@misc{10481/54887,
year = {2019},
month = {1},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/54887},
abstract = {Architectural heritage preservation and sustainability need advanced graphic techniques
in order to document and understand the disposition/composition of plaster muqarnas, a fragile
construction element. The muqarnas are key elements in the Nasrid architecture developed during
the 14th century in the Alhambra complex, nowadays part of World Heritage. As a case study,
this analysis focuses on the muqarnas pendentives of the Sala de la Barca in the Comares Palace.
After examining both explanations and drawings published by architects Jones and Goury from
1842 to 1845, our research provides new drawings (plans and elevations) derived from laser scanner
technology. Theoretically, though muqarnas are composed of simple geometrical shapes, these new
drawings unveil important deformations hitherto unknown, and which have not been studied yet by
other bibliographic references. Finally, we provide some considerations about the causes of these
deformations and the monument sustainability across the time and the images’ capacity to show the
muqarnas complex shapes in a reliable way.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Muqarnas},
keywords = {Alhambra},
keywords = {Deformation},
keywords = {Geometry},
keywords = {Stereotomy},
keywords = {Plaster},
keywords = {Conservation},
keywords = {Architecture},
keywords = {Heritage},
title = {New Drawings of the Alhambra: Deformations of Muqarnas in the Pendentives of the Sala de la Barca},
doi = {10.3390/su11020316},
author = {Ferrer-Pérez-Blanco, Ignacio and Gámiz-Gordo, Antonio and Reinoso Gordo, Juan Francisco},
}