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The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
9 December 1998 to 25 April 1999
9 December 1998 to 25 April 1999
Title:
Photography and Transformations of the Contemporary City: Venezia – Marghera
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The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
Photography and Transformations of the Contemporary City: Venezia – Marghera
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The decay and neglect of polluted industrial sites on the edges of cities became a worldwide phenomenon by the end of the twentieth century. The industrial site of Marghera lies on the waterfront overlooking the historical city of Venice, confronting La Serenissima as its titanic alter ego. This exhibition presents the complex and changing reality of Marghera through the(...)
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exhibitions
exhibitions
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9 December 1998 to
25 April 1999
9 December 1998 to
25 April 1999
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Main galleries
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PHCON2002:0016:002:014
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Pachetti (RAI, Italian Radio TV System, 1350 Ave. of the Americas, NYC) thanks Gordon Matta-Clark for his participation in a television program.
PHCON2002:0016:002:014
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Pachetti (RAI, Italian Radio TV System, 1350 Ave. of the Americas, NYC) thanks Gordon Matta-Clark for his participation in a television program.
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29 June 1971
29 June 1971
Title:
Letter from Renato Pachetti to Gordon Matta Clark
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PHCON2002:0016:002:014
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Pachetti (RAI, Italian Radio TV System, 1350 Ave. of the Americas, NYC) thanks Gordon Matta-Clark for his participation in a television program.
Letter from Renato Pachetti to Gordon Matta Clark
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PHCON2002:0016:002:014
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Pachetti (RAI, Italian Radio TV System, 1350 Ave. of the Americas, NYC) thanks Gordon Matta-Clark for his participation in a television program.
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textual records
textual records
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29 June 1971
29 June 1971
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ARCH153730
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essay by Lauretta Vinciarelli rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes slides (15, illustrative material for text) and English and Italian versions
ARCH153730
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essay by Lauretta Vinciarelli rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes slides (15, illustrative material for text) and English and Italian versions
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Date:
1975
1975
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An Inquiry About the Syntactic Properties of Space
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ARCH153730
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essay by Lauretta Vinciarelli rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes slides (15, illustrative material for text) and English and Italian versions
An Inquiry About the Syntactic Properties of Space
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ARCH153730
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essay by Lauretta Vinciarelli rejected for publication by editorial board of Oppositions magazine; includes slides (15, illustrative material for text) and English and Italian versions
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textual records
textual records
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1975
1975
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textual records
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AP140.S2.SS1.D11.P4
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six-page article on the house in East Cowes from an unidentified journal or book, with Italian and English text, and includes clippings from another copy of the same article
AP140.S2.SS1.D11.P4
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six-page article on the house in East Cowes from an unidentified journal or book, with Italian and English text, and includes clippings from another copy of the same article
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1956 or after
1956 or after
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Six-page article on the house in East Cowes from an unidentified journal or book
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AP140.S2.SS1.D11.P4
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six-page article on the house in East Cowes from an unidentified journal or book, with Italian and English text, and includes clippings from another copy of the same article
Six-page article on the house in East Cowes from an unidentified journal or book
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AP140.S2.SS1.D11.P4
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six-page article on the house in East Cowes from an unidentified journal or book, with Italian and English text, and includes clippings from another copy of the same article
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textual records
textual records
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1956 or after
1956 or after
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photographs
photographs
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Our Old Home
Our Old Home
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PH1979:0602.01
