Traces of India depicts the social, political, and anthropological role of images, showing how they laid the historical foundations—real and imagined—on which an ordered empire may have been constructed, rather than an assemblage of colonial trading relationships. Organized around six themes, the exhibition explores some of the greatest architectural sites of the Indian(...)
Main galleries
15 May 2003 to 14 September 2003
Traces of India: Photography, Architecture, and the Politics of Representation
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Traces of India depicts the social, political, and anthropological role of images, showing how they laid the historical foundations—real and imagined—on which an ordered empire may have been constructed, rather than an assemblage of colonial trading relationships. Organized around six themes, the exhibition explores some of the greatest architectural sites of the Indian(...)
Main galleries
drawings
DR1995:0179:001-008
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- This group of drawings are for a "truck transportable week-end house to be located on a beach in North Wales, UK" ('Architectural Design', 511). Accordion-shaped extendible boxes with cross bracing are designed to be pulled out by car from a fixed central core onto structural rail sections leveled on jacks. The fixed central core consists of living, dining, kitchen and bathroom facilities. Four extendible boxes house additional sleeping quarters along with a carport and a dock which is shown extended out into the water. Two sketches have apparently been redrawn from originals by Cedric Price in order to clarify ideas for publication in 'Architectural Design', (May 1970) (DR1995:0179:007 - DR1995:0179:008).
1960
Hague Hole extendable portable beach house: Conceptual drawings, annotated sketches and diagrams
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DR1995:0179:001-008
Description:
- This group of drawings are for a "truck transportable week-end house to be located on a beach in North Wales, UK" ('Architectural Design', 511). Accordion-shaped extendible boxes with cross bracing are designed to be pulled out by car from a fixed central core onto structural rail sections leveled on jacks. The fixed central core consists of living, dining, kitchen and bathroom facilities. Four extendible boxes house additional sleeping quarters along with a carport and a dock which is shown extended out into the water. Two sketches have apparently been redrawn from originals by Cedric Price in order to clarify ideas for publication in 'Architectural Design', (May 1970) (DR1995:0179:007 - DR1995:0179:008).
drawings
1960
DR1967:0010:001
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- The two halves of this drawing show alternate stage sets from which the patron could make his choice. It is unclear whether this design was for a painted trompe-l'oeil stage backdrop and/or a constructed stage set. The deep unified space of the architectural interior and low vanishing point of the central landscape indicates that this part of the drawing is probably intended to be a painted trompe-l'oeil, however, the inscribed scale suggests that some of the architectural elements may have been constructed (Fuhring, 161 and 570). The prickings indicate that the overall design was intended to be executed. A crown above the central cartouche in drawing DR1967:0010:002 which is probably by the same hand, indicates a possible royal connection.
theatre design, interior design
probably between 1745-1775
Presentation drawing for a stage set with a central trompe-l'oeil landscape
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DR1967:0010:001
Description:
- The two halves of this drawing show alternate stage sets from which the patron could make his choice. It is unclear whether this design was for a painted trompe-l'oeil stage backdrop and/or a constructed stage set. The deep unified space of the architectural interior and low vanishing point of the central landscape indicates that this part of the drawing is probably intended to be a painted trompe-l'oeil, however, the inscribed scale suggests that some of the architectural elements may have been constructed (Fuhring, 161 and 570). The prickings indicate that the overall design was intended to be executed. A crown above the central cartouche in drawing DR1967:0010:002 which is probably by the same hand, indicates a possible royal connection.
theatre design, interior design
ARCH261601
1967?
ARCH261612
1967?
ARCH261663
1967
ARCH261722
1967
ARCH255963
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"Le Pavillon de l'Italie à l'Expo 67 ----- En terme d'architecture, le toit du pavillon est une voile couchée. Le Pavillon entier semble flotter dans l'air. Sur le toit, trois sculptures symbolisent les trois secteurs d'exposition du Pavillon: la Poésie, les Moeurs et le Progrès. / Italian pavilion at Expo....... the most outstanding architectural feature of the Italian pavilion is its sloping roof which soars independent of the underlying structures. Three symbolic sculptures which also summarize the whole interior exhibit stand in full view upton the roof."--Description.
1967?
Night view of the Pavilion of Italy with its scupltures on roof, Expo 67, Montréal, Québec
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ARCH255963
Description:
"Le Pavillon de l'Italie à l'Expo 67 ----- En terme d'architecture, le toit du pavillon est une voile couchée. Le Pavillon entier semble flotter dans l'air. Sur le toit, trois sculptures symbolisent les trois secteurs d'exposition du Pavillon: la Poésie, les Moeurs et le Progrès. / Italian pavilion at Expo....... the most outstanding architectural feature of the Italian pavilion is its sloping roof which soars independent of the underlying structures. Three symbolic sculptures which also summarize the whole interior exhibit stand in full view upton the roof."--Description.
ARCH255974
1967
ARCH256301
1967?