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Title: Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing ..
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Architecture Architectural drawing
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., Printed by F. J. Drake & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Hall of the Abencerages (a), so-called because theknights of the race of the Abencerages were murderedhere, while on the north side is the Hall of the TwoSisters (&). The most celebrated amongst the magnificent andgraceful dwelling-chambers and banquet-halls are thefollowing: The Audience Hall, or Hall of the Ambas-sadors, with a banquet hall in front; the Hall of theAbencerages; the Hall of the Two Sisters, in whichwere the womens apartments, and which consisted of alarge hall with two side-halls and a cabinet; and finallya long, narrow hall called the Hall of Judgment, whichtook in the east side of the Court of the Lions. Thecombination of all these graceful halls and courts, withfountains and arcades, and with delightful little gar-dens attached to them, and gleaming with rich and mag-nificent coloring, lends a romantic charm to the whole. The whole of the interior is of a highly ornamentalcharacter, and displays in the design of the decorations 218 EASY LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE
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EAST LESSONS IN ARCHITECTURE 219 a carpet-like treatment, rather than a monumental one,or one based on constructive elements. Light slendercolumns carry a wall which is covered with variousdecorative patterns upon stilted arches, which are lightly-relieved with filigree work. In spite, however, of thefree choice which was allowed in the various forms ofthe details, the whole seems imbued with a spirit ofharmony. There is a very successful imitation of the Court ofthe Lions with the adjoining halls, two-thirds of thenatural size, at the Crystal Palace, which is well calcu-lated to convey the magic impression which this build-ing must have raised in the days of its splendor, andwhich it even now creates, although devouring time hasrobbed it of much of its pristine magnificence. Since the Alhambra is especially suitable to illustratethe character of the Later Arabian style in Spain, andbecause the Moorish system of ornamentation found inthat building its most splendid and most complete e

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