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 279-page book comprises 16 photogravures. Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures. Volume I. Cambridge printed at the Riverside Press MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright,1863, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Copyright, 1870, by Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890, by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved. Two hundred and fifty copies printed. No. 69 Contents and list of illustations: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Frontispiece CONSULAR EXPERIENCES A Street in Leamington Warwick Castle and the Country around A Devonshire Farmhouse ABOUT WARWICK Arched Bridge over the Avon, showing Warwick Castle Leicester Hospital and West Gate, Warwick RECOLLECTING OF A GIFTED WOMAN A Country Lane The room in which Shakespeare was born Delia Bacon Charlecote Hall LICHFIELD AND UTTOXETER Lichfield Cathedral from the West Statue of Dr. Johnson, St. Mary's Square, Lichfield PILGRIMAGE TO OLD BOSTON Lincoln Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral and Bishop's Palace Roman Arch, Lincoln St. Botolph's Tower, Old Boston
PH1979:0602.01
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 279-page book comprises 16 photogravures. Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures. Volume I. Cambridge printed at the Riverside Press MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright,1863, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Copyright, 1870, by Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890, by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved. Two hundred and fifty copies printed. No. 69 Contents and list of illustations: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Frontispiece CONSULAR EXPERIENCES A Street in Leamington Warwick Castle and the Country around A Devonshire Farmhouse ABOUT WARWICK Arched Bridge over the Avon, showing Warwick Castle Leicester Hospital and West Gate, Warwick RECOLLECTING OF A GIFTED WOMAN A Country Lane The room in which Shakespeare was born Delia Bacon Charlecote Hall LICHFIELD AND UTTOXETER Lichfield Cathedral from the West Statue of Dr. Johnson, St. Mary's Square, Lichfield PILGRIMAGE TO OLD BOSTON Lincoln Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral and Bishop's Palace Roman Arch, Lincoln St. Botolph's Tower, Old Boston
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1891
1891
Title:
Our Old Home
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PH1979:0602.01
Description:
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 279-page book comprises 16 photogravures. Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures. Volume I. Cambridge printed at the Riverside Press MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright,1863, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Copyright, 1870, by Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890, by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved. Two hundred and fifty copies printed. No. 69 Contents and list of illustations: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Frontispiece CONSULAR EXPERIENCES A Street in Leamington Warwick Castle and the Country around A Devonshire Farmhouse ABOUT WARWICK Arched Bridge over the Avon, showing Warwick Castle Leicester Hospital and West Gate, Warwick RECOLLECTING OF A GIFTED WOMAN A Country Lane The room in which Shakespeare was born Delia Bacon Charlecote Hall LICHFIELD AND UTTOXETER Lichfield Cathedral from the West Statue of Dr. Johnson, St. Mary's Square, Lichfield PILGRIMAGE TO OLD BOSTON Lincoln Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral and Bishop's Palace Roman Arch, Lincoln St. Botolph's Tower, Old Boston
Our Old Home
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PH1979:0602.01
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 279-page book comprises 16 photogravures. Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures. Volume I. Cambridge printed at the Riverside Press MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright,1863, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Copyright, 1870, by Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890, by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved. Two hundred and fifty copies printed. No. 69 Contents and list of illustations: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Frontispiece CONSULAR EXPERIENCES A Street in Leamington Warwick Castle and the Country around A Devonshire Farmhouse ABOUT WARWICK Arched Bridge over the Avon, showing Warwick Castle Leicester Hospital and West Gate, Warwick RECOLLECTING OF A GIFTED WOMAN A Country Lane The room in which Shakespeare was born Delia Bacon Charlecote Hall LICHFIELD AND UTTOXETER Lichfield Cathedral from the West Statue of Dr. Johnson, St. Mary's Square, Lichfield PILGRIMAGE TO OLD BOSTON Lincoln Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral and Bishop's Palace Roman Arch, Lincoln St. Botolph's Tower, Old Boston
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1891
1891
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architecture
architecture
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textual records
textual records
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DR2012:0012:086:014
Description:
File containing documents in English and Italian, including a copy of the spring 1990 issue of Canadian art, with magazine clippings, and photocopies of newspaper clippings, all related to the CCA Garden.
DR2012:0012:086:014
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File containing documents in English and Italian, including a copy of the spring 1990 issue of Canadian art, with magazine clippings, and photocopies of newspaper clippings, all related to the CCA Garden.
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1990
1990
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Publication and press clippings related to the Canadien Centre for Architecture garden
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DR2012:0012:086:014
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File containing documents in English and Italian, including a copy of the spring 1990 issue of Canadian art, with magazine clippings, and photocopies of newspaper clippings, all related to the CCA Garden.
