La Ventana Sala De Las Dos Hermanas

Category

Library Item

Item no

30814

Title

La Ventana Sala de Las Dos Hermanas

Description

The page depicts a double window with tiles in the lower part and maquarnas (corbels) in the upper part.

Artist / maker

Jones, Owen

Date

1844

Size

45.0 x 31.0 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Art and Design Library

A detailed view of the window of the Hall of the Two Sisters at the Alhambra. Jones was captivated by the use of colours at the Alhambra. He says that all colours used throughout the palace are found in this window, blended with a joyful effect. This relates directly to his principle no. 22, which says that the colours used should be so blended that when seeing the objects at a distance, they should present a neutralized bloom.

(Jones set out thirty-seven propositions or general principals in the Grammar of Ornament which aimed to improve the general artistic standards through mass education. Find out more about Owen Jones and his design aesthetic and ideals from the Victoria and Albert Museum.)

All illustrations in this volume are attributed to Jones and his sometime travelling partner Jules Goury, a Welsh architect who died of Cholera during their six month stay at The Alhambra.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Alcoves

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