Abstract
The work of Philibert Girault de Prangey, who was a draughtsman, pioneering photographer and an Islamic architecture scholar, has been the subject of recent exhibitions in his hometown (Langres, 2019), at the Metropolitan Museum (New York, 2019) and at the Musée d’Orsay (Paris, 2020). After visiting Andalusia between 1832 and 1833, Prangey completed the publication “Monuments arabes et moresques de Cordoue, Seville et Grenada” in 1839, based on his own drawings and measurements. For the first time, this research analyses his interior perspectives of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba (Spain). The novel methodology is based on its comparison with a digital model derived from the point cloud captured by a 3D laser scanner. After locating the different viewpoints, the geometric precision and the elaboration process are analysed, taking into account historic images by various authors, other details published by Prangey and the architectural transformations of the building. In this way, the veracity and documentary interest of some beautiful perspectives of a monument inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO is valued.
Highlights
IntroductionBrief Historical Overview of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba
The Prangey mihrab front view fits quite well when overlapped with the digital ge3
His pre-photography perspectives have been found to be invaluable in researching architectural heritage in this work
Summary
Brief Historical Overview of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. The Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba has been transformed and adapted to the needs of each period, without losing the essential features of its architectural identity [1]. The first Umayyad mosque was built in the middle of the 8th century by Abd alRahman I, with arches and parallel naves that facilitated the southern expansion by Abd al-Rahman II and later by Al-Hakam II. The last eastern extension was completed by Almanzor in the 10th century, filling a space with surprising interior perspectives between columns and double horseshoe arches [2,3,4]. The skylight of the first mihrab, today the Villaviciosa chapel, and three other ones next to the Al-Hakam II mihrab were especially important for its natural lighting [5]
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