Moroccan riad Moroccan riad A riad () is a type of traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden or courtyard. The word riad originates from the Arabian term for garden, , ryad. The ancient Roman city of Volubilis provided a reference for the beginnings of riad architecture during the Idrisid Dynasty. When the Almoravids conquered Spain in the 11th century they sent Muslim, Christian and Jewish artisans from Spain to Morocco to work on monuments. The Riad is the Moroccan traditional house, normally with two or more stories around an Andalusian-style courtyard that contained a fountain. Riads were the stately
A Walk Around the Hotel Courtyard, Acatlan display at Benesse House and Art Site, a contemporary art museum and hotel at the art village of Naoshima, Japan. The courtyard inspired a set of drawings, later a series of lithographs and finally the painting. In these works, at first the perspective is conventional, and concentrates on the central well, observing points of view from walking the courtyard. The lithograph, "Hotel Acatlán Two Weeks Later" shows almost all the characteristics of the final work. In the painting the detail of the columns is gone, the painter has vanished, but the viewer is presented with a space where distance is