The Sephardim or Spanish Jews |
Webpage design and content by Elerna Malec. California, 2001. Updated November 2003. |
PERUZELE POETRY DIVAN |
El Legado Andalusí (Spanish,French, English, Arabic) |
Itinéraires culturels ( French) |
Islam in Spain |
Background music: E. Granados, Danzas españolas. Andaluza THE CLASSICAL ARCHIVES |
Islamic Philosophy, Scientific Thought, and History |
Muslim Spain and European Culture |
Moorish Spain |
The Impact of Islamic and Arabic Arts on the West |
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Arabesques pietre dure at the Ittimad al-Daula Tomb, Agra, India @www.Corbis.com/ Jeremy Horner |
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ARABESQUE is a cultural motif, a virtual place, a spiritual labyrinth, the history of a mosaic of cultures . Here is the frame story within the frame story of a splendid blend of lore, science, philosophy, arts and crafts, music and poetry which irradiated from AL-ANDALUS on the European continent, enriching and inspiring the Western world. Beauty of form and refinement of spirit are key concepts to this cultural pattern. Beyond religions, politics, races and languages there are always values. And as long as these values are humanistic, constructive, elevating they belong to the universal patrimony, they are common ground, the meeting point of civilizations and cultures. |
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what is PERUZELE |
AZULEJO the word and the world |
ALCAZAR the word and the world |
MUDEJAR the word and the world |
DIVAN the word and the world |
arabesque PATIO |
arabesque MUSIC |
arabesque LITERATURE |
BAZAR the word and the world |
ARABESQUE FRAMESTORY |
El Arte Califal en Andalucia |
Andalusia 2003 |
Sevilla judaica |