| The role of water in Islamic architecture |
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In Alhambra Palace, water emphasized the axes of the buildings, linking the various spaces in a directional sequence. Here we look through a series of arcades into the Court of the Lions. Michell (1978) stipulates that "WaterPools gave a sense of repose and openness to the enclosed courtyard." |
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In the Court of the Myrtles, in the Alhambra at Granada, water becomes part of a formal, rectilinear composition. |
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Water enters buildings. In some of the most opulent Islamic palaces, water flows through marble channels from room to room, here and there expanding to fill basins and descending in cascades from one level to another. In the Red Fort at Delhi, water originally covered this inlaid and carved marble lotus, creating soothing sounds and continuously shifting patterns through its transparent motion. |
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