Pictorial History Of Spain: 4. Spain's Heritage of Art Spain's heritage from the Moorish centuries is so obvious everywhere in the south, especially in Andalusia, that it is equally a heritage of every traveler who visits Spain. I have mentioned Cordoba's mosque and, of course, Granada's Alhambra Palace and Seville's Giralda Bell Tower, but they are only conspicuous examples. The Palace of the Alcazar, in Seville, is another. So-"thank history" for the Moorish centuries.
The painting art of the Spanish masters is as obvious as the Moorish architecture. You almost have to queue up, with a mixed crowd of tourists and Spaniards, to enter the Prado Gallery and that is not a common complaint of travelers in most museum towns.
RODERICK, rod'er-ik (Spanish, RODRIGO), last king of the West Goths in Spain. In 710 he was chosen king. Shortly after the Moors, under Muza, invaded Spain. Roderick met the invaders on the banks of the Guadelete in 711, but was defeated, and perished in the battle. He is the hero of Scott's Vision of Don Roderick (1811) and Southey's Roderick the Goth (1814).
RODGERS, name of a family distinguished in American naval history:
It is remarkable that throughout its history stereography has not appealed to photographers as an artistic medium. Its very virtue, that of creating an astonishing illusion of depth, is felt to be too close to reality. J. Craig Annan, a leader in the pictorial history of Spain movement, remarked in 1892:
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