posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
A second phase of Charles V's program for Granada began in 1526. An ambitious plan was developed to make Granada the centre of an empire; Gothic was rejected in favour of a new vocabulary based on Greco-Roman antiquity. This was the justification for abandoning Enrique Egas's Gothic-style plan for Granada Cathedral and adopting a Renaissance-style one (1528) by Diego de Silo\u00E9: the cathedral's new imperial status required a style recalling that of Imperial Rome. After Silo\u00E9's death (1563) Juan de Maeda ( fl 1563-1582) continued the work.
History
Alt Title
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-07-05
Spatial Coverage
Granada
Granada, Granada, Spain: Plaza de la Lonja, Gran Vía de Colón 5
+37.176-3.599
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
['Renaissance', 'Late Gothic']
Rights Statement
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