one of the most enchanted, inscrutable, maddenly beautiful structures ever created by man. built atop ninth-century fortifications by the nasrid dynasty, and added to and added to as history unfolded through wars and tragedy and invasion and conquest. zack: on the outside, it s very bare. all you see is these tiny windows. anthony: right. zack: and it s projecting impenetrability. but then you come in here. anthony: zack has gone, well, let s call it what it is a bit mad about the place. the details, and there are a lot of them, can obsess a man. plus, he s a cinematographer, so you can understand once you start to really look around how that might get a grip on a guy whose profession is the intricate play between light and darkness. zack: my theory is that they were trying to weave nature, calligraphy, symbols. these are all inscriptions within here. inscriptions turned into graphics. you know. anthony: right, because, uh,
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but then you come in here. zach has gone, well, let s call it what it is, a bit mad about the place. the details can obsess a man. zach is a cinematographer, so you can understand how that might get a grip on a guy whose profession is the intricate play between light and darkness. my theory is they re trying to weave nature, calligraphy, symbols. these are all inscriptions within here, inscriptions turned into graphics. because the magna carta do not depict words from god. yes, but what you can depict, and this is what this entire place is, is geometric systems. yes. when the nasrid dynasty lived
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when the nasrid dynasty lived here, it was a harmonious space where light, shade, water, the transit of the moon and stars were harnessed and glorified. i think the best assumption is nothing is random. they came here and laid out everything according to a plan. this was a place for reflection, each element of design presumably intended to have effects both psychological and religious. it s really a cinematographer s paradise. because everything is about light and math. obviously they weren t cinematographers but everything is framing for them. how long did it take them to build this? hundreds of years. that s why it takes so long for you to get the shot? oh, snap. in the builders time, engineers, astronomers, mathematicians were like