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Creation Year
1974
Image ID
CS.017
Alternate Identifier
B49.198
Subcollection
CS: Granada
Abstract
Passageway leading into the Golden Room in the north side of the Mexuar courtyard at the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The Golden Room is so called because of the elaborate woodwork ceiling in this room. The room was used by officials and scribes to take down orders of the court and the King.
Description
The Alhambra as a whole 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 1974. Photograph processed June 1974. Formerly catalogued as B49.198, CS.014. Notes written on the slide or index: Court of the Mexuar.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Granada, Spain
Keywords
Moorish, Muslim, Fifteenth Century, Reconstructed, Palace, Stone, Brick, Stucco, Carving, Stucco Carving, Arches, Tiles, Mosaic, Archway