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![]() | On 6 November 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from Islamic stucco to Stucco decoration in Islamic architecture. The result of the discussion was moved. |
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2020 and 7 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Ah133, BriCrockett.
Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 09:32, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
I've added a maintenance template because the article title and its content largely deals with Spain, however stucco carving of this type goes well beyond Granada and the Alhambra. Essentially the exact same style is found in present-day Morocco (e.g. the Marinid madrasas), and stucco decoration of the same type (though with more differences) is an important part of Islamic architecture further east as far Iran at least. There are some peculiarities to Nasrid art as always, but the scope of the article is currently not set as being limited to Granada, so the article needs to cover the broader topic accordingly. At the very least this article should deal with the Maghreb (North Africa), which shares the same tradition as al-Andalus. For more sources (mostly general references) and background see Moorish architecture. As it so happens, an article dealing with stucco decoration more generally would be helpful, as we have main articles already for things like Zellij and Arabesque, which cover certain types of decoration in a broader way, but no other article deals with stucco decoration specifically. Eventually it should probably have a more neutral (non-Spanish) title as well, since the term "Yeseria" is not usually used by scholars outside the context of Spain. R Prazeres (talk) 16:46, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
Seeing as this article isn't watched by many editors, there's been only one major contributor (a student on assignment in 2020 who did some good initial work but hasn't edited since then), and there's currently a backlog at WP:RM, I'm just going to do a bold move of this page from Yeseria to Islamic stucco and plaster decoration. If there is disagreement or objection to this, it can be reverted or moved back and we can go through a full "Request move" process instead.
The motivation is already explained above, but to summarize:
See WP:ENGLISH, WP:COMMONNAME, and WP:WORLDVIEW for relevant policies/recommendations.
That said, the new title can be considered provisional, as there are other similar titles that could be considered (e.g. "Islamic plasterwork", "Islamic stucco decoration", etc). As the Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture (cited in article) explains, the terms "stucco" and "plaster" are used interchangeably in scholarly sources (indeed, I've seen both terms used about the same examples, sometimes even by the same authors), so I've chosen to go with this slightly less concise title for now to remain neutral and clear. (My impression though is that "stucco" is a little more common as a general term, e.g. the relevant entry in the Dictionary of Islamic Architecture is simply "stucco".) Also, maybe some would prefer not to have the term "Islamic", but this is practically unavoidable and follows common practice for this topic (both in scholarly sources and on Wikipedia), in which "Islamic" refers to Islamic civilization generally, not exclusively to religion; hence the article titles of Islamic art, Islamic architecture, Islamic ornament, Islamic geometric patterns, etc, all of which are also applicable to examples from non-Muslim patrons and builders. Any further discussion on the article title is welcome. R Prazeres (talk) 06:46, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
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