GX1993.295

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 145; Larghezza: 200

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Owen Jones, author of Grammar of Ornaments, published in London in 1856, dedicated two volumes of his work Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra, printed between 1842 and 1845, to the Alhambra in Granada, highlighting how the architecture of this building represented a model of universal stylistic perfection. This model became one of the main references for the taste for exoticism, as evidenced by the numerous open-air theatres that sprang up in Italy at the end of the 19th century, which were named Alhambra. Among these, we must mention the one in Florence, inaugurated in 1889 but subsequently renovated to a design by Adolfo Coppedè. The drawing depicts the Alhambra Theatre in Florence.