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Artistic education course: “Mozarabic Art II”
From January 30, 2026 until February 09, 2026The sessions will be taking place from February 10 through June 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
CORDOBA
Casa Árabe headquarters (at Calle Samuel de los Santos Gener, 9).
The sessions will be taking place from February 10 through June 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The price for course registration is 50 euros. No more than 35 students.
In Spanish.
After the success of past editions of the course “Approaching the Art of Al-Andalus,” Casa Árabe is now offering the second part of this educational program, dedicated this time to Mozarabic art, at its headquarters in Cordoba. It will consist of 14 sessions taking place from February 10 and June 9. Sign up here now!
The sessions, lasting an hour and a half, will be taught by Prof. Marisa Campillo, having the goal of providing participants with the tools needed to describe and analyze Mozarabic art and recognize and distinguish the main architectural works from that era.
The term Mozarabic art was created by Manuel Gómez Moreno in 1919, in his book “Iglesias Mozárabes” (“Mozarabic Churches”). Since then, this term has gained widespread use in describing the art of Christian Spain between the ninth and eleventh centuries, stretching from the end of the “official” art of the Asturian monarchy to the emergence of the Romanesque style.
It was the art developed by the Mozarabs of Al-Andalus, Christians who lived alongside Muslims in exchange for a tax, both in Al-Andalus itself and the Christian parts of the northern Iberian peninsula, to which they emigrated for a variety of reasons. Their art was more or less influenced by the earlier Visigothic churches and, above all, by Islamic Caliphate art.
The current school of thought rejects this name and prefers calling it “fusion art,” “border art” or “repopulation art.”
The course is designed for people with cultural curiosity who like to enjoy art.
OBJECTIVES
- To provide participants with all of the knowledge they require for a greater awareness of the art and culture in their surrounding environment.
- To describe and analyze Mozarabic art in its main forms.
- To use proper artistic language and the appropriate specific terminology.
- To promote social communication through interpersonal relationships.
METHODOLOGY
This will be based upon:
1.- Weekly sessions in person lasting an hour and a half.
At these sessions, different teaching resources will be used, including PowerPoint presentations, videos, charts, maps, timelines, etc.
2.- Guided tours. The guided tours will be given by students and will be held, by consensus, on different dates throughout the course.
CONTENT
“Mozarabic art (II)
“Mozarabic Art’s Main Forms: Architecture, sculpture and painting (cont’d.).
This content will be spread across 14 sessions starting in February 2026.
REGISTRATION
Registration is to be performed by following this link. Please, clearly enter your full name and an email address where we can contact you. Casa Árabe will get in touch with those interested in order to confirm their registration and provide information on the method of payment.
OTHER COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT
- Introduction to the art of Al-Andalus (parts one and two)
- Mudéjar art in Spanish architecture (parts one, two and three)
- “The art of the North African Almoravid and Almohad Berber empires”
- Nasrid art (parts one and two)
- Mozarabic art (part one)
- Orientalism in the Spanish painting of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (parts one and two).
The term Mozarabic art was created by Manuel Gómez Moreno in 1919, in his book “Iglesias Mozárabes” (“Mozarabic Churches”). Since then, this term has gained widespread use in describing the art of Christian Spain between the ninth and eleventh centuries, stretching from the end of the “official” art of the Asturian monarchy to the emergence of the Romanesque style.
It was the art developed by the Mozarabs of Al-Andalus, Christians who lived alongside Muslims in exchange for a tax, both in Al-Andalus itself and the Christian parts of the northern Iberian peninsula, to which they emigrated for a variety of reasons. Their art was more or less influenced by the earlier Visigothic churches and, above all, by Islamic Caliphate art.
The current school of thought rejects this name and prefers calling it “fusion art,” “border art” or “repopulation art.”
The course is designed for people with cultural curiosity who like to enjoy art.
OBJECTIVES
- To provide participants with all of the knowledge they require for a greater awareness of the art and culture in their surrounding environment.
- To describe and analyze Mozarabic art in its main forms.
- To use proper artistic language and the appropriate specific terminology.
- To promote social communication through interpersonal relationships.
METHODOLOGY
This will be based upon:
1.- Weekly sessions in person lasting an hour and a half.
At these sessions, different teaching resources will be used, including PowerPoint presentations, videos, charts, maps, timelines, etc.
2.- Guided tours. The guided tours will be given by students and will be held, by consensus, on different dates throughout the course.
CONTENT
“Mozarabic art (II)
“Mozarabic Art’s Main Forms: Architecture, sculpture and painting (cont’d.).
This content will be spread across 14 sessions starting in February 2026.
REGISTRATION
Registration is to be performed by following this link. Please, clearly enter your full name and an email address where we can contact you. Casa Árabe will get in touch with those interested in order to confirm their registration and provide information on the method of payment.
OTHER COURSES PREVIOUSLY TAUGHT
- Introduction to the art of Al-Andalus (parts one and two)
- Mudéjar art in Spanish architecture (parts one, two and three)
- “The art of the North African Almoravid and Almohad Berber empires”
- Nasrid art (parts one and two)
- Mozarabic art (part one)
- Orientalism in the Spanish painting of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (parts one and two).
Santa María de Melque, Toledo (Photo: Marisa Campillo)