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)
