Debate by a group of specialists on the astrolabes made in al-Andalus and in the Hispanic medieval kingdoms as a paradigmatic example of symbiosis between art and science.
The central theme will be two recently published books: “Astrolabios en al-Andalus y los reinos medievales hispanos” and “Catálogo razonado de los astrolabios de la España medieval” by Azucena Hernández Pérez, who will be accompanied by science historians David A. King (Univ. Frankfurt) and Julio Samsó (Univ. Barcelona) and art historians Susana Calvo, Javier Martínez de Aguirre and Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza, all from the Complutense University of Madrid.
The multiple dimensions of the astrolabe will be highlighted: scientific, cultural, symbolic and artistic, emphasising the connections between the astrolabes, the architectural spaces “of knowledge” and the cultural reality in which Andalusian production and that of the Hispanic Christian kingdoms intertwined and which, in the books mentioned, dialogue and meet again. Aspects such as the manufacture of an astrolabe, from its conception and design to its materialisation, or the presence of the astrolabe in madrasas, mosques, monasteries and universities, will also be dealt with.
Collection: Multimedia
Project: 11. Science and culture as representation in Europe.
Chronology: -
Scope: Secondary Education
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aNmKqI4-es
Resource type: Vídeo
Format: Multimedia
Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)
Abstract: Debate by a group of specialists on the astrolabes made in al-Andalus and in the Hispanic medieval kingdoms as a paradigmatic example of symbiosis between art and science. The central theme will be two recently published books: "Astrolabios en al-Andalus y los reinos medievales hispanos" and "Catálogo razonado de los astrolabios de la España medieval" by Azucena Hernández Pérez, who will be accompanied by science historians David A. King (Univ. Frankfurt) and Julio Samsó (Univ. Barcelona) and art historians Susana Calvo, Javier Martínez de Aguirre and Juan Carlos Ruiz Souza, all from the Complutense University of Madrid. The multiple dimensions of the astrolabe will be highlighted: scientific, cultural, symbolic and artistic, emphasising the connections between the astrolabes, the architectural spaces "of knowledge" and the cultural reality in which Andalusian production and that of the Hispanic Christian kingdoms intertwined and which, in the books mentioned, dialogue and meet again. Aspects such as the manufacture of an astrolabe, from its conception and design to its materialisation, or the presence of the astrolabe in madrasas, mosques, monasteries and universities, will also be dealt with.
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