ART IN THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES

MOZARABIC, ASTURIAN, MUDEJAR

Agustín Fernández Alarcón, prof. Geografía e Historia

MOZARABIC

• Lack of unity• Use of horseshoe arch and ribbed domes• Small buildings with thick walls• Different kinds of plots (floor plans)• Great development of miniature in

manuscripts

Bobastro church (Malaga)

Santa María de Melque (Toledo)

San Miguel de Escalada (Leon)

San Cebrián de Mazote (Valladolid)

San Miguel de Celanova (Orense)

Beato de Liébana

Asturian pre-romanesque art

• Use of rounded arch and half barrel vault• Use of pillars instead of columns• Basilical plots usually with three aisles, with

apses • Thick walls

Santianes de Pravia

San Julián de los Prados

Santa María del Naranco

San Miguel de Lillo

San Salvador de Valdedios

Mudejar art

• Native and unique art of the Iberian Peninsula• It is a meeting point between islamic and

christian art (mainly with Romanesque and Gothic)

• Use of bricks, plaster, glazed tiles, lime and timber in buildings (carved- wood ceilings are very usual)

San Tirso (Sahagún)

Teruel’s cathedral

San Martin’s Tower (Teruel)

Transito synagogue (Toledo)

Santa María la Blanca (Toledo)

Reales Alcázares (Seville)

Coca castle (Segovia)