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 328
articularly of the circular patio,is based on Roman traditions; and while the scheme is ofnoble simplicity, the elements that build up a fine amphi-theater are ill-suited for domestic architecture. It was inMachucas efforts to harmonize the two that certain weak-nesses developed in his design; such… … SOUTH PORTAL OF CHARLES VS PALACE ON THE ALHAMBRA HILL, GRANADA. Pedro Machuca, Architect, IJ26 ct seq. 299 ROYAL PALACE AT GRANADA 301 walls to fenestration; many of them butt square against windowopenings, and apparently there was no intention of concealingthis clumsiness by blind openings; some…
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