![]() Due to this extensive detail and the geometry of the Alhambra even mathematicians have analysed the Alhambra. The detailed shapes are floral and geometric forms. The walls are golden in a delicate filigree pattern. The façade of the Cuarto Dorado has impressive decoration. Because of this the Alhambra walls have calligraphy, plant motifs and geometric patterns. Islamic culture does not accept the depiction of human images. Water and geometry are the main design elements in the Alhambra. The higher up the closer to the heavens and the more sacred they should be. Towards the top of the walls quotations from the Koran appear, intentionally situated far from the ground. Colour for architectural elements came from natural sources and were created with these materials:Ībove the tiles, higher up towards the walls geometrical shapes or poetic inscriptions abound. The artisans were cleverly using colour to decorate their ceramics and designs. ![]() Creating an infinite design to cover as much distance as needed for each space.ĭespite the decorations being created in the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries. Geometrical calculations were used in the tile patterns. Tiling done with mathematical precision was intended to be aesthetically pleasing. As this historic period is of great importance, we can still see coloured tiles across Andalusia today.Īlso these tiles apart from being decorative, keep walls cooler in summertime and protect them too. Within this mesmerising interior we can appreciate this is a key element in Islamic art. The tiles reach half way up from the floor. Visible to anyone entering the rooms at the heart of the Al-Andalus kingdom.Īs you wander along the maze like corridors of the palace, you will notice the walls are covered in brightly coloured ceramic tiles. Palace officials reflected the authority and power of the Sultan through its decoration. This wall decoration is an elaborate form of political propaganda. It is likely that the artists choosing these texts for the palace walls were poets but also politicians. Other phrases appear like: “ Rejoice in good fortune, because Allah helps you” or “ Be sparse in words and you will go in peace.” These words are there to protect the monarch honoured in each courtyard. There are lots of recurring words such as “happiness” or “blessing” that appear throughout the palace. Many inscriptions are phrases like “ There is no victor but Allah” which appears many times. Another thing that these walls offer are clues into the functionality of the spaces around the monument. I wonder what is the meaning of all of these inscriptions? Some inscriptions are beautiful poetry whereas others provide information on construction dates of building within the Alhambra. Covered in beautiful filigrees, endless words and poetic phrases. ![]() As you step into the Nasrid Palaces it is like walking into an elaborate poetry book. ![]() After visiting many times, one of the things which fascinates me are the intricate decorations and inscriptions on the walls. The digital rendering of the character has been made by “wizard of CG Balázs Simon”, as once again stated by Livesey.The Alhambra Palace is the only medieval palace in the world which has arrived intact to the present day. The clip also marked the debut of Senjutsu’s Samurai version of Eddie the Head. It’s meant to be pretty on the nose about the current planetary situation. I wanted to harness the old Derek Riggs album artworks as much as possible and infuse it with some old school cartoon vibes all wrapped up in a lot of messages about greed and the destruction of the planet, with the top one-percenters sitting in their shiny castles, leaving everyone else outside to rot on a dying planet. The creative direction of the video started from a Bruce Dickinson concept and was lead by veteran Pixar Animation Studio artist and director Mark Andrews, alongside ex-Pixar animator Andrew Gordon.ĭickinson’s lyrics for the song and the concept of the video were inspired by the biblical stories of Belshazzar’s feast, narrated in Chapter V of the Book of Daniel, mixed with Book of Genesis' Adam and Eve and Book of Revelation’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The video clip has been directed by Nicos Livesey and produced by his BlinkInk, a young, London-based animation studio. The song and its video have been anticipated by the band through a marketing campaign spanning July 2021 that involved the daily release of the cover artwork of one of their previous album, engraved with small and hidden signs pointing to the new single, such as the acronym “WOTW” or “TWOTW” (which obviously stands for “The Writing on the Wall”). “The Writing on the Wall” is the first official Iron Maiden song released after 2015’s The Book of Souls and it is the first single off their seventeenth album, Senjutsu. ![]()
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