Renata Holod, “Lighting the Great Mosque of Cordoba” (DH Talk at Temple University, 2/23)
Please save Thursday, Feb. 23 for the following:
Professor Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania
“Lighting the Great Mosque of Cordoba: A Digital Reconstruction of Vision and Memory for 10th century CE Interiors”
5:30 p.m., Temple University (specific location TBD)
Abstract: Intersecting polylobed arcades of Andalusia, whether in structural actuality or as ornamental designs, have been taken as geometric exercises within the setting of Umayyad and Taifa period productions, or later as markers of superior ‘Moorish’ craftsmanship on Iberian or Moroccan soil. Yet, the roots for the genesis of these arcades and patterns may lie in an entirely different sector of experience. This paper proposes a different source for the genesis of these constructions, a source located within the experience, cognitive recall and the arts of memory. Preparatory work for the study has been carried out and published with the Digital Media Design group of the School of Engineering, UPenn: http://repository.upenn.edu/