Preview
Creation Year
1963
Image ID
CS.023
Alternate Identifier
B49.204
Subcollection
CS: Granada
Abstract
A private prayer room adjoining the Mexuar Hall, with windows looking out to the historic neighborhoods of Granada.
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 B49.204, BV.022, CS.027. Notes written on the slide or index: Golden Chamber.
Image Format
Article
Geographic Reference
Granada, Spain
Keywords
Moorish, Muslim, Fourteenth Century, Fifteenth Century, Palace, Stone, Brick, Stucco, Arches, Prayer Hall
Rights Statement
