"CS.049 Pavillion and Pool" by Denis Baly
 

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1974

Image ID

CS.049

Alternate Identifier

B49.230

Subcollection

CS: Granada

Abstract

A lion statue in the gardens of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. Water plays an essential part in the architecture of the Hispano-Islamic gardens, as is evident from the number of fountains and waterways across the palaces.

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 B49.230. Notes written on the slide or index: Pavilion + pool.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Granada, Spain

Keywords

Moorish, Muslim, Fourteenth Century, Fifteenth Century, Reconstructed, Palace, Statue, Marble, Courtyard, Fountain

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