... Carthusian lay brother , who died at Granada in 1627. According to the traditions of Granada , Brother Cotan was of English extrac- tion . His pictures are remarkably accurate as to facts , and perhaps they are not unworthy of the ...
... Granada 1627 National school Spanish Principal place of residence Granada Travels Toledo Principal works Brigida del ... Charterhouse and in 1612 that of Granada . As a Carthusian monk , he continued to paint and has left a series ...
... of ornamentation borders on the extreme. Defiance of structure At its core, classical architecture is fundamentally. Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Cusco, Peru, 1559–1654 Luis de Arévalo and F. Manuel Vasquez, sacristy, Granada Charterhouse,
... Granada charterhouse , which has shocked many observers by the contrast between its extravagance and the austerity of the Carthusian rule . Indeed such display was denounced in one visitation as ' lust of the eyes , a stumbling - block ...
... Granada Charterhouse see Our Lady of the Assumption monastery , Granada Grand Tours 262 , 266 Grandi , Giulio 208 granite 71-72 Great Cross , Champmol ( Sluter ) 95 , 129n13 Great Exhibition of London 282-83 Greenwich Hospital 216 ...
... Granada Charterhouse (by Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo), considered to be the highest example of Churrigueresque styles applied to interior spaces, or the Transparente of the Cathedral of Toledo (by Narciso Tomé) integrate sculpture and ...
... Granada ( see pages 95-6 ) . Granada's Charterhouse , containing perhaps the most elaborate and dynamic baroque decoration in the whole of Spain , lies in the western outskirts of the town , a good twenty - five minutes ' uphill walk ...