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Following Prototypes

Vol. 3 (2021): Geometry and Color. Decoding the Arts of Islam in the West from the Mid-19th to the Early 20th Century

Islamic Geometry Reinterpreted: The Neo-Mamluk Windows of the Morrocan House

Soumise
February 22, 2022
Publié
2022-03-07

Résumé

In the second half of the nineteenth century, there was a growing interest in Western countries for Islamic stucco glass windows, which were known from descriptions in books and as imported artifacts. Among the oldest publications is Émile Prisse d’Avennes’ (1807-1879) L’art arabe d’après les monuments du Kaire depuis le VIIe siècle jusqu’à la fin du XVIIIe. One year after its publication in 1877, its illustrations inspired the geometrical patterns of the windows of the Moroccan House, a neo-Moorish pavilion in the park of Linderhof Palace (Ettal, Germany).