This spanish renaissance was influenced by the Moorish, Early Christian, Medieval, and the Italian Renaissance. The cathedral of seville was located in seville, and was the largest cathedral in the world during this century. It was a traditional gothic style, and was larger than the Hagia Sophia. This building demonstrated the cities great wealth. This cathedral had 80 chapels-500 masses daily with a vaulted ceiling, as well as rajas which are decorative iron grilles. During this time there were two different phases. The first phase being the plateresco phase (silversmiths style). This style was gothic in its construction, with minute and delicate ornament resembled the work of a silversmith. It was used on exteriors, patios, churches, public buildings, and furniture, as well as accessories. The second phase was the Desornamentado phase. This had a very powerful style characterized by austerity. It was applied to court, ecclesiastical and public buildings. It as also had carefully defined proportions. There was another style known as the baroque style which was meant to replace the desornamentado with something more passionate. It was promoted by a family of craftsmen named churrigurea. It had a Churrigueresco style of surface decoration. It also applied to the exterior doorways, interior decorations, and churches. The motifs used in this style were based of natural objects. The use of grill work was very important and was only used during this time period specifically. The interior during this time had the most artistic features. They had colored tiles, ceilings with painted and carved paneling. The plasterwork was white with decorative borders or frames around all of the doors and windows. Floors were in stone, tile, brick or wood. They were also very known for their fine leather work, as well as their oil paintings with richly covered massive gold frames. Furniture during this time was made up of detailed inlay work, as well as carvings, and painting and gilding.
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