#Alhambra in Granada

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The Moorish Chief

The Moorish Chief

1878

Eduard Charlemont (Austrian, 1848–1906)

Eduard Charlemont used studio props and a paid model to evoke a world of luxury and power and an architectural setting that resembles the Islamic palace of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. (The canvas was once called The Alhambra Guard.) This work demonstrates the romantic lens through which white Europeans regarded the traditions, peoples, and places of Muslim Spain and the French colonies in West Africa. Although Charlemont painted few African subjects and was best known for portraits and depictions of European historical subjects, his singular ability to convey a model’s personality and to suggest different textures and surfaces is evident here. The name of the model who posed for this commanding figure standing in a palace doorway may never be known. The artist had recently come to Paris from Vienna and was little known when he exhibited this work to great acclaim at the 1878 Paris Salon.

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Alhambra Castle | Granada, Spain.

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Palacio del Generalife and Patio de la Acequia next to the Alhambra in Granada, 1848

“Each individual composes the music of his own life. If he injures another, he brings disharmony. When his sphere is disturbed, he is disturbed himself, and there is a discord in the melody of his life. If he can quicken the feeling of another to joy or to gratitude, by that much he adds to his own life; he becomes himself by that much more alive. Whether conscious of it or not, his thought is affected for the better by the joy or gratitude of another, and his power and vitality increase thereby, and the music of his life grows more in harmony.”

~ Hazrat Inayat Khan (1973). “The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Way of Illumination”, p.27, Library of Alexandria

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The Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain,

Courtesy: Kate Bach

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Alhambra de Granada

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outside and in // granada, spain // october 2014

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Alhambra, Granada, Spain: The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the historic Islamic world, in addition to containing notable examples of Spanish Renaissance architecture. Wikipedia

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The Alhambra, Granada, Spain

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LA ALHAMBRA

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Arco de las Granadas, entrada al bosque de La Alhambra de Granada. Andalucía. España.

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Alhambra, Granada, 17.10.23

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view from our apartment in granada, spain / june 2024

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The Alhambra, Granada | Spain | 2023

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Water Feature at The Alhambra

Granada, Spain

©Cpleblow (2023)