Publication and press clippings related to the Canadien Centre for Architecture garden
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DR2012:0012:086:014
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File containing documents in English and Italian, including a copy of the spring 1990 issue of Canadian art, with magazine clippings, and photocopies of newspaper clippings, all related to the CCA Garden.
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textual records
textual records
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1990
1990
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textual records
textual records
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DR2012:0012:078:021
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File containing documents in English, French and Italian, including correspondence, notes, and waybills related to the 15th Milan triennale. Original folder inscribed in graphite: TRIENNALE MILAN - Sept. 1973
DR2012:0012:078:021
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File containing documents in English, French and Italian, including correspondence, notes, and waybills related to the 15th Milan triennale. Original folder inscribed in graphite: TRIENNALE MILAN - Sept. 1973
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1973-1974
1973-1974
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Correspondence, notes, and waybills related to the 15th Milan triennale
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DR2012:0012:078:021
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File containing documents in English, French and Italian, including correspondence, notes, and waybills related to the 15th Milan triennale. Original folder inscribed in graphite: TRIENNALE MILAN - Sept. 1973
Correspondence, notes, and waybills related to the 15th Milan triennale
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DR2012:0012:078:021
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File containing documents in English, French and Italian, including correspondence, notes, and waybills related to the 15th Milan triennale. Original folder inscribed in graphite: TRIENNALE MILAN - Sept. 1973
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textual records
textual records
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1973-1974
1973-1974
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photographs
photographs
Title:
Our Old Home
Our Old Home
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Reference number:
PH1979:0602.02
Description:
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 594-page book comprises 14 photogravures, one engraving, a Title page and a Contents and list of illustrations and Index : Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures Volume II. Cambridge. Printed at the Riverside Press. MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright, 1863 by Nathaniel Hawthorne Copyright, 1870 By Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890 By Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved Two Hundred and Fifty Copies Printed No. 69 Contents and list of Illustrations: [Photogravures executed by A.W. Elson & Co. Boston] Lord Nelson Frontispiece NEAR OXFORD Blenheim The Thames at Oxford from Folly Bridge Magdalen College, Oxford, from the Cherwell SOME OF THE HAUNTS OF BURNS Robert Burns Burn's Birthplace, Alloway Parish, near Ayr The Auld Brig o' Doon, Ayr Alloway Kirk A LONDON SUBURB A Country House The Houses of Parliament UP THE THAMES London Bridge Tower of London, showing Traitor's Gate St. Paul's Cathedral Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey OUTSIDE GLIMPSES OF ENGLISH POVERTY An English Almshouse CIVIC BANQUETS Index
PH1979:0602.02
Description:
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 594-page book comprises 14 photogravures, one engraving, a Title page and a Contents and list of illustrations and Index : Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures Volume II. Cambridge. Printed at the Riverside Press. MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright, 1863 by Nathaniel Hawthorne Copyright, 1870 By Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890 By Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved Two Hundred and Fifty Copies Printed No. 69 Contents and list of Illustrations: [Photogravures executed by A.W. Elson & Co. Boston] Lord Nelson Frontispiece NEAR OXFORD Blenheim The Thames at Oxford from Folly Bridge Magdalen College, Oxford, from the Cherwell SOME OF THE HAUNTS OF BURNS Robert Burns Burn's Birthplace, Alloway Parish, near Ayr The Auld Brig o' Doon, Ayr Alloway Kirk A LONDON SUBURB A Country House The Houses of Parliament UP THE THAMES London Bridge Tower of London, showing Traitor's Gate St. Paul's Cathedral Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey OUTSIDE GLIMPSES OF ENGLISH POVERTY An English Almshouse CIVIC BANQUETS Index
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1891
1891
Title:
Our Old Home
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PH1979:0602.02
Description:
