Engineering:Yeseria
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Yeseria is a technique of carving plaster used by the Spanish Moors like also by the post-Reconsquista's Mudéjar architecture.[1] Plaster was often carved into geometric and Islamic-influenced motifs. The Alhambra and the Córdoba Synagogue have many fine examples of yeseria.
See also
- Pargetting for another tradition of decorative plasterwork
- Mudéjar architecture
References
- ↑ Byne; Arthur Byne; Mildred Stapley Byne (1920). Decorated wooden ceilings in Spain. Harvard University: G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 32. https://books.google.com/books?id=c9gDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Yeseria&hl=en&ei=1_54TN-iPIT58AbEvc3HBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Yeseria&f=false.
External links
Nasrid Plasterwork: Symbolism, Materials & Techniques] (info on 'naqch hadîda' technique)