The Alhambra
by Albert Frederick Calvert
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About this eBook
- Author
- Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946
- Title
- The Alhambra being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration
- Credits
- Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- NA: Fine Arts: Architecture
- Subject
- Islamic decoration and ornament -- Spain
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 64822
- Release Date
- March 15, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ALHAMBRA
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
- 4.List of Illustrations.
- 5.List of Coloured Illustrations.
- 6. — ORNAMENT. — COLOUR.
- 7.The Alhambra. — Description.
- 8.Mohammed, the Founder of the Alhambra.
- 9.Abu-el-Hejaj (Yúsuf I.), King of Granada, 1333-1354, who completed the Alhambra.
- 10.The Towers, Courts, and Halls of the Alhambra. — PUERTA DE JUSTICIA—THE GATE OF JUSTICE. — SALA DEL TRIBUNAL—HALL OF JUSTICE. — PAINTING ON THE CEILING OF THE LEFT ALCOVE. — LAS DOS HERMANAS—THE TWO SISTERS. — HALL OF THE ABENCERRAGES. — PATIO DE LA ALBERCA—THE COURT OF THE FISH-POND. — PATIO DE LOS LEONES—THE COURT OF THE LIONS. — SALA DE LA BARCA—HALL OF THE BARQUE. — SALA DE LOS EMBAJADORES—HALL OF AMBASSADORS. — PATIO DE LA MEZQUITA—COURT OF THE MOSQUE. — LA MEZQUITA—THE MOSQUE. — LOS BAÑOS—THE BATHS. — GARDEN OF “LINDARAJA.” — TOCADOR DE LA REINA—THE QUEEN’S DRESSING-ROOM— — TORRE DE LOS SIETE SUELOS—TOWER OF THE SEVEN STAGES. — LA TORRE DE LOS PICOS—THE TOWER OF THE PEAKS— — TORRE DE COMARES—TOWER OF COMARES. — TORRE DE LA VELA—THE WATCH-TOWER. — TORRE DE LAS INFANTAS—TOWER OF THE INFANTAS. — TORRE DEL CAUTIVO—CAPTIVE’S TOWER. — TORRE DEL HOMENAGE—HOMAGE TOWER. — TORRE DE LA AQUA—TOWER OF THE AQUEDUCT. — THE LADIES’ TOWER. — THE MUSEUM. — PALACE OF CHARLES V.
- 11.The Generalife. — LA CASA DEL CARBON—THE CHARCOAL HOUSE. — LA CASA SANCHEZ—THE HOUSE OF SANCHEZ.
- 12.APPENDIX.
- 13.Index.
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