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calculated serenity: travel without bombast

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Dave

Spare aqueous aesthetics… In England, the change to a romantic naturalism in landscape design in the later eighteenth century put a temporary end to the grandoise artificial displays in fountains that had earlier been the norm. The nineteenth century was … Continue reading →

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Alhambra: languid but not tranquil

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dave

Despite its languid and sensuous atmosphere, the palace was anything but tranquil. Twenty-one rulers in 254 years means an average of about one every twelve years. Since both al-Ahmar and Yusef I had comfortably long reigns of forty-one and twenty-one … Continue reading →