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The 17th century saw the introduction of different types of internal plasterwork. Stucco marble was an artificial marble made using gypsum (sometimes with lime), pigments, water and glue. Stucco lustro was another a form of imitation marble (sometimes called stucco lucido) where a thin layer of lime or gypsum plaster was applied over a scored ...
Marmorino was rediscovered centuries later after the discovery of Vitruvio's ancient treatise in the 15th century. This 'new' plaster conformed well to the aesthetic requirements dictated by the classical ideal that in the 15th century had recently become fashionable in the Venetian lagoon area.
The Shahshahan Mausoleum is decorated both inside and outside with intricate plasterwork and tiling. [1] All around the inside of the dome, there are calligraphy of fourteen poems in Arabic which describe the execution of Shah Alaeddin in the 15th century. [2] These calligraphy works were done by Seyyed Mahmood Naghash. [3]
In the 15th century Ruthin was a regional centre for weaving, and the land on which the house now stands then belonged to Welsh weaver Goronwy ap Madog and his English wife Suzanna. [2] Lying just 100 metres (330 ft) north of the entrance to Ruthin Castle and with a street frontage, the scale and location of the site shows both the importance ...
New Palace, its front opens to the square called Plaza de Carlos III el Noble. At the end of 14th-century the King of Navarre Charles III "the Noble" of the House of Évreux, commissioned expansion works at the Old Palace in order to give the court a stationary and stable residence. While the first work consisted of repairs to the building and ...
15th century No remains Near Gartly 57.3897°N 2.7770°W Glenbuchat Castle: Z-plan tower house: 1590: Ruined: Historic Scotland: Kildrummy: Huntly Castle: L-plan tower house: 15th to 17th century: Ruined: Historic Scotland: Huntly: decorative plasterwork: Inchdrewer Castle: Tower house: 16th century: Ruined: Private: South-west of Banff ...
The Jewish House (Casa del Judío) is located in the heart of the Jewish quarter of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.It was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. The two areas of main interest are the courtyard, which retains a multitude of yeserias (carved plasterwork), and above all, the basement that was possibly a Jewish liturgical bath or mikveh, whose function was spiritual ...
The Ancient House, also known as Sparrowe's House, is a Grade I listed building dating from the 15th century located in the Buttermarket area of Ipswich, Suffolk, England. In 1980 the building was acquired by Ipswich Borough Council. The building sports detailed pargeting, and also elaborate wood carvings around the front of the house.