• MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Burlington Contemporary is the Burlington Magazine’s free online platform for reviews and research on international contemporary art.

Want to continue reading? Get 1 month digital access for only .

Subscribe now
By using this website you agree to our Cookie policy
  • MENU
logo logo white logo sticky

Search

content
A TO Z
clear all
1 articles
Article
Spatial rhetoric: echoes of Madrid’s Alcázar in palaces overseas
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 236-243
Buy / subscribe
related names
Author:
Luengo, Pedro (Luengo, Pedro)
Subjects
buildings:
Alcázar, Madrid, Spain / Alcazar, Seville, Spain / Viceregal Palace (National Palace), Mexico City , Mexico
places:
South America
places:
Lima
places:
Bogotá, Colombia
subjects:
Spanish architecture / South America / Palaces / Monarchy / Staircases / Chapels / Galleries (display spaces) / Courts (social groups)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The proclamation of Philip V in front of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Filippo Palotta. 1700. Pen, ink and wash, 47.3 by 135 cm. (Museo de Historia de Madrid).
Attributed works:
2. Plan of the first floor of the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. 1626. Pen, ink and watercolour on paper, 49 by 62 cm. (Library of Congress, Washington).
Attributed works:
3. The tribune in the transept of the chapel, El Escorial, Spain. (Photograph © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
Attributed works:
4. Plan of the chapel in the Alcázar, Madrid, by Juan Gómez de Mora. c.1660. Pen and ink on paper, 19.5 by 28.6 cm. (Madrid, Archivo General de Palacio, Sección Histórica, caja 51 (1), fol.186r; © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid).
Attributed works:
5. Reconstruction of the plan of a proposed royal palace, Naples, by Domenico Fontana. c.1600. (From P.C. Verde: Domenico Fontana a Napoli. 1592–1607, Naples 2007, p.78).
Attributed works:
6 and 7. Plans of the ground and first floor of the viceregal palace, Mexico City. c.1771. Ink and red gouache on paper, 42.5 by 49 cm; and 40 by 48 cm. (Archivo General de Indias, Mexico City, MP-MEXICO,105).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of a map of Lima, showing the viceregal palace between the fountain and the river. Engraving, 38 by 53 cm. (From J. Mulder: Lima, Ciudad de los Reyes, 1688; photograph National Library of Spain, Madrid).
Attributed works:
9. Plan of the top floor of the viceregal palace, Bogotá, by Juan Jimenez Donoso. 1781. Coloured manuscript on paper, 54 by 54 cm. (Archivo General Militar, Madrid).