Alhambra Baths
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Alhambra Baths
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Alhambra Baths, Granada, Spain.
Detail of the colonnade in one of the stances of the Baths in the Nasrid Palaces of the Alhambra, in Granada, Spain. The baths in the Alhambra had the usual three rooms with hot, warm and cold water.
Built around 1350 AD, the Palace of the Lions in the Alhambra is the apex of Nasrid architecture. In this palace Nasrid art achieved its greatest degree of magnificence, sensitivity and harmony. Light, water, color and exquisite decoration turn this palace into a pleasure for the senses. The abstract and geometric decoration steps back in this palace for a more naturalistic style, a result of Christian influence.
A place of breathtaking beauty, preserved by the wisdom of a Sultan who was later labelled a coward for surrendering the fortress before it was utterly destroyed in a fight he could not possibly win. I for one am grateful.
Other versions of this image and other more Alhambra and Al-Andalusian images one copy-paste away in my Gallery at http://westonwestmoreland.com/collections/alhambra+and+alandalus
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August 24th, 2019
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