{"id":158,"date":"2020-05-27T18:17:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gavilansevilla.com\/en\/?p=158"},"modified":"2020-09-28T22:12:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T22:12:17","slug":"mudejar-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gavilansevilla.com\/en\/mudejar-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudejar art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The mixture of Arab and Christian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it\u2019s not an artistic style exclusive to Seville, it is from Spain, as Mudejat art is the fusion between characteristic elements of Occidental Christian art (Romanesque or Gothic) and that of Hispano-Islamic art. For this reason every region of the country has its own characteristics generating differences that only enrich this style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mudejar Palace of Pedro I, Alcazar of Seville<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Origin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the causes behind for this mix are to be found in the employment of Muslim builders who came from the area -mudejars- and in the taste for traditional Islamic art by the new Christian settlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Seville, gothic art was chosen for this combination, owing to the prevalence of Christian art in the times of the conquest -13th<\/sup> century-. Therefore we have great examples of our so called Gothic-Mudejar churches. These are mosques built by the Muslims but adapted afterwards as churches for the Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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San Marcos Church<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Gothic-Mudejar Churches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Saint Catalina, San Marcos, Omnium Sanctorum, Santa Marina\u2026 all of these have great beauty, the same origin and common characteristics. Built out of brick, an Arabic material of the highest quality -think of the Giralda-, some of them are white washed, in certain places they incorporate stone such as the front or the aps, in other words the most sacred places of the temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceilings, on the other hand, are not made of stone or brick but of wood called \u2018coffering\u2019, using the plain lattices and geometric shapes so characteristic of Islamic art. However, their best characteristic is the bell tower, located to one side of the temple, whose tradition comes from reusing the minaret of the mosques, usually including the original Islamic decoration around their windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n