Franco Llopis, Francisco de Borja2024-11-252024-11-252022Llopis, B. F. (2022). The Rebellion of the Alpujarras, Virgil, and the Fall of the Giants by Petrus Firens Cover Art for Historia de las Guerras Civiles de Granada. Ikon, 15, 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.IKON.5.1323632507-041Xhttps://doi.org/10.1484/J.IKON.5.132363https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24512The registered version of this article, first published in Ikon, is available online at the publisher's website: Brepols Publishers, https://doi.org/10.1484/J.IKON.5.132363La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Ikon, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Brepols Publishers, https://doi.org/10.1484/J.IKON.5.132363This paper is an analysis of the engraving made by Petrus Firens for the cover page of Historia de las Guerras Civiles de Granada (Gines Perez de Hita, Paris, 1606?). The artwork makes use of a particular iconography, portraying a battle against Islam as a Gigantomachy in which references to texts by Virgil are employed to link the victories of Philip II over Islam to the victories of Roman Emperors. What makes this edition particularly noteworthy is its publication in France by a Spanish spy in the service of the French king which leads us to reconsider its political purpose.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess55 Historia::5506 Historia por especialidades::5506.02 Historia del arteartículoPérez de HitaPetrus FirensFortanmoriscosIslamgigantomachymythologyotherness