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Excerpt from The Alhambra: Being a Brief Record of the Arabian Conquest of the Peninsula With a Particular Account of the Mohammedan Architecture and Decoration
Don Mariano Contreras, Conservator of the Alhambra, the son of the gifted Raphael Contreras, who devoted thirty-seven years of his life to the restoration of the Palace - gave me the benefit of his knowledge of this unique treasure-house of art; and I have also laid under contribution the beautiful plates of Owen Jones, who disposed of a Welsh inheritance in order to produce his great work on the Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra. Jones's Grammar of Ornament, which has been described as beautiful enough to be the horn-book of the Angels, also contains the result of his researches in the Alhambra, which occupied him for the greater part of eleven years. A selection of these illustrations is here rescued from the obscurity of public libraries and the inaccess ible recesses of private collections. The inclusion of John F. Lewis's drawings, and the reproduction of a series of pictures by James C. Murphy, who spent seven years in the study of the artistic marvels of the Alhambra, I do not feel called upon to defend. The photographs, several of which were placed at my disposal by Don Rafael Garzon, represent the buildings as they appear to-day; the drawings were made before the Palace was damaged by the disastrous fire of September, 1890.
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Don Mariano Contreras, Conservator of the Alhambra, the son of the gifted Raphael Contreras, who devoted thirty-seven years of his life to the restoration of the Palace - gave me the benefit of his knowledge of this unique treasure-house of art; and I have also laid under contribution the beautiful plates of Owen Jones, who disposed of a Welsh inheritance in order to produce his great work on the Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra. Jones's Grammar of Ornament, which has been described as beautiful enough to be the horn-book of the Angels, also contains the result of his researches in the Alhambra, which occupied him for the greater part of eleven years. A selection of these illustrations is here rescued from the obscurity of public libraries and the inaccess ible recesses of private collections. The inclusion of John F. Lewis's drawings, and the reproduction of a series of pictures by James C. Murphy, who spent seven years in the study of the artistic marvels of the Alhambra, I do not feel called upon to defend. The photographs, several of which were placed at my disposal by Don Rafael Garzon, represent the buildings as they appear to-day; the drawings were made before the Palace was damaged by the disastrous fire of September, 1890.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Albert Frederick Calvert
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781333529376
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
Page Count - 681
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265410592
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.9 cm
Page Count - 679
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