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827: 35: 1100: 300: 499: 456: 362: 241:, half domes and carved decoration limited to some strategic areas, evaluating the smooth space as an exponent of this new more pure and harmonious aesthetic. In general, the aspect of Purist architecture is of balance and monumentality, compared to the apparent fragility and decorativism of Plateresque. 221:
In front of the excessive decorate of Plateresque style, the Purism sought ways simpler and refined, in a sober and classic line, balance and technical perfection, taking more on structural issues and harmonious proportions. The architects have better preparation and training, with the publication of
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influence, is one of the masterpieces of the Purism and the Spanish Renaissance architecture, example of balance and perfection of classical, with two-story with columns of
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are related to the interpretation given to different elements of style, whether intellectual, formal, structural or decorative. Until then, writers of the period termed the
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Azcárate Ristori, José María de; Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso Emilio; Ramírez Domínguez, Juan Antonio. "Historia del Arte". 1983. Editorial Anaya, Madrid.
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forms, gradually took hold and served as the expression of the new political power, linked to the new conception of the Catholic
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in the University of Alcalá de Henares (1537–1553), decorated with evenly distributed at regular intervals,
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architecture in the last third of the 16th century. The name "Prince Philip" refers to the period in which
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coincided with a period of great political, economic and social splendor, after the union between
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increased height with small columns on an entablature located in the capital, as had
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also was initially one of the leading exponents of plateresque (Courtyard of the
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built the Palacio Arzobispal, a monumental facade topped by a gallery of arches.
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in a round dome shaped, preceded by a large triumphal arch type. In the
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In Seville highlights the construction of the Royal Chapel of the
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and lookouts drafts. One of his best works would be the façade of
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phase, while for the Spanish art is commonly used the expression
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influence, that influence the later Andalusian altars.
350:and the façades of the cathedralics dependences of 233:The Purism was characterized by the use of oval or 184:. In the first third of the 16th century came the 479:chapel, which was never built. The courtyard, of 85:(in addition to the architectural element called 1116: 268:, launched in the Plateresque (Courtyard of the 61:, which took place between 1530 and 1560, after 506:Another great example of Andalusian purism was 168:. Although in its beginning the new style from 642: 534:(1555), the palaces of Vela-Cobos (1561) and 518:, and in the Sacra Capilla del Salvador in 514:. One of his characteristic was the use of 384:). Subsequently, spent most of his work in 649: 635: 656: 510:, of own style that was directed then to 249:The main signs of the style are found in 497: 454: 412:, who made numerous changes, became the 365:Ground plan of the Cathedral of Granada. 360: 298: 116:, at that point of the 16th century the 33: 14: 1117: 222:several theoretical treatises such as 630: 459:Sacra Capilla del Salvador in Úbeda. 400:, in collaboration with the Italian 374:Colegio Mayor de Santiago el Zebedeo 334:with garlands. Other works were the 276:(1537). Among his buildings are the 356:Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela 24: 25: 1146: 561:, and the top of the Giralda, by 272:), which reached the position of 108:as "the Roman" (Diego de Sagredo 77:by abdication of his father, the 59:Renaissance architecture in Spain 1099: 1098: 825: 140:Spanish Renaissance architecture 577: 344:church of Santa María Magdalena 164:and the coming to power of the 44:University of Alcalá de Henares 602: 324:Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso 172:lived with the persistence of 133: 40:Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso 13: 1: 986:Spanish Colonial architecture 572: 555:Hospital de las Cinco Llagas 7: 861:Cantabrian defensive towers 10: 1151: 380:; Golden Staircase of the 137: 26: 1125:17th-century architecture 1094: 948: 834: 823: 664: 398:Monastery of San Jerónimo 270:Hospital de la Santa Cruz 1135:Renaissance architecture 595: 404:. 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Purism (architecture)
Purism (arts)

Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso
University of Alcalá de Henares
Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón
Renaissance architecture in Spain
Isabelline Gothic
Herrerian
Philip II of Spain
Spanish Monarchy
Emperor Charles V
Sebastiano Serlio
Greco-Roman
casticist
classicist
Italian Renaissance
art history
Cinquecento
Mannerist
High Renaissance
Spanish Renaissance architecture
Renaissance in Spain
Castile
Aragon
Reconquista
discovery of America
Habsburgs
Italy
Gothic

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