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Art Analysis

This wooden ceiling panel was made in Granada in the Nasrid period from 1238 to 1492, the last period of muslim rule in spain. It was most likely a part of the ceiling of a palace. The design features a geometric star based pattern. The star is a symbol that is very important to Islam, and is used today in the flags of many muslim countries. The presence of this motif in this spanish ceiling shows the influence of Islam in the Andalusian region in the Nasrid period.

Analysis

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Art Analysis

This muwashshah, written by Ibn Quzman (1078–1160), one of the most famous poets of Al-Andalus, shows the differences prevalent in muwashshah poetry. The first two lines end with the ar rhyme, the middle three end with the alu rhyme, and the last line returns to the ar rhyme. The poem discusses the beauty of the flora of the region. This natural beauty was mirrored in the new rhyme scheme, which was more complex and intricate than the previous, qasida style monorhyme.

This wooden ceiling panel was made in Granada in the Nasrid period from 1238 to 1492, the last period of muslim rule in spain. It was most likely a part of the ceiling of a palace. The design features a geometric star based pattern. The star is a symbol that is very important to Islam, and is used today in the flags of many muslim countries. The presence of this motif in this spanish ceiling shows the influence of Islam in the Andalusian region in the Nasrid period.

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http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_97-01/013_andalusia.html

http://al-qantara.revistas.csic.es/index.php/al-qantara/article/viewFile/117/103

http://www.britannica.com/art/muwashshah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muwashshah

http://albustanseeds.org/digital/wordsadorned/words/andalusian-poetry/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Quzman

Themes

Andalusian Poetry

The muwashshah and the qasida typically had very different themes. The qasida was mostly focused on the nomadic lifestyle of the bedouins and their tribe structure. However, the themes of the muwashshah reflected the sedentary lifestyle of muslim Iberia. While most qasidas talked about the politics of tribal rivalry, muwashshah dealt many different topics. Some focused on the politics of their area, which reflected the sedentary nature and stationary government of the Andalusian region. Others focused on love or on the beauty of nature.

Andalusia saw the genesis of a new style of poetry, the Muwashshah. The Andalusian region was famous for its school system. Very poor families had access to education, and the literacy rate was extremely high compared to the rest of the world. This created a great environment for the growth of poetry, particularly the muwashshah.

Style

The Muwashshah style is very different from the traditional Qasida of the Pre-Islamic era. Its rhyme scheme includes one rhyme that is repeated between each stanza, while individual stanzas have their own rhymes. A qasida, on the other hand, would have only one rhyme repeated at the end of each line of the poem. This added complexity in rhyme scheme was seen as an added poetic embellishment.

Structure

The muwashshah also differed from the qasida in their structure. While the qasida had a fairly rigid four part structure composed of the atlal, or campsite, the nasib, or past love, the rihla, or journey, and the madih, or reward; the muwashshah often focused on one theme. Since the muwashshah were usually shorter, there was no need for the four distinct themes found in the qasida.

Poetry and Art in Al-Andalusia

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