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Art of Al-Andalus and the Mudéjar Period in Its International Projection
June 22, 20151:30 p.m.
GRANADA
The Alhambra and Generalife Board of Trustees. Conference room in the Palacio de Carlos V.
1:30 p.m.
Free entrance until the event’s capacity is reached.
Casa Árabe presents the latest issue of the journal Awraq in Granada
Taking part in the event are the General Director of Casa Árabe, Eduardo López Busquets, and the work’s coordinator, Juan Calatrava, along with authors José Tito Rojo, Rafael López Guzmán, José Antonio Gonzalez Alcantud, Emilio Cachorro Fernández and Elena González González.
Issue number 11 of Awraq: Journal of Analysis and Thought on the Arab and Islamic world, with the title “Art of Al-Andalus and the Mudéjar Period in Its International Projection: Legacy and modernity,” includes articles by noteworthy specialists who provide a multidisciplinary view of the international scope of the artistic legacy of Al-Andalus and the Mudéjar period up to our day: Spanish-Muslim art and the universal expositions: from Owen Jones to Leopoldo Torres Balbás (Juan Calatrava); The “Spanish-Muslim Garden”: historical construction of an idea (José Tito Rojo); The Mexican presence in international expositions. The “Morisco” pavilion in New Orleans (1884) (Rafael López Guzmán and Aurora Yaratzeth Avilés García); Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, the last Orientalist (Guillermo de Osma); The Great Mosque of Paris. A political project for Moorish architecture in the France of universal and colonial expositions (José Antonio González Alcantud); Spanish architecture in North Africa from the heritage perspective (Ramón de Torres López); The Alhambra and contemporary architecture (Emilio Cachorro Fernández), and Architecture with a Spanish signature in the Arab world (Elena González González). Rounding off this issue are reviews of books by José Vilar with Diario del viaje y misión diplomática de Francisco Merry y Colom a Marraquech en 1863 (Travel Diary and Diplomatic Mission of Francisco Merry y Colom to Marrakesh in 1863, Bárbara Azaola Piazza), by Sinan Antoon, Fragmentos de Bagdad [Fragments of Baghdad, translation into Spanish by María Luz Comendador] (Irene González González), and by Laurent Bonnefoy and Myriam Catusse, Jeunesses arabes, du Maroc au Yémen: loisirs, cultures et politiques (Arab Youths from Morocco to Yemen: Leisure, cultures and politics, Karim Hauser Askalani).
Issue number 11 of Awraq: Journal of Analysis and Thought on the Arab and Islamic world, with the title “Art of Al-Andalus and the Mudéjar Period in Its International Projection: Legacy and modernity,” includes articles by noteworthy specialists who provide a multidisciplinary view of the international scope of the artistic legacy of Al-Andalus and the Mudéjar period up to our day: Spanish-Muslim art and the universal expositions: from Owen Jones to Leopoldo Torres Balbás (Juan Calatrava); The “Spanish-Muslim Garden”: historical construction of an idea (José Tito Rojo); The Mexican presence in international expositions. The “Morisco” pavilion in New Orleans (1884) (Rafael López Guzmán and Aurora Yaratzeth Avilés García); Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, the last Orientalist (Guillermo de Osma); The Great Mosque of Paris. A political project for Moorish architecture in the France of universal and colonial expositions (José Antonio González Alcantud); Spanish architecture in North Africa from the heritage perspective (Ramón de Torres López); The Alhambra and contemporary architecture (Emilio Cachorro Fernández), and Architecture with a Spanish signature in the Arab world (Elena González González). Rounding off this issue are reviews of books by José Vilar with Diario del viaje y misión diplomática de Francisco Merry y Colom a Marraquech en 1863 (Travel Diary and Diplomatic Mission of Francisco Merry y Colom to Marrakesh in 1863, Bárbara Azaola Piazza), by Sinan Antoon, Fragmentos de Bagdad [Fragments of Baghdad, translation into Spanish by María Luz Comendador] (Irene González González), and by Laurent Bonnefoy and Myriam Catusse, Jeunesses arabes, du Maroc au Yémen: loisirs, cultures et politiques (Arab Youths from Morocco to Yemen: Leisure, cultures and politics, Karim Hauser Askalani).
Juan Calatrava
Mr. Calatrava is a professor of Architectural History at the University of Granada’s Superior Technical School of Architecture, of which he was the director from 2004 to 2010. He is the author of more than one hundred scientific publications. Amongst his lines of research is the study of artistic and architectural forms of expression in contemporary Orientalism, a topic on which he coordinated, along with Guido Zucconi, the volume titled Orientalism: Art and Architecture between Granada and Venice (Abada, 2012). He has also curated a wide range of exhibitions, including one devoted to the figure of Owen Jones in 2011.
