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 430
broader principles of architecture exhibited in theAlcazar stairway, it may be due to his having completed ashort time before (1551) his translation of Serlio. The stair,still denuded of all treatment as a result of the last fire, is THE INFLUENCE OF PHILIP II 401 imposing now only through its fine… … Fig. 132—Patio of the Real Alcazar, Toledo.Attributed to Alonso de Covanubias. arcading intersects offer a particularly good solution of thisalways perplexing problem. Throughout the patio classicprecedents prevail (see Fig. 132); still there is a departurefrom cut and dried rules as laid down by…
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