$43.49
Author: Dodds Jerrilynn D.
Brand: Yale University Press
Edition: Illustrated
Features:
Format: Illustrated
Number Of Pages: 395
Details: Product Description
A dynamic vision of medieval Castilian culture and the Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin strands that are woven into its fabric
Named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement, this lavishly illustrated work explores the vibrant interaction among different and sometimes opposing cultures, and how their contacts with one another transformed them all. It chronicles the tumultuous history of Castile in the wake of the Christian capture of the Islamic city of Tulaytula, now Toledo, in the eleventh century and traces the development of Castilian culture as it was forged in the new intimacy of Christians with the Muslims and Jews they had overcome.
The authors paint a portrait of the culture through its arts, architecture, poetry and prose, uniquely combining literary and visual arts. Concentrating on the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the book reveals the extent to which Castilian identity is deeply rooted in the experience of confrontation, interaction, and at times union with Hebrew and Arabic cultures during the first centuries of its creation. Abundantly illustrated, the volume serves as a splendid souvenir of southern Spain; beautifully written, it illuminates a culture deeply enriched by others.
Review
“The compelling story of the complex entangling of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish history, culture, literature and art in medieval Iberia has been told many times before…But it has never been told like this . . . A rich tapestry of a book that brings to vivid life the dialectic of acculturation and assimilation in which medieval Spain’s three religious groups were enmeshed.”—Jill Ross, Times Higher Education (UK)
“This handsomely produced and generously illustrated book explores the praxis of medieval Castilian culture inherited by Catholic kings. . . . [An] impressive work of scholarship. . . . An important addition to the scholarship of medieval Iberia.”―Library Journal
“The art, the architecture, and the poetry produced in the medieval Iberian peninsula are of such astonishing quality that a survey, especially when it is as intelligent and well presented as this one, can hardly fail both to illuminate and instruct.”—J.H. Elliott, New York Review of Books
“The Arts of Intimacy offers a multiconfessional and multidisciplinary alternative to the usual historical narrative of the Castilian state’s construction from the first days of Muslim presence on the Iberian Peninsula through the Christian conquest of Granada in 1492. . . . The Arts of Intimacy represents an accessible, innovative, and dynamic introduction to a very complex field. . . . The study is underwritten by a sophisticated methodology and is ambitious in its attempt to confront the problem of applying nomenclature—cultural, confessional, regional, or otherwise—to forms.”—Cynthia Robinson, Art Bulletin
“The Arts of Intimacy provides a perfect segue to a more focused look at the vast world of Islamdom’s visual arts.”—J. Renard, Religion and the Arts
“Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated, the book represents a distinguished contribution to our understanding of the cosmopolitan world of medieval Iberia.”—Catholic Historical Review
“[The Arts of Intimacy] unfolds as a complex interlacing of literary, visual, and historical evidence that challenges the idealized notion of medieval Iberian convivencia, or peaceful coexistence, with nuanced interpretations of crossdisciplinary evidence. The text’s high points are thoroughly enjoyable.”—María Judith Feliciano, Speculum–A Journal of Medieval Studies
Named a Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement
Short-listed for the ACE/Mercers International Book Award, for making an outstanding contribution to the dialogue between religious faith and the visual arts
Winner of the 2010 Albert C. Outler Book Prize given by the American Society of Church History
“Jerrilynn D.Dodds, Maria Rosa Menocal, and Abigail Krasner’s Balbale’s Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the M
Release Date: 01-10-2009
Package Dimensions: 22x254x1109
