Circular Visions of Fertility and Punishment: Caliphal Ivory Caskets from al-Andalus
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07/12/2020
Content Type
Article
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Other
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Subject Area
Islamic Culture
Author
FRANCISCO PRADO-VILAR
Year of Publication
1997
Description
In religious environments, for instance the mosaics of the Dome of the Rock and the Umayyad Great Mosque of Damascus, vegetal motifs have been interpreted as referring to the flora of paradise, the fertility ever-present in the proximity of God.
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