Ruins of Ancient Rome : the drawings of French architects who won the Prix de Rome, 1796-1924 / by Roberto Cassanelli [and others] ; edited by Massimiliano David ; introduction by Filippo Coarelli ; translation by Thomas M. Hartmann.

Main entry:

Frammenti di Roma antica. English.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : J.P. Getty Museum, 2002.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm

Notes:
Issued in slipcase.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-217) and index.
French architects and the Prix de Rome / Annie Jacques -- Ancient and modern Rome: places and memory / Roberto Cassanelli -- Urban planning and archaeology in the Roman capital / Massimiliano David -- The Envois.
Translated from the Italian.

Summary:

Traditionally a critical component of the education of any architect was to draw the ruins of ancient Rome, reconstructing either from ancient sources or, more often, pure fantasy, what the original structures must have looked like. From this training emerged generations of architects imbued with the aesthetic ideals that would form the Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts building styles. In this magnificently printed volume are reproduced some of the most extraordinarily handsome drawings of the ruins of ancient Rome made by French "Prix de Rome" architects from 1775 through 1925. Accompanied by text that explains how the Prix de Rome was awarded and the significance of the prize in the history of architecture, as well as how the study of ancient models formed the basis for nineteenth- and early twentieth-century architectural styles, these drawings provide an invaluable understanding of how the modern imagination recorded and transformed ancient fragments into a modern architectural idiom.

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ISBN:

089236680X
9780892366804

Subject:

Académie des beaux-arts (France) Awards Catalogs.
Académie des beaux-arts (France)
Prix de Rome Catalogs.
Architectural drawing Italy Rome 19th century Catalogs.
Drawing, French Catalogs.
Prix de Rome Catalogues.
Dessin d'architecture Italie Rome 19e siècle Catalogues.
Dessin français Catalogues.
Architectural drawing
Awards
Drawing, French
Prix de Rome
Architekturzeichnung
Prix de Rome d'architecture
Architectuurtekeningen.
Rome In art Catalogs.
Italy Rome
Rome (Empire)
Rom.

Form/genre:

Catalog
In art.
catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Cassanelli, Roberto.
David, Massimiliano, editor.

Designs of French architects who won the Prix de Rome, 1796-1924

Holdings:

Location: Library main 226606
Call No.: NA2695.F8 A2 2002
Notes: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main 226605
Call No.: NA2695.F8 A2 2002
Status: Available

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