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Visiting Scholars 2015
Izumi Kuroishi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Lee Stickells, University of Sydney, Syndey, Australia Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Andrew Witt, Harvard Graduate School of Design,(...)
15 June 2015 to 25 September 2015
Visiting Scholars 2015
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Izumi Kuroishi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Lee Stickells, University of Sydney, Syndey, Australia Topic: Designing Life Off-the-Grid: The 1970s Autonomy Moment Andrew Witt, Harvard Graduate School of Design,(...)
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15 June 2015 to
25 September 2015
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Voyage to Italy
PH2006:0232
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The film is about a trip to the ruins of Pompei. The box contains the original DVD and a security copy.
2006
Voyage to Italy
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PH2006:0232
Description:
The film is about a trip to the ruins of Pompei. The box contains the original DVD and a security copy.
born digital
2006
books
PH1987:1083:001-100
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Book which consists of 100 stereographic views of the landscape and architecture of Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia (includes views of pyramids, mosques, ruins).
architecture, sculpture, topographic
published 1862
Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia: Illustrated by One Hundred Stereoscopic Photographs
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PH1987:1083:001-100
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Book which consists of 100 stereographic views of the landscape and architecture of Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia (includes views of pyramids, mosques, ruins).
books
published 1862
architecture, sculpture, topographic
PH2006:0214
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231.
2006
Basilica II, Pompeii, Napoli, Italy
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PH2006:0214
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231.
photographs
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3 photograph(s)
PH1994:0010:001-003
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Group consists of 3 black-and-white photographic prints that form a panorama of the ruins of the temple at Medinet Habu in Thebes (Egypt).
ca. 1865
Panorama of the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, Egypt
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PH1994:0010:001-003
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Group consists of 3 black-and-white photographic prints that form a panorama of the ruins of the temple at Medinet Habu in Thebes (Egypt).
photographs
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3 photograph(s)
ca. 1865
photographs
PH2006:0189-0213
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Basilica I consists of 24 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica I comprises PH2006:0189 to PH2006:0213.
2006
Basilica I, Pompeii, Napoli, Italy
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PH2006:0189-0213
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Basilica I consists of 24 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica I comprises PH2006:0189 to PH2006:0213.
photographs
2006
photographs
PH2006:0214-0231
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231.
2006
Basilica II, Pompeii, Napoli, Italy
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PH2006:0214-0231
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Basilica II consists of 17 black and white photographic prints of the ruins of Pompeii in Napoli, Italy. Basilica II comprises PH2006:0214 to PH2006:0231.
photographs
2006
British conceptual artist Victor Burgin has been influential both as an artist and as a theorist of the still and moving image. Commissioned by the CCA, Voyage to Italy comprises two series of black and white photographs and an evocative video that engage the timeless beauty and lasting resonance of a nineteenth-century Carlo Fratacci photograph of Pompeii in the CCA(...)
Octagonal gallery
7 December 2006 to 25 March 2007
Victor Burgin: Voyage to Italy
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British conceptual artist Victor Burgin has been influential both as an artist and as a theorist of the still and moving image. Commissioned by the CCA, Voyage to Italy comprises two series of black and white photographs and an evocative video that engage the timeless beauty and lasting resonance of a nineteenth-century Carlo Fratacci photograph of Pompeii in the CCA(...)
Octagonal gallery
DR1988:0437:043
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is dedicated to Bacchus. The central pavilion contains a statue of Bacchus seated on a wine keg and the attic level consists of a trellis covered in grape vines. To either side of the central pavilion ruined archways frame scenes of people pressing grapes.
temporary architecture
printed 1771
Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1771
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DR1988:0437:043
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- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is dedicated to Bacchus. The central pavilion contains a statue of Bacchus seated on a wine keg and the attic level consists of a trellis covered in grape vines. To either side of the central pavilion ruined archways frame scenes of people pressing grapes.
temporary architecture
photographs
PH1980:0048.05:001-041
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- Album PH1980:0048.05:001-041 includes: ten views of the ruins at Karnak; six views of ruins at Medinet Habu; four views of temples at Philae; four views of ruins at Thebes; three views of a temple at Dendera; three views of a temple at Idfu; two views of temples at Luxor; two views of tombs at Djebel-el-Selceleh; one view of the Nile and one view of the port at Aswan; one view of the port and one view of the Vice King's palace at Syout; and one view each of Girga, the village of Balianeh or El-Madsouneh, and lotus capitals at Isna.
architecture, topographic
published 1859-1860
Album of views of ruins of temples, temple complexes and tombs, with several views of towns, villages, ports, and one palace, Ottoman Empire (now in Egypt)
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PH1980:0048.05:001-041
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- Album PH1980:0048.05:001-041 includes: ten views of the ruins at Karnak; six views of ruins at Medinet Habu; four views of temples at Philae; four views of ruins at Thebes; three views of a temple at Dendera; three views of a temple at Idfu; two views of temples at Luxor; two views of tombs at Djebel-el-Selceleh; one view of the Nile and one view of the port at Aswan; one view of the port and one view of the Vice King's palace at Syout; and one view each of Girga, the village of Balianeh or El-Madsouneh, and lotus capitals at Isna.
photographs
published 1859-1860
architecture, topographic