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The Alhambra Court in the Crystal Palace (1854)

Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 33

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FA£ADE. 31 The gilding has suffered most, and is perfect only in few places ; being always on the surface, it was of course the most exposed. It can readily be traced everywhere by a green metallic deposit, from which we may divine that it was not all gold that glittered. PLAN OP THE ALHAMBRA… … FACADE TOWARDS THE NAVE. The Facade of the Alhambra Court towards the nave has Alhambra no absolute prototype in the Casa Real. The external ^agade architecture of the Alhambra was unornamented ; it was towards the made to awe the spectator, and, according to Ford, to

Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) · Islamic architecture -- Exhibitions · Exhibition buildings -- England -- London · Arkitektur -- Spanien

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