Neo-Mudéjar
Neo-Mudéjaris a type ofMoorish Revival architecturepractised in theIberian Peninsulaand to a far lesser extent inIbero-America.Thisarchitectural movementemerged as a revival ofMudéjar style.It was an architectural trend of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that began inMadridandBarcelonaand quickly spread to other regions in Spain and Portugal. It used Mudéjar style elements such as thehorseshoe arch,arabesque tiling, and abstract shaped brick ornamentations for the façades of modern buildings.[1]
History[edit]
The first examples of Neo-Mudéjar buildings were theAguirre Schooldesigned by Rodríguez Ayuso,[1]the Plaza de Toros in Madrid built in 1874 (now demolished), and theCasa VicensbyAntoni Gaudí i Cornet.[2]The style then became almost "compulsory" for the construction of bullfight rings all around Spain, Portugal and the Hispanoamerican countries. In Madrid it became one of its most representative styles of the period, not only for public buildings, like the Aguirre School or the bullring ofLas Ventas,but also for housing. The use of cheap materials, mainly brick for exteriors, made it a popular style in new neighborhoods.
Neo-Mudéjar was often combined withNeo-Gothicby architects such asFrancisco de Cubas,Antonio María Repullés y VargasandFrancisco Jareño.After theIbero-American Exposition of 1929inSeville,another stream of Neo-Mudéjar features appeared known as Andalusian Architectural Regionalism. ThePlaza de España(Seville)[3]or theABCnewspaperheadquarters (Madrid) are examples of this new style that combined traditionalAndalusianarchitecture with Mudéjar features.
List of notable Neo-Mudéjar buildings[edit]
- Arenas de Barcelona
- Gran Teatro Falla,Cádiz
- Las Ventas bullring,Madrid
- Casa Vicens,Barcelona
- Monserrate Palace,Sintra
- Church of Santa Cruz, Madrid
- Palacete Conceição e Silva, Lisbon[4]
- Church of La Paloma, Madrid
- Quinta do Relógio,Sintra[5]
- Water tower (now exhibition space) Torre de Canal Isabel II, in Madrid.
- Escuelas Aguirre,Madrid
- Pena Palace,Sintra[5]
- Toledo railway station
- Nazaré Bullring,Nazaré[5]
- ZaragozaPost-Office
- Campo Pequeno bullring,Lisbon[5]
- Morisco Kiosk,Mexico City
- Palacio de Orleans-Borbón(now city hall),Sanlúcar de Barrameda[6]
- Palacio de Doña Trinidad Grund (now town hall),Carratraca[7]
- Hotel Alfonso XIII,Seville
Gallery[edit]
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Palacio Laredo inAlcalá de Henares,1884
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Las Ventas bullring,Madrid, 1929
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Mudéjar Pavilion,Museum of Arts and Traditions,Seville,1914
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Arc de Triomf,Barcelona, 1888
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Campo Pequeno bullringinLisbon(Portugal), 1892
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TheToledo railway station,1919
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TheToledo railway station,1919
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Neo-Mudéjar building inSeville,1909
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Church of Niño Jesús in Madrid, by Francisco Jareño, 1885
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Casa del Reloj,Arganzuela,Madrid, 1933
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Gran Teatro Falla ofCádiz,1884
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Comillas Pontifical Universitybuilding in Madrid
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Clock Tower inVillarrubia de los Ojos,Ciudad Real, Spain.
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Ermita de la Virgen del Val inAlcalá de Henares,1926
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abEditors of Time Out (13 December 2013).Time Out Madrid.Time Out. p. 21.ISBN978-1-84670-297-6.
- ^Alejandro Lapunzina (1 January 2005).Architecture of Spain.Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 56.ISBN978-0-313-31963-1.
- ^Jeremy Head (31 January 2011).Frommer's Seville, Granada and the Best of Andalusia.John Wiley & Sons. p. 1230.ISBN978-1-119-99445-9.
- ^"Palacete Conceição e Silva (Avenida da Liberdade, n.º 226-228)".patrimonioislamico.ulusofona.pt.Retrieved26 April2021.
- ^abcd"Estilo Neoárabe".patrimonioislamico.ulusofona.pt.Retrieved26 April2021.
- ^AnneLise Sorensen; Geoff Garvey (30 March 2009).The Rough Guide to Spain.Penguin. p. 588.ISBN978-1-84836-838-5.
- ^"Ayuntamiento (Palacio de Doña Trinidad Grund)".Diputación Provincial de Málaga.Retrieved9 September2023.
External links[edit]
- Cunill, Inmaculada Rodríguez.ARQUITECTURA DEL SIGLO XIX.ISBN978-84-9714-052-2.