The Islamic Design Module in Latin America: Proportionality and the Techniques of Neo-Mudejar Architecture

by John F. Moffitt

This study analyzes the distinctive look of Hispanic architecture. Its triangulate format, originated in Islamic Spain, was based on workshop techniques once used by journeyman designers and simple artisans. Spain was the only European transatlantic colonial power to have once been occupied by Islamic overlords. Spain's conquistadors took their traditional building methods to Latin America.

Formal analyses of the facades of various...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786418060
• ISBN13: 9780786418060
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher