DR1988:0437:020
Description:
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a pavilion commemorating the munificence of the King towards his people and his troops. The pavilion is flanked by military trophies and two fountains topped by rostral columns.
temporary architecture
printed 1753
Etching of Posi's design for the "seconda macchina" of 1753
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DR1988:0437:020
Description:
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a pavilion commemorating the munificence of the King towards his people and his troops. The pavilion is flanked by military trophies and two fountains topped by rostral columns.
temporary architecture
drawings
DR1983:0576
Description:
- This design is for a classical garden pavilion described in plan, section, and elevation. Set on an octagonal plan, the pavilion is comprised of eight columns supporting a segmented dome made of wood and carrying a concave conical lantern.
architecture, landscape architecture
1862
Garden Temple for H. R. Hughes Esq: / Kimnel [sic] Park:
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DR1983:0576
Description:
- This design is for a classical garden pavilion described in plan, section, and elevation. Set on an octagonal plan, the pavilion is comprised of eight columns supporting a segmented dome made of wood and carrying a concave conical lantern.
drawings
1862
architecture, landscape architecture
DR1988:0138
Description:
- Visionary design for the façade of a building, with colonnettes and columns. Although many of the forms used are fantastic or imaginary, the building resembles a church in the tripartite division of its façade into a central section flanked by two towers.
architecture
circa 1920-1921
Visionary design for the west façade of a cathedral
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DR1988:0138
Description:
- Visionary design for the façade of a building, with colonnettes and columns. Although many of the forms used are fantastic or imaginary, the building resembles a church in the tripartite division of its façade into a central section flanked by two towers.
architecture
drawings
ARCH254725
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site plan showing building footprint and addition, perspective and details of entrance canopy and facade structure, main facade elevation study, building perspectives, perspective studies of main entrance, main floor plans showing placement of columns
circa 1992
Plans, perspective and details, elevation study
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ARCH254725
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site plan showing building footprint and addition, perspective and details of entrance canopy and facade structure, main facade elevation study, building perspectives, perspective studies of main entrance, main floor plans showing placement of columns
drawings
circa 1992
DR1981:0014
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- A rendered elevation of twin gatehouses in the Greek Revival style. The gatehouses take the form of a tetrastyle Doric temple with baseless columns, and are separated by two stone gate piers and a delicate wrought iron gate in a severe classical style.
architecture, landscape architecture
1789 ?
Front elevation for proposed gate lodges possibly for Parham Park, Sussex
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DR1981:0014
Description:
- A rendered elevation of twin gatehouses in the Greek Revival style. The gatehouses take the form of a tetrastyle Doric temple with baseless columns, and are separated by two stone gate piers and a delicate wrought iron gate in a severe classical style.
architecture, landscape architecture
drawings
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20 File
Torpedo and Gunnery Schoo
ARCH41075
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Torpedo and Gunnery School beams and columns, floor plans for proposed guard house, sewers, structural for combined shops, fire protection system, tunnels, elevations of buildings' entrances, layouts of roads, block plans with contours, alterations to hospitals' basements
Torpedo and Gunnery Schoo
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ARCH41075
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Torpedo and Gunnery School beams and columns, floor plans for proposed guard house, sewers, structural for combined shops, fire protection system, tunnels, elevations of buildings' entrances, layouts of roads, block plans with contours, alterations to hospitals' basements
drawings
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20 File
DR1988:0053
Description:
- Interior perspective view of a hall with fluted columns and pilasters supporting a coffered roof. The coffers are decorated with a star-shaped design, and the central section of the roof is open. This might be a depiction of a Roman atrium, although it lacks an impluvium.
architecture, interior design
printed ca. 1921
Interior view, probably of an atrium
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DR1988:0053
Description:
- Interior perspective view of a hall with fluted columns and pilasters supporting a coffered roof. The coffers are decorated with a star-shaped design, and the central section of the roof is open. This might be a depiction of a Roman atrium, although it lacks an impluvium.
architecture, interior design
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
DR1988:0437:022
Description:
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a triumphal bridge with statues of the elements, commemorative columns, and a central pavilion crowned by a statue of Hercules killing a monster. People are crossing the bridge and simulated river in carriages and rowboats.
temporary architecture
printed 1755
Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1755
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DR1988:0437:022
Description:
- This etching for a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a triumphal bridge with statues of the elements, commemorative columns, and a central pavilion crowned by a statue of Hercules killing a monster. People are crossing the bridge and simulated river in carriages and rowboats.
temporary architecture
DR1988:0437:028
Description:
- This etching of a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a temple dedicated to Neptune, whose statue is visible behind the portico. The temple is surmounted by a crest and is flanked by two monumental columns. Four ships appear to be engaged in a battle in the background.
temporary architecture
printed 1760
Etching of Posi's design for the "prima macchina" of 1760
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DR1988:0437:028
Description:
- This etching of a fireworks construction or macchina is in the form of a temple dedicated to Neptune, whose statue is visible behind the portico. The temple is surmounted by a crest and is flanked by two monumental columns. Four ships appear to be engaged in a battle in the background.
temporary architecture