The Alhambra, Annotated Bibliography
Ralph Abraham, February, 2007

  • Gomez, Emilio Garcia, and Jesus Bermudez Pareja.
    The Alhambra: The Royal Palace.
    Grenada: The Alhambra Museum, 1969.
    Notes: 30 color plates.

  • Grabar, Oleg. The Alhambra. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1978.
    Notes: Magisterial architectural history.
    Presents a radical theory re King Solomon

  • Irving, Washington. The Alhambra. London: Darf, 1896/1986.
    Notes: Great descriptions.

  • Irwin, Robert. The Alhambra (Wonders of the World).
    Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 2004.
    Notes: Nice little pocket book.
    Covers the same ground as Grabar (1978) but more conservative.

  • Nash, Elizabeth. Seville, Cordoba, and Granada: A Cultural History.
    Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2005.
    • Rev. by Ralph, 13 February 2007.