drawings, works of art
Quantity:
26 drawing(s)
DR1990:0055:001-026
architecture, topographic
between 1868 and 1930
Student studies and some works related to John Ruskin's teaching from the collection of Prof. T.E. Jessop
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DR1990:0055:001-026
drawings, works of art
Quantity:
26 drawing(s)
between 1868 and 1930
architecture, topographic
drawings
DR1990:0053
Description:
- Ruskin accepted Marchese Selvatico's identification of this tomb in Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. Modern guidebooks do not identify it.
architecture
between 1849 and 1852
Sketches of a tomb, possibly that of Arnoldo Tentonino, in Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, for 'The Stones of Venice'
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DR1990:0053
Description:
- Ruskin accepted Marchese Selvatico's identification of this tomb in Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. Modern guidebooks do not identify it.
drawings
between 1849 and 1852
architecture
DR1990:0051
Description:
- Although the worksheets were not used directly for the engravings, several details from this sheet can be found illustrated in 'The Stones of Venice': vol. 1, pls. 10 and 11; vol. 2, pls. 10, 15 and 20; vol. 3, pls. 2, 5 and 10. - The windows of the balcony of the Palazzo Falier illustrated Ruskin's best example of a second order window. ('The Stones of Venice', vol. 2, ch. 7, section 30).
architecture
between January and May 1850
Worksheet No. 138, for 'The Stones of Venice': Details of the balcony of Palazzo Falier
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DR1990:0051
Description:
- Although the worksheets were not used directly for the engravings, several details from this sheet can be found illustrated in 'The Stones of Venice': vol. 1, pls. 10 and 11; vol. 2, pls. 10, 15 and 20; vol. 3, pls. 2, 5 and 10. - The windows of the balcony of the Palazzo Falier illustrated Ruskin's best example of a second order window. ('The Stones of Venice', vol. 2, ch. 7, section 30).
architecture
Worksheet No. 72, possibly for 'The Stones of Venice': Plan of tracery with section showing fillet
DR1990:0049
Description:
- This drawing does not correspond to any of the illustrations in 'The Stones of Venice' (Fraser 31).
architecture
between 1846 and 1852
Worksheet No. 72, possibly for 'The Stones of Venice': Plan of tracery with section showing fillet
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DR1990:0049
Description:
- This drawing does not correspond to any of the illustrations in 'The Stones of Venice' (Fraser 31).
architecture
DR1990:0050
architecture
December 1849 or soon after
architecture
DR1990:0052
architecture
April 1850
architecture
DR1990:0054
Description:
- This drawing does not correspond to any of the illustrations in 'The Stones of Venice' (Fraser, 31-32).
architecture
between 1846 and 1852
Worksheet No. 68, possibly for 'The Stones of Venice': Detail of tracery
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DR1990:0054
Description:
- This drawing does not correspond to any of the illustrations in 'The Stones of Venice' (Fraser, 31-32).
architecture
Baroque Deformation, Visiting Scholar, Mark Dorrian, Omar Calabrese, John Ruskin, Grotesque
7 July 2000
Baroque Deformation, Visiting Scholar, Mark Dorrian, Omar Calabrese, John Ruskin, Grotesque
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
24 November 1999 to 30 April 2000
En chantier: The Collections of the CCA, 1989-1999
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Description:
Marking the 10th anniversary of the CCA’s public opening, the exhibition spotlights and juxtaposes acquisitions from its first decade. Over 350 prints, drawings, photographs, rare books, manuscripts, toys, and models spanning five centuries of architectural history reflect how the built world has been imagined, conceived, and reflected upon. Dedicated to the many donors(...)
Main galleries and hall cases
The Anatomy of the Architectural Book, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the publication of a book of the same title by André Tavares, examines the relationships between book culture and building culture, making visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Through seven themes—Texture, Spread, Sequence,(...)
10 May 2016 to 20 November 2016
The Anatomy of the Architectural Book
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Description:
The Anatomy of the Architectural Book, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the publication of a book of the same title by André Tavares, examines the relationships between book culture and building culture, making visible the axes along which architectural knowledge circulates through books into buildings and back. Through seven themes—Texture, Spread, Sequence,(...)