# Façade

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Spanish](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Stone

## Commentary

The Plataresque style, so called because of its resemblance to goldsmith work \(plateria\), is characterized by an exuberant decoration of Italian Renaissance inspiration covering a medieval structure. The façade of Salamanca University is the masterpiece of this style. Built by several anonymous artists, it was completed in 1533. In style, some of the reliefs suggest Lombard-Venetian influence; others appear to be influenced by the French school of the Loire.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-rb879c622504c30>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/adoration-of-the-magi-r48ef794358191b>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/adoration-of-the-magi-rc0070e8c3294ba>)
- [Altarpiece of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/altarpiece-of-the-virgin-r6e1392b89bc7c6>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/annunciation-rfd08c0190e0bc7>)
- [Coronation of Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/coronation-of-mary-r0da5181eb776cc>)
- [Crucifix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/crucifix-r0196de674e2073>)
- [Crucifix](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/crucifix-r1d3e1b99a88634>)
- [Depiction of pilgrims](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/depiction-of-pilgrims-re7776b2fa282cc>)
- [Doña María de Perea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/doa-mara-de-perea-r9c04c76cac8af5>)
- [Don Garcia da Osorio \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/don-garcia-da-osorio-detail-r8f741612e5273c>)
- [Don Garcia da Osorio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-spanish-rb5c47b40011189/don-garcia-da-osorio-r75280c463c9022>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)