An ephemeral Alhambra: The Spanish pavilion in the Universal Exhibition in Brussels (1910)

Authors

  • José Manuel Rodríguez Domingo Departamento de Historia del Arte. Universidad de Granada

Keywords:

Arabic architecture, Moorish architecture, Ephemeral architecture, Architectural ornamentation, Exhibition pavilions, Universal Exhibitions, Universal Exhibition, 1910, Brussels, Cendoya Busquets, Modesto, Santisteban Márquez, Antonio, Escoriaza, Nicolás

Abstract

Spain's participation in Universal Exhibitions impiied in turn an involvement in the phenomenon of so-called "architectural nationalism", in which each country should be represented by a pavilion built in its characteristic
national style. Thus, from 1867 to 1929, the Spanish State drew on two different architectural traditions: on the one hand the neo-plateresque and on the other the neo-arabic in its neo-mudejar variety. For the Brussels Exhibition of 191 O a strongly nationalistic choice was made, since the Alhambra and Nazarí art were selected to represen! the country, along the lines of what we have come to call "neoarabic regionalism".

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Published

1997-11-01

How to Cite

Rodríguez Domingo, J. M. (1997). An ephemeral Alhambra: The Spanish pavilion in the Universal Exhibition in Brussels (1910). Cuadernos De Arte De La Universidad De Granada, 28, 125–139. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/caug/article/view/10780

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Estudios