4135 Results
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH2000:0172
PH2000:0172
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering
architecture, engineering
Date:
1918
1918
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1918
1918
People:
Subject:
architecture, engineering
architecture, engineering
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
DR1962:0006
Description:
- DR1962:0006 shows a perspective view of a portion of a formal garden terrace laid out symmetrically before a three-storey circular structure. The terrace, which is approached on axis by two steps flanked by sculpted river allegories, is centred on a circular basin and backed by a wall surmounted by potted plants, mostly palm trees and pineapple plants; the middle section of the rear wall curves back concentric to the terrace basin. Beyond the terrace wall and on line with the steps and basin rises the circular structure. With its Corinthian peristyle, this structure has the form of an antique circular temple, such as the so-called "Temple of Vesta" at Tivoli (first century B.C.). Unlike such classical models, however, the columns of the peristyle are set on tall rusticated pedestals that flare outward as they descend to the ground, the entablature carries a balustrade topped by a series of sculpted figures, and the whole is crowned by a tall, slender lantern (although no dome is visible). Within the peristyle, the inner wall is opened regularly by two storeys of windows, each with its own frame and pediment. The overall effect of this structure is not dissimilar to that of James Gibb's Radcliffe Camera, Oxford (1739-49). - In the foreground of DR1962:0006 appear two groups of figures: that on the left consisting of two gardeners carrying a potted pineapple plant, and that on the right consisting of a seated woman attended by a man, a woman (the latter shading her mistress with a parasol), and a figure, apparently a physician, who offers the seated woman a bowl of fruit.
DR1962:0006
Description:
- DR1962:0006 shows a perspective view of a portion of a formal garden terrace laid out symmetrically before a three-storey circular structure. The terrace, which is approached on axis by two steps flanked by sculpted river allegories, is centred on a circular basin and backed by a wall surmounted by potted plants, mostly palm trees and pineapple plants; the middle section of the rear wall curves back concentric to the terrace basin. Beyond the terrace wall and on line with the steps and basin rises the circular structure. With its Corinthian peristyle, this structure has the form of an antique circular temple, such as the so-called "Temple of Vesta" at Tivoli (first century B.C.). Unlike such classical models, however, the columns of the peristyle are set on tall rusticated pedestals that flare outward as they descend to the ground, the entablature carries a balustrade topped by a series of sculpted figures, and the whole is crowned by a tall, slender lantern (although no dome is visible). Within the peristyle, the inner wall is opened regularly by two storeys of windows, each with its own frame and pediment. The overall effect of this structure is not dissimilar to that of James Gibb's Radcliffe Camera, Oxford (1739-49). - In the foreground of DR1962:0006 appear two groups of figures: that on the left consisting of two gardeners carrying a potted pineapple plant, and that on the right consisting of a seated woman attended by a man, a woman (the latter shading her mistress with a parasol), and a figure, apparently a physician, who offers the seated woman a bowl of fruit.
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
Date:
ca. 1744
ca. 1744
Title:
Project for a medical amphitheatre in the Jardin royal des plantes, Paris
Actions:
DR1962:0006
Description:
- DR1962:0006 shows a perspective view of a portion of a formal garden terrace laid out symmetrically before a three-storey circular structure. The terrace, which is approached on axis by two steps flanked by sculpted river allegories, is centred on a circular basin and backed by a wall surmounted by potted plants, mostly palm trees and pineapple plants; the middle section of the rear wall curves back concentric to the terrace basin. Beyond the terrace wall and on line with the steps and basin rises the circular structure. With its Corinthian peristyle, this structure has the form of an antique circular temple, such as the so-called "Temple of Vesta" at Tivoli (first century B.C.). Unlike such classical models, however, the columns of the peristyle are set on tall rusticated pedestals that flare outward as they descend to the ground, the entablature carries a balustrade topped by a series of sculpted figures, and the whole is crowned by a tall, slender lantern (although no dome is visible). Within the peristyle, the inner wall is opened regularly by two storeys of windows, each with its own frame and pediment. The overall effect of this structure is not dissimilar to that of James Gibb's Radcliffe Camera, Oxford (1739-49). - In the foreground of DR1962:0006 appear two groups of figures: that on the left consisting of two gardeners carrying a potted pineapple plant, and that on the right consisting of a seated woman attended by a man, a woman (the latter shading her mistress with a parasol), and a figure, apparently a physician, who offers the seated woman a bowl of fruit.
Project for a medical amphitheatre in the Jardin royal des plantes, Paris
Actions:
DR1962:0006
Description:
- DR1962:0006 shows a perspective view of a portion of a formal garden terrace laid out symmetrically before a three-storey circular structure. The terrace, which is approached on axis by two steps flanked by sculpted river allegories, is centred on a circular basin and backed by a wall surmounted by potted plants, mostly palm trees and pineapple plants; the middle section of the rear wall curves back concentric to the terrace basin. Beyond the terrace wall and on line with the steps and basin rises the circular structure. With its Corinthian peristyle, this structure has the form of an antique circular temple, such as the so-called "Temple of Vesta" at Tivoli (first century B.C.). Unlike such classical models, however, the columns of the peristyle are set on tall rusticated pedestals that flare outward as they descend to the ground, the entablature carries a balustrade topped by a series of sculpted figures, and the whole is crowned by a tall, slender lantern (although no dome is visible). Within the peristyle, the inner wall is opened regularly by two storeys of windows, each with its own frame and pediment. The overall effect of this structure is not dissimilar to that of James Gibb's Radcliffe Camera, Oxford (1739-49). - In the foreground of DR1962:0006 appear two groups of figures: that on the left consisting of two gardeners carrying a potted pineapple plant, and that on the right consisting of a seated woman attended by a man, a woman (the latter shading her mistress with a parasol), and a figure, apparently a physician, who offers the seated woman a bowl of fruit.
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
ca. 1744
ca. 1744
People:
Subject:
architecture, landscape architecture
architecture, landscape architecture
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH177036
ARCH177036
People:
Date:
February 1997
February 1997
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
February 1997
February 1997
People:
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1979:0447.02:073
PH1979:0447.02:073
People:
Subject:
topographic
topographic
Date:
between August 1858 and 1890
between August 1858 and 1890
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between August 1858 and 1890
between August 1858 and 1890
People:
Subject:
topographic
topographic
Form:
photographs
photographs
Actions:
Reference number:
PH1979:0447.02:075
PH1979:0447.02:075
People:
Subject:
topographic
topographic
Date:
between August 1858 and 1890
between August 1858 and 1890
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
between August 1858 and 1890
between August 1858 and 1890
People:
Subject:
topographic
topographic
Form:
photographs
photographs
Reference number:
PH1980:1015:365
PH1980:1015:365
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Date:
1920s
1920s
Form:
photographs
photographs
Date:
1920s
1920s
People:
Subject:
architecture
architecture
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH283080
ARCH283080
People:
Date:
circa 1992
circa 1992
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
circa 1992
circa 1992
People:
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH283094
ARCH283094
People:
Date:
16 May 2011
16 May 2011
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
16 May 2011
16 May 2011
People:
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH283097
ARCH283097
People:
Date:
circa 2008-2012
circa 2008-2012
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
circa 2008-2012
circa 2008-2012
People:
Form:
drawings
drawings
Actions:
Reference number:
ARCH275761
ARCH275761
People:
Date:
September 2014
September 2014
Form:
drawings
drawings
Date:
September 2014
September 2014
People:
