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 454
principles, architecture as a fine art should have been tabooedas pagan heresy. As to the remainder of the Escorial—palace, seminary,and monastery—these are subservient to the central mass ofthe church. They are treated in monotonous rectangularityand though destined for more intimate uses are just… … WEST FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL OF VALLADOLID.Juan de FI err era, Architect, 138^. 425 JUAN DE HERRERA 427 It may be too exacting to ask that a scheme of such magnitudeas the Escorial should be practical in all its parts; yet thereneed hardly have been such ignoring of those niceties whichbelong to the…
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