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Pages in category "Moorish Revival architecture in Illinois" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Moorish architecture is a style within Islamic architecture which developed in ... The most famous architectural legacy of the Nasrids in Granada is the Alhambra, a ...
The "Moorish" garden structures built at Sheringham Park in Norfolk, ca. 1812, were an unusual touch at the time, a parallel to chinoiserie, as a dream vision of fanciful whimsy, not meant to be taken seriously; however, as early as 1826, Edward Blore used Islamic arches, domes of various size and shapes and other details of Near Eastern Islamic architecture to great effect in his design for ...
In Moorish architecture the mirador is typically situated on the perimeter of a building and is aligned with its central axis. [6] [1] It is particularly characteristic of Nasrid architecture in al-Andalus (late 13th to 15th centuries), most notably in the palaces of the Alhambra.
It is especially characteristic of Moorish and Moroccan architecture. The "muqarnas arch" is both another name for this type of arch as well as a more specific type of arch whose intrados (inner surfaces) are made up of muqarnas sculpting, which has a very close resemblance to the lambrequin arch. [4]
In the Iberian Peninsula it reached a creative pinnacle in Moorish architecture during the Nasrid dynasty (1238–1492), who built the Alhambra. [8] Mudejar architecture also made broad use of such decoration. [9] [10] The Spanish term yesería is sometimes used in the context of Islamic and Mudéjar architecture in Spain. [9] [11]
Alfarje (meaning "paneled ceiling" in Spanish) is a type of horizontal wooden ceiling primarily found in Islamic (or Moorish) architecture [1] and Mudéjar architecture. [2] The word derives from Andalusi Arabic al-farsh, meaning "bed", related to Classical Arabic farsh (فرش), meaning "tapestry". [3]
Alhambra is located in northeastern Madison County at (38.888614, -89.732616 Illinois Route 140 passes through the village as Main Street, leading west 6 miles (10 km) to Hamel and east 17 miles (27 km) to Greenville.