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Spanish architecture of the sixteenth century; general view of the plateresque and Herrera styles (1917)

Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941 · New York, London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 178

An illustration from Spanish architecture of the sixteenth century; general view of the plateresque and Herrera styles, 1917, leaf 178
w, SALAMANCA 149 more Romanesque than Renaissance). The facade is barely30 feet wide. The rich central motif of the piso principal isthe nucleus of its treatment, and so dominates the narrowfront that the unsymmetrical fenestration is in no way dis- … FiG. 45—Corbels in the Patio of the Casa de la Salina, Salamanca. turbing. There is a wealth of beautiful Plateresque ornamentin this feature (see Fig. 46); every quality of the silversmithsart may be detected in the decorative framing of El seve-risimo Fonseca, Patriarca Alejandrina. But with all…

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