2. Historical Context
Architecture.
The Mudéjar style.
Sculpture and Painting.
Juan A. Luque
3. Europe XI – XIII Centuries
FEUDALISM
It’s called Romanesque because of the use of Ancient
Roman’s technical solutions (arc, vaux,…)
It’s basically a RELIGIOUS art.
4. HISTORY
PATRONAGE RURAL
ARISTOCRACY
COMMUNITIES THEOCRACY
&
CHURCH Church, monastery
26. EL MUDÉJAR
Mudajjan , meaning "domesticated", in a reference to the
Muslims who submitted to the rule of the Christian kings
In erecting Romanesque buildings (Gothic and Renaissance
too), builders used elements of Islamic art
Use of BRICKS in a geometrical character
Only in Spain