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...Spanish town that juxtaposes winding streets and Gothic cathedrals with the domes and partitions of a mosque – a graphic illustration of the crossing of aesthetic and cultural boundaries that have in common their opposition to the straight lines and order of the previously dominant neoclassical style. The Oriental might be seen, then, as a convenient conduit for...

...Spanish background, and its appeal was to Romans at home. It was linked to some of the earliest shrines of Rome, and to a new annual celebration of Rome’s founding date. The Hadrianic Temple of Venus and Roma was to unite all Romans in a new state cult that reflected their glory and [p. 133] their origins, much as Hadrian’s Olympieion and Panhellenion served to unite...

...Spanish city of Granada. This film involves a combination of different techniques, including expository (presenting a number of different local places and historical facts), participatory (for example, with one of the filmmakers trying on a hijab), as well as performative (with some filmmakers acting, for instance, like they are looking for a mosque or burning books). The...

...Spanish and Italian. Gender is important because it influences the endings of any adjectives accompanying the noun. Masculine nouns are accompanied by ὁ: ὁ θεός the god ὁ λόγος the word or, in their dictionary form: θεός, ὁ god λόγος, ὁ word Feminine nouns are accompanied by ἡ: ἡ γῆ the land ἡ νίκη the victory These words would be...