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 594-page book comprises 14 photogravures, one engraving, a Title page and a Contents and list of illustrations and Index : Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures Volume II. Cambridge. Printed at the Riverside Press. MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright, 1863 by Nathaniel Hawthorne Copyright, 1870 By Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890 By Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved Two Hundred and Fifty Copies Printed No. 69 Contents and list of Illustrations: [Photogravures executed by A.W. Elson & Co. Boston] Lord Nelson Frontispiece NEAR OXFORD Blenheim The Thames at Oxford from Folly Bridge Magdalen College, Oxford, from the Cherwell SOME OF THE HAUNTS OF BURNS Robert Burns Burn's Birthplace, Alloway Parish, near Ayr The Auld Brig o' Doon, Ayr Alloway Kirk A LONDON SUBURB A Country House The Houses of Parliament UP THE THAMES London Bridge Tower of London, showing Traitor's Gate St. Paul's Cathedral Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey OUTSIDE GLIMPSES OF ENGLISH POVERTY An English Almshouse CIVIC BANQUETS Index
Our Old Home
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PH1979:0602.02
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He started writing seriously in 1846 and spent the years 1853 to 1857 in England as the American Consul in Liverpool. The collection of essays that constitute 'Our Old Home' comes from the journals he kept during his stay in England. After spending two years in Italy he returned to the United States and completed his final novel, 'The Marble Faun' and 'Our Old Home'. This 594-page book comprises 14 photogravures, one engraving, a Title page and a Contents and list of illustrations and Index : Title page: Our Old Home by Nathaniel Hawthorne annotated with passages from the author's note-book, and illustrated with photogravures Volume II. Cambridge. Printed at the Riverside Press. MDCCCXCI. Verso of title page: Copyright, 1863 by Nathaniel Hawthorne Copyright, 1870 By Sophia Hawthorne Copyright, 1883, 1890 By Houghton, Mifflin & Co. All rights reserved Two Hundred and Fifty Copies Printed No. 69 Contents and list of Illustrations: [Photogravures executed by A.W. Elson & Co. Boston] Lord Nelson Frontispiece NEAR OXFORD Blenheim The Thames at Oxford from Folly Bridge Magdalen College, Oxford, from the Cherwell SOME OF THE HAUNTS OF BURNS Robert Burns Burn's Birthplace, Alloway Parish, near Ayr The Auld Brig o' Doon, Ayr Alloway Kirk A LONDON SUBURB A Country House The Houses of Parliament UP THE THAMES London Bridge Tower of London, showing Traitor's Gate St. Paul's Cathedral Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey OUTSIDE GLIMPSES OF ENGLISH POVERTY An English Almshouse CIVIC BANQUETS Index
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photographs
photographs
Date:
1891
1891
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Subject:
architecture
architecture
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textual records, photographs
textual records, photographs
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Reference number:
AP197.S2.024
Description:
This box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from H-I . The largest sections are dedictated to writings pertaining to housing and Italian architecture.
AP197.S2.024
Description:
This box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from H-I . The largest sections are dedictated to writings pertaining to housing and Italian architecture.
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Date:
1960-2002
1960-2002
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Research files organized by author's last name or subject from H-I
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AP197.S2.024
Description:
This box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from H-I . The largest sections are dedictated to writings pertaining to housing and Italian architecture.
Research files organized by author's last name or subject from H-I
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AP197.S2.024
Description:
This box contains various research files organized in alphabetical order by either author's last name or subject, from H-I . The largest sections are dedictated to writings pertaining to housing and Italian architecture.
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textual records, photographs
textual records, photographs
Date:
1960-2002
1960-2002
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Project
Project
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Applausi [Applause] (1968)
Applausi [Applause] (1968)
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AP207.S1.1968.PR05
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's design for "Applausi", a suitcase split in half to create two flashing signs with the word "Applausi". The signs were designed for the music performance by Vittorio Gelmetti, "La descrittione del gran paese" a post-pop opera for which Pettena was also in charge of the scene direction. The performance was presented at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music at the Teatro Biondo, in Palermo, in December 1968. The signs were placed on each side of the stage, toward the audience. "The text, together with others that indicated the piano, the singer and the cello, reminded the audience of the habits of an illiterate public participating in a televised show." [1] The "Applausi" signs were also presented in the exhibition "The living currency" in Varsaw, at the Teatr Dramatyczny in 2010, and at the 6th Berlin Biennale at the Hau1, Die lebende Münze, in 2010. The project series contains photographs of the 'Applausi' signs, a drawing of the sign, and a draft poster showing the display of the stage for Vittorio Gelmetti performance at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music. The project series also includes photographs of the music performance, a video of Pettena and the sign at the Berlin Biennale in 2010, and project descriptions in English and Italian. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 102.
