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 188
ment on the tall pilasters each side ofthe central motif is bold and free. Unfortunately this wholefeature is overpowering in scale and crushes the beauty ofthe detail. There is a peculiar use of the pendant in the coflFeredarch which gives the efi^ect of a Moorish artesonado; but thisand other… … WEST FRONT OF SAN ESTEBAN, SALAMANCA.Juan de Alava, Architect, i$24-1610. 159 SALAMANCA 161 building, Gothic chapel and all, to Alonso de Covarrubias;others credit him with only the facade, and this happens tobe devoid of all interest. A modern and painstaking investi-gator, Don Manuel Gomez…
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