The palace of Ruy Lopez Davalos and its unpublished sketches in the El-Transito synagogue: A study of its carved stuccos in the artistic context of 1361 (II)

Authors
Rallo Gruss, C Ruiz Souza, JC
Citation
C. Rallo Gruss et Jc. Ruiz Souza, The palace of Ruy Lopez Davalos and its unpublished sketches in the El-Transito synagogue: A study of its carved stuccos in the artistic context of 1361 (II), AL-QANTARA, 21(1), 2000, pp. 143-154
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Religion & Tehology
Journal title
AL-QANTARA
ISSN journal
02113589 → ACNP
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
143 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0211-3589(2000)21:1<143:TPORLD>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Corned stucco represents one of the most characteristic elements of Spanish medieval architecture. The image that we have of the Alhambra, of Samuel H alevi's synagogue-el Transito-and of countless other palaces and monasterie s is due to this cheap construction material which could imitate the luxuri ous quality of silk textiles and ivories. In our previous article (Al-Qanta ra, XX 275-97), we showed that Ruy Lopez Davalos de Toledo's palace conserv es an important group of carved stuccos. In this paper, we discuss its tech nique of fabrication.