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 87
s aversion to using plant lifedecoratively is difficult to say, but certain it is that therewas more inspiration for such motifs in Italy than on the bareplain of Castile. On the other hand we have, besides the 58 SPANISH ARCHITECTURE OF THE XVI CENTURY Spanish passion for depicting the human… … Fig. 19—Capital by Alonso de Bemiguete from the Palacio Arzo-bispal, Alcala de Henares. (Now in the Museo Arqueologico,Madrid.) and playfully torments every unlucky pajaro that comeswithin his reach; and it is for this reason, perhaps, that MurillosHoly Family in which the Child Jesus is showing…
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