Identity area
Reference code
ABC/44
Title
Fragments d’architecture du moyen age et de la Renaissance d’apres les releves et restaurations des anciens pensionnaires de l’Academic de France a Rome. Vol. II only.
Date(s)
- [1912-1925] (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
(8 May 1854-Jan 1929)
Biographical history
French architect and painter.
Repository
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Scope and content
A collection of drawings, photographs, plans, elevations and sections, some to scale, illustrating fragments of Medieval and Renaissance Architecture gathered by the board from the French Academy in Rome. It begins with the table of contents, followed by illustrations, elevantions, sectiones and measurements, some to scale. Buildings included are: Villa Medicis; Tomb of Innocent VIII, at Saint Peter in Rome; Villa Petraja in Florence; Chateau des Papes, M. Boussois; Cloister and Fountain at Monreale; Fountain at Perugia and Bevilacqua Palace, Bologna; Bachino Fountain, Prato; Villa Lante in Bagnaia; Villa Aldobrandini in Frascanti; Villa Albani in Rome; Villa of Pope Jules; Villa d'Este at Tivoli; Palatine Chapel in Palermo; Villa Madama in Rome; Bella Isola; Tomb of Philippe de Valle; Monasteries of Peibleptos and Pantanassa at Mistra; Dome of Florence; Communal Palace of Brescia; Municipal Palace of Piacenza; St. Mark's Basilica in Venice; Chapel of the Siena Square; Tomb of the bishop Federighi; Palace of the Signoria in Florence; Capitol Hill, Rome; Convent of St. Francis, Assisi; Ducal Palace, Mantua; Villa Caprarola; Basilica and chapel Santa Fosca in Torcello; Holy Mary of the People; Basilica San Miniato; House in Rome; Monastery of Mistra, Greece; Farnese Palace.
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Language of material
- French
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Scuffed cover, torn pages