. Louis collected his knowledge through apprenticeships. His expertise spanned to architecture, theatre design, and panoramic painting. Louis was inspired by camera obscura, and he tried to find a way to preserve the image that it creates. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre was a French painter however he felt very inspired by the influence of Moorish architecture in Spain so much so that he felt the need to paint a shoe horse arched image of a building.

Again, Architecture was important to Daguerres which was demonstrated through another piece. He shared his passion in this gothic castle. Gothic style has also been inspired by The moorish archistructre. When painting he assured to present a pointed arch and it seperates a defining characteristic of Gothic architecture. The pointed arch appears to have been introduced from Islamic characteristics in many areas. Fortunately, it evolved as a structural solution in late Romanesque, both in England at Durham Cathedral, and in the Burgundian Romanesque and Cistercian architecture of France.

Louis is known to have invented the first practical process of photography, known as the daguerreotype. His art work has unraveled what we now know as photography. From the moment of its birth, photography had a dual character as a medium of artistic expression and as a powerful scientific took and Daguerre promoted his invention on both fronts. Several of his earliest plates were still-life compositions of plaster casts after antique sculpture an ideal subject since the white casts reflected light well, were immobile during long exposures, and lent, by association, the aura of “art” to pictures made by mechanical means.

To sum it all up, the ubiquity of daguerreotypes sparked portrait galleries. For the first time, average people could go to galleries and see true images of leaders, officials, and celebrities. These galleries could even travel from place to place. It brought the rich and famous into the average person's life. Architecture is a form of art that Daguerre used to develop an invention we use so much today.