AP207.S1.1968.PR05
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's design for "Applausi", a suitcase split in half to create two flashing signs with the word "Applausi". The signs were designed for the music performance by Vittorio Gelmetti, "La descrittione del gran paese" a post-pop opera for which Pettena was also in charge of the scene direction. The performance was presented at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music at the Teatro Biondo, in Palermo, in December 1968. The signs were placed on each side of the stage, toward the audience. "The text, together with others that indicated the piano, the singer and the cello, reminded the audience of the habits of an illiterate public participating in a televised show." [1] The "Applausi" signs were also presented in the exhibition "The living currency" in Varsaw, at the Teatr Dramatyczny in 2010, and at the 6th Berlin Biennale at the Hau1, Die lebende Münze, in 2010. The project series contains photographs of the 'Applausi' signs, a drawing of the sign, and a draft poster showing the display of the stage for Vittorio Gelmetti performance at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music. The project series also includes photographs of the music performance, a video of Pettena and the sign at the Berlin Biennale in 2010, and project descriptions in English and Italian. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 102.
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Date:
circa 1968-2015
circa 1968-2015
Title:
Applausi [Applause] (1968)
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AP207.S1.1968.PR05
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's design for "Applausi", a suitcase split in half to create two flashing signs with the word "Applausi". The signs were designed for the music performance by Vittorio Gelmetti, "La descrittione del gran paese" a post-pop opera for which Pettena was also in charge of the scene direction. The performance was presented at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music at the Teatro Biondo, in Palermo, in December 1968. The signs were placed on each side of the stage, toward the audience. "The text, together with others that indicated the piano, the singer and the cello, reminded the audience of the habits of an illiterate public participating in a televised show." [1] The "Applausi" signs were also presented in the exhibition "The living currency" in Varsaw, at the Teatr Dramatyczny in 2010, and at the 6th Berlin Biennale at the Hau1, Die lebende Münze, in 2010. The project series contains photographs of the 'Applausi' signs, a drawing of the sign, and a draft poster showing the display of the stage for Vittorio Gelmetti performance at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music. The project series also includes photographs of the music performance, a video of Pettena and the sign at the Berlin Biennale in 2010, and project descriptions in English and Italian. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 102.
Applausi [Applause] (1968)
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AP207.S1.1968.PR05
Description:
This project series documents Pettena's design for "Applausi", a suitcase split in half to create two flashing signs with the word "Applausi". The signs were designed for the music performance by Vittorio Gelmetti, "La descrittione del gran paese" a post-pop opera for which Pettena was also in charge of the scene direction. The performance was presented at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music at the Teatro Biondo, in Palermo, in December 1968. The signs were placed on each side of the stage, toward the audience. "The text, together with others that indicated the piano, the singer and the cello, reminded the audience of the habits of an illiterate public participating in a televised show." [1] The "Applausi" signs were also presented in the exhibition "The living currency" in Varsaw, at the Teatr Dramatyczny in 2010, and at the 6th Berlin Biennale at the Hau1, Die lebende Münze, in 2010. The project series contains photographs of the 'Applausi' signs, a drawing of the sign, and a draft poster showing the display of the stage for Vittorio Gelmetti performance at the 6th Festival of Avant-Garde Music. The project series also includes photographs of the music performance, a video of Pettena and the sign at the Berlin Biennale in 2010, and project descriptions in English and Italian. Source: [1] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 102.
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Project
Project
Date:
circa 1968-2015
circa 1968-2015
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