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 330
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… … J*L lOO Fig. 95—Plan of the Palace of Charles V at Granada.Pedro Machuca, Architect, 1526. was to be resorted to. In short the palace, though admirablybold in idea, lacks nicety and finesse of plan. Yellowish sandstone from the Sierra Nevada suppliedthe material for the fa9ade, along with marble…
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