Chapter 14

Spanish Renaissance, Baroque, Art Nouveau
A blending of Gothic ideas, Moorish intricacy, and Renaissance details.

It is said that a Spanish goldsmith, Pedro Diez, worked in Italy and returned to Spain with Italian details and feelings, giving rise to the term for early Spanish Renaissance: "plateresque," from the Spanish for silversmith: "platero." How or why the goldsmith turned into a beacon for silver..?