Work
Alhambra (Nasrid Palaces)
Explore in the Atlas →The fourteenth-century palace-city of the Nasrid emirs, its Court of the Lions, muqarnas vaults and water gardens form the most complete surviving expression of Andalusi Islamic palatial architecture.
Power Fantasy Ritual
Details
- Type
- Building
- Location
- Granada, Spain
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Revelation cosmology
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Pattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Apprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Islamic mena
Connections
- exemplifies Islamic Architecture
Sources
- Robert Irwin. The Alhambra. Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Oleg Grabar. The Alhambra. Harvard University Press, 1978.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Alhambra (Nasrid Palaces)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/alhambra/. Accessed July 17, 2026.