José Tito Rojo
The conservator of the University of Granada Botanical Garden and a landscape artist who specializes in restoring historical gardens. As a researcher, he has paid special attention to the gardens of Al-Andalus and their influence on modern Spanish landscaping. He has a PhD from the University of Granada, where he works as the conservator of the Botanical Garden. Likewise, he is a member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee of Cultural Landscapes and of the Comitato Scientifico de la Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche. Some of his notable recent works are: “Modernity and Regionalism in the Gardens of Spain (1850-1936): From Radical Opposition to Misunderstood Synthesis” (Studies in the History of Art, 2015); I grandi bacini d’acqua nell’Occidente musulmano: funzione, evoluzione, restauro. A proposito della Favara (Coedizione Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche/Antiga Edizioni, 2015). Amongst the collective works to which he has contributed, we would highlight: Jardín y paisaje. Miradas cruzadas (Garden and Landscape: Crossing glances, Abada, 2011, with Juan Calatrava); El jardín hispanomusulmán: Los jardines de al-Andalus y su herencia (The Spanish-Muslim Garden: The gardens of Al-Andalus and their legacy, Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2012, Manuel Casares-Porcel); and Las tipologías de los jardines de la Alhambra en el siglo XIX a la luz de la fotografía (The Types of Gardens in the Alhambra of the Nineteenth Century in the Light of Photography, Cuadernos de la Alhambra, 2013, along with Manuel Casares-Porcel).
Rafael López Guzmán
Ms. López Guzmán is a professor of Art History at the University of Granada. At the scientific level, she coordinated the project “The Legacy of Al-Andalus” and directed the Master’s degree program in Cultural Management at the University of Granada. She has also coordinated international graduate degree programs on “Heritage Management and Preservation” (in Cuba and Colombia). She is the Vice-President of the Spanish Art History Committee and the Historical Study Center of Granada and Its Kingdom. Similarly, she is a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and of the History Academy of Cartagena de Indias. In 2014, she was given Andalusia’s “Plácido Fernández Viagas” Research Award to acknowledge her career in research. Her publications revolve around the modern era in Andalusia and Latin America (www.andaluciayamerica.com), as well as Islamic culture, above all art in the Mudéjar style.
José Antonio González Alcantud (Granada, 1956)
Mr. González Alcantud is a professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Granada, the director of the Observatory of Cultural Prospecting at the University of Granada and a member academic of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of Spain. Amongst his recent works, the following are most notable: Lo moro. Las lógicas de la derrota y la formación del estereotipo islámico (The Logics of Defeat and Formation of the Islamic Stereotype, Anthropos, 2002); La fábrica de los estereotipos. Francia, nosotros y la europeidad (The Factory of Stereotypes: France, us and Europeanness, Abada, 2006); Sísifo y la ciencia social. Variaciones de la antropología crítica (Sisyphus and Social Science: Variations on critical anthropology, Anthropos, 2008); El mito de al-Ándalus (Almuzara, 2014) y Travesías estéticas. Etnografiando la literatura y las artes (Aesthetic Passages: Ethnographying literature and the arts, 2015). Among the works which he has coordinated, one could highlight: El orientalismo desde el sur (Orientalism from the South, Anthropos, 2006); La ciudad: paraíso y conflicto (The City: Paradise and conflict, Abada, 2007, with Juan Calatrava); La Conferencia de Algeciras en 1906. Un banquete colonial (The Algeciras Conference in 1906: A colonial banquet, Bellaterra, 2007, with Eloy Martín Corrales); La Alhambra, lugar de la memoria y el diálogo (The Alhambra, Place of Memory and Dialogue, Comares, 2008); La ciudad magrebí en tiempos coloniales (The City of the Maghreb in Colonial Times, Anthropos, 2008); Granada la andaluza (Granada the Andalusian, Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2008); La invención del estilo hispano-magrebí (The Invention of the Spanish-Maghrebi Style, Anthropos, 2010), and Andalusíes (2015, with Sandra Rojo).
Emilio Cachorro Fernández
An architect with a degree from the University of Seville (1992) and a PhD from the University of Granada (2010), he is an honorary contributor to the Department of History, Theory and Architectural Composition of the University of Seville (1995-1997) and, since 2005, an associate professor in the area of Architectural Composition, assigned to the Architectural Constructions Department of the University of Granada. He is also a member of the “Architecture and Contemporary Culture” research group (HUM-813) and the “Architecture, Stage Arts and Urban Space: Historical cities and cultural events” research project (HAR2012-31133).
Elena González González
Ms. González is Casa Árabe’s Programming Coordinator. Holder of a degree in Arabic Philology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a diploma in Plastic Arts, she also earned a graduate degree in Cultural Management and Policies at the University of Barcelona. Last of all, she specializes in cultural management and contemporary art in the Arab world.
Mr. Calatrava is a professor of Architectural History at the University of Granada’s Superior Technical School of Architecture, of which he was the director from 2004 to 2010. He is the author of more than one hundred scientific publications. Amongst his lines of research is the study of artistic and architectural forms of expression in contemporary Orientalism, a topic on which he coordinated, along with Guido Zucconi, the volume titled Orientalism: Art and Architecture between Granada and Venice (Abada, 2012). He has also curated a wide range of exhibitions, including one devoted to the figure of Owen Jones in 2011.
