"CS.067 Window" by Denis Baly
 

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1963

Image ID

CS.067

Alternate Identifier

B49.248

Subcollection

CS: Granada

Abstract

Stucco-decoration in a side-room flanking the Comares Hall in the Alhambra. The Comares Hall, also known as the Throne Room or Hall of the Ambassadors, is one of the largest rooms in the Alhambra. It was built during the reign of Yusuf I in the middle of the 14th century. One of the most majestic rooms of the Alhambra, it was used for official receptions and important state business.

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 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B49.248, BV.035. Notes written on the slide or index: Window.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Granada, Spain

Keywords

Moorish, Muslim, Fourteenth Century, Fifteenth Century, Palace, Stone, Masonry, Stucco, Stucco Carving, Arches, Archway, Window, Inscription, Quranic Inscription, Arabesque, Tiles, Mosaic, Zellij

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