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The Gate of Justice, Alhambra

ca. 1925
20th century
9 5/8 in. x 6 1/2 in. (24.45 cm x 16.51 cm)

Louis C. Rosenberg (aka Louis Conrad Rosenberg), American, (1890–1983)

Object Type: Prints

Medium and Support: Etching on paper

Credit Line: Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Gerard R. Pomerat on behalf of Dr. Charles M. Pomerat

Accession Number: 1997.085

Like John Taylor Arms, Louis Rosenberg was trained as an architect. Rosenberg created prints of both European and American subjects. The Gate of Justice, Alhambra depicts the fatade of a major Moorish monument in Granada, Spain. As a tourist destination, Spain was seen as particularly exotic in part because of its Islamic past. Rosenberg’s print shows the fatade of the fortress, highlighting the Islamic-style keyhole shape of the doors and in the striped decoration around the doors. Constructed in the fourteenth century, the Alhambra is a complex of palaces that had been home to Muslim rulers. The buildings, afflicted by fires, had fallen into disrepair in the nineteenth century. However, despite the neglect and perhaps because of it, the Alhambra possessed a mystical quality in the eyes of the British. Richard Ford, who published A Handbook for Travelers in Spain (1845), wrote, "The baying of a dog and the tinkling of a guitar, indicating life there, increase the fascination of the Alhambra."

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20th Century, 21st Century, American*, Contemporary*, etching (printing process)*, etchings (prints)*, paper (fiber product)*, prints (visual works)*

20th Century
21st Century
American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."

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