José Tito Rojo
The conservator of the University of Granada Botanical Garden and a landscape artist who specializes in restoring historical gardens. As a researcher, he has paid special attention to the gardens of Al-Andalus and their influence on modern Spanish landscaping. He has a PhD from the University of Granada, where he works as the conservator of the Botanical Garden. Likewise, he is a member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee of Cultural Landscapes and of the Comitato Scientifico de la Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche. Some of his notable recent works are: “Modernity and Regionalism in the Gardens of Spain (1850-1936): From Radical Opposition to Misunderstood Synthesis” (Studies in the History of Art, 2015); I grandi bacini d’acqua nell’Occidente musulmano: funzione, evoluzione, restauro. A proposito della Favara (Coedizione Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche/Antiga Edizioni, 2015). Amongst the collective works to which he has contributed, we would highlight: Jardín y paisaje. Miradas cruzadas (Garden and Landscape: Crossing glances, Abada, 2011, with Juan Calatrava); El jardín hispanomusulmán: Los jardines de al-Andalus y su herencia (The Spanish-Muslim Garden: The gardens of Al-Andalus and their legacy, Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2012, Manuel Casares-Porcel); and Las tipologías de los jardines de la Alhambra en el siglo XIX a la luz de la fotografía (The Types of Gardens in the Alhambra of the Nineteenth Century in the Light of Photography, Cuadernos de la Alhambra, 2013, along with Manuel Casares-Porcel).
Rafael López Guzmán
Ms. López Guzmán is a professor of Art History at the University of Granada. At the scientific level, she coordinated the project “The Legacy of Al-Andalus” and directed the Master’s degree program in Cultural Management at the University of Granada. She has also coordinated international graduate degree programs on “Heritage Management and Preservation” (in Cuba and Colombia). She is the Vice-President of the Spanish Art History Committee and the Historical Study Center of Granada and Its Kingdom. Similarly, she is a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and of the History Academy of Cartagena de Indias. In 2014, she was given Andalusia’s “Plácido Fernández Viagas” Research Award to acknowledge her career in research. Her publications revolve around the modern era in Andalusia and Latin America (www.andaluciayamerica.com), as well as Islamic culture, above all art in the Mudéjar style.
José Antonio González Alcantud (Granada, 1956)
Mr. González Alcantud is a professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Granada, the director of the Observatory of Cultural Prospecting at the University of Granada and a member academic of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of Spain. Amongst his recent works, the following are most notable: Lo moro. Las lógicas de la derrota y la formación del estereotipo islámico (The Logics of Defeat and Formation of the Islamic Stereotype, Anthropos, 2002); La fábrica de los estereotipos. Francia, nosotros y la europeidad (The Factory of Stereotypes: France, us and Europeanness, Abada, 2006); Sísifo y la ciencia social. Variaciones de la antropología crítica (Sisyphus and Social Science: Variations on critical anthropology, Anthropos, 2008); El mito de al-Ándalus (Almuzara, 2014) y Travesías estéticas. Etnografiando la literatura y las artes (Aesthetic Passages: Ethnographying literature and the arts, 2015). Among the works which he has coordinated, one could highlight: El orientalismo desde el sur (Orientalism from the South, Anthropos, 2006); La ciudad: paraíso y conflicto (The City: Paradise and conflict, Abada, 2007, with Juan Calatrava); La Conferencia de Algeciras en 1906. Un banquete colonial (The Algeciras Conference in 1906: A colonial banquet, Bellaterra, 2007, with Eloy Martín Corrales); La Alhambra, lugar de la memoria y el diálogo (The Alhambra, Place of Memory and Dialogue, Comares, 2008); La ciudad magrebí en tiempos coloniales (The City of the Maghreb in Colonial Times, Anthropos, 2008); Granada la andaluza (Granada the Andalusian, Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2008); La invención del estilo hispano-magrebí (The Invention of the Spanish-Maghrebi Style, Anthropos, 2010), and Andalusíes (2015, with Sandra Rojo).
Emilio Cachorro Fernández
An architect with a degree from the University of Seville (1992) and a PhD from the University of Granada (2010), he is an honorary contributor to the Department of History, Theory and Architectural Composition of the University of Seville (1995-1997) and, since 2005, an associate professor in the area of Architectural Composition, assigned to the Architectural Constructions Department of the University of Granada. He is also a member of the “Architecture and Contemporary Culture” research group (HUM-813) and the “Architecture, Stage Arts and Urban Space: Historical cities and cultural events” research project (HAR2012-31133).
Elena González González
Ms. González is Casa Árabe’s Programming Coordinator. Holder of a degree in Arabic Philology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and a diploma in Plastic Arts, she also earned a graduate degree in Cultural Management and Policies at the University of Barcelona. Last of all, she specializes in cultural management and contemporary art in the Arab world.