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 85
hereas Egas acquiredit after long practice in Gothic. And furthermore the Alcalaarchitect had the collaboration of the most gifted sculptorof the Spanish Renaissance, Alonso de Berruguete. But allquestion of sculptured ornament aside, the patio and stair, 5Q SPANISH ARCHITECTURE OF THE XVI CENTURY… … Fig. 17—Upper Story of Patio of the Palacio Arzobispal, Alcala.Alonso de Covarruhias, Architect, 1535 et seq. (Fig. 18). All told there are two hundred and twenty-eightof them in endless variety and purposely underscaled to exhibitthe adroitness of the Plateresque carver. Practically un-restored,…
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