302 Apuntes del Alcázar de Sevilla
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Pictures
Picture 1: Plant and elevation of the central longitudinal gallery of the
upper
Patio del Crucero
. (Inphography Daniel Baceiredo Rodríguez)
Pictures 2 and 3: Previous conditions in some areas from the lateral
galleries.
Pictures 4 and 5: Protective gauze covering before the extraction of
the mural SIII.11 and the subsequent relocation on the wall.
Pictures 6 and 7: Compositional details after the intervention.
Pictures 8 and 9: Final result of the interventions in the lateral gal-
leries.
Pictures 10 and 11: Comparative details of the same section, before
and after the intervention.
Picture 12: Internal point of view of the
Baños
. At the back, the Gru-
tesque fountain.
Picture 13: Current view of the
Salón de las Bóvedas
from the gothic
palace.
Picture 14: Renaissance Corridor which communicates the
Salón de
las Bóvedas
and gardens.
Picture. 15: Detail of the Mannerist panel of tiles with Grutesque de-
signs, by Cristóbal Augusta.
Picture 16: The entrance of the passage which communicates gar-
dens and the lower
Patio del Crucero.
Above the lower vault, one of
the magnificent openings from the
Salón de las Bóvedas
.
Picture 17: Flight of stairs which leads to the
Baños
, covered by a bar-
rel vault and murals. (Picture prior to the intervention)
Picture 18: Grille that restrict access to the
Baños
and delimits the
lower and the barrel vaults.
Picture 19: Frontal view of the Grutesque Renaissance, at the back of
the central gallery.
Picture 20: Sector of the fountain, covered by an ogival vault deco-
rated with paintings recently discovered.
Picture 21: Circuit of athanors which provided the tank with water,
integrated in the arcade of the North-eastern external gallery.
Picture 22: Box together with the tank, which provided the fountain,
placed on its back.
Pictures 23 to 27: Sector with ogival vault and fountain. Perspective
of the previous conditions of the vault, covered in carbonate and
lime, and after the elimination of the coats in question. Below, de-
tails of cleaning tests and during the process itself.
Pictures 28 and 29: Plant and elevation of the mural from Western,
Northern and Eastern galleries. Model of iconographic composition
of the murals from Eastern and Western galleries. (Sector 3 of the
Eastern gallery).
Infography: Baceiredo Rodríguez
Picture 30: Remains preserved from the pictorial composition of
Northern gallery.
Pictures 31 and 32: Exterior arcade of the North-eastern courtyard
once intervened. Detail of a pilaster decorated with pillars and Plus
Ultra phylactery after the intervention.
Pictures 33 and 34: Exterior arcade of North-eastern courtyard with
traces of pictorial coverings in the spandrels. Detail of pillars painted
above pilasters, similar to the symmetrical courtyard.
Picture 35: Plant and elevation of the Patio del Crucero with the loca-
tion of the three intervened vaults. (Inphography. Daniel Baceiredo
Rodríguez).
Picture 36: Lower vault decorated with mural paintings. Walls and
benches with panels of tiles. Influence of the immediate atmosphere
regarding the presence of humidity.
Picture 37: Detail of the presence of the shredded straw in the com-
positional mortars of the vault.
Pictures 38 to 41: Previous and final appearance of the covering of
the Eastern side of the vault.
Pictures 42 to 45: Previous and final appearance of the Western side
of the vault.
Picture 46: Detail of a lion placed on the North-eastern lower corner.
Picture 47: General view of the vault before the intervention.
Picture 48: Detail of the previous conditions of the polychrome.
Added coats, erosion, loss, salts, baggy and bulgy surfaces.
Picture 49: Process of intervention. Underpinning of surfaces, elimi-
nation of added mortars, cleaning the base and collection of edges
of fragments preserved.
Picture 50: Initial state. Details of damages caused by alveolarization
of mortars, derived from infiltrations and salts. View of the straw
used in the composition of mortars.
Picture 51: Process of desalinization by means of the incorporation
of sepiolite pappetas, once the added mortars are eliminated.
Picture 52: Cleaning process. Proof of added coats.
Picture 53: Collection of edges and reconstruction of lacunas.
Picture 54: Team of restorers working on the Eastern side of the
vault, while the other half is open to let visitors in.
Pictures 55 to 57: Details of the painting before and after the clean-
ing and the reconstruction of lacunas. The degraded aspect of the
underlying painting shows it was successively covered with lime to
conceal the damages.
Picture 58 to 64: General and partial views of the barrel vault, before
the intervention.
