"CS.003 Alhambra from Town" by Denis Baly
 

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1963

Image ID

CS.003

Alternate Identifier

B49.184

Subcollection

CS: Granada

Abstract

Looking on to the Alhambra from the town, Granada, Spain

Description

The Alhambra is one of the most fantasized monuments of Islamic Architecture, captivating the imagination of a vast number of writers and artists, including Washington Irving and the French author Chateaubriand, to name just a couple. Indeed, some parts of the Alhambra, such as the Court of the Lions, are commonly written about examples of the most beautiful architecture in the world. The palace-complex as it stands today was built mostly in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries under the Nasrid dynasty (1238-1492), in particular by Yusuf I (1333-54) and his son Muhammad V (1354-59, 1362-1391). Out of six royal palaces, only two survive (the Comares palace and the Palace of the Lions). A summer palace called the Generalife (from the Arabic jannat al-arif, ‘the garden of the architect’) is also extant. – SK

Image Notes

Photograph created 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B49.184, BV.016. Notes written on the slide or index: Granada, Alhambra from town.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Granada, Spain

Keywords

Moorish, Muslim, Fourteenth Century, Fifteenth Century, Reconstructed, Palace, Stone, Brick, Tower

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