photographs
DR2012:0015:024:003
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File containing photographic materials held in plastic sleeves and glassine, related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Melvin Charney’s travels through Italy (118 black-and-white negative frames, 91 contact sheet frames, 1 colour slide); - Corridart project (1 gelatin silver print); - CCA garden (5 colour slides); - Montréal, plus ou moins? (19 black-and-white slides). Materials possibly gathered for inclusion in Louis Martin's 2013 book, On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology. Original folder inscribed in graphite: AIGEUS MORT OSTIA ANTICA 1961
1960-1961, 1986, 2000
Photographs of various artworks from Melvin Charney's projects and events
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DR2012:0015:024:003
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File containing photographic materials held in plastic sleeves and glassine, related to the following events, locations, and/or projects: - Melvin Charney’s travels through Italy (118 black-and-white negative frames, 91 contact sheet frames, 1 colour slide); - Corridart project (1 gelatin silver print); - CCA garden (5 colour slides); - Montréal, plus ou moins? (19 black-and-white slides). Materials possibly gathered for inclusion in Louis Martin's 2013 book, On architecture: Melvin Charney: a critical anthology. Original folder inscribed in graphite: AIGEUS MORT OSTIA ANTICA 1961
photographs
1960-1961, 1986, 2000
archives
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Robert Duchesnay fonds
AP115
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
1985-1992
Robert Duchesnay fonds
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AP115
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Le Fonds Robert Duchesnay consiste en une série de photographies montrant les divers structure (principalement des dômes géodésiques) conçus ou influencée par R. Buckminster Fuller. Les photographies, prises par l'artiste et photographe montréalais Robert Duchesnay, ont été créées entre 1985 et 1992.
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1985-1992
The exhibition focuses on one of Ernest Cormier’s masterworks—the Université de Montréal, built high on the northwest slope of Mount Royal between 1928 and 1943—and situates the Montréal architect and his work in the context of international thought where European and North American cultural and architectural ideas converged. The objects in the exhibition are drawn in(...)
Main galleries
2 May 1990 to 21 October 1990
Ernest Cormier and the Université de Montréal
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The exhibition focuses on one of Ernest Cormier’s masterworks—the Université de Montréal, built high on the northwest slope of Mount Royal between 1928 and 1943—and situates the Montréal architect and his work in the context of international thought where European and North American cultural and architectural ideas converged. The objects in the exhibition are drawn in(...)
Main galleries
Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
15 March 2000 to 7 May 2000
Visions and Views: The Architecture of Borromini in the Photographs of Edward Burtynsky
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Visions and Views combines contemporary photography and engravings from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to establish a dialogue between two different approaches to representing Francesco Borromini’s built work. The photographs, part of a larger commission acquired by the CCA, were taken in Rome by Toronto photographer Edward Burtynsky in 1999. They are presented(...)
Octagonal gallery
Melvin Charney 1935–2012
The artist and theorist Melvin Charney, who died earlier this year, made significant contributions to the CCA and the city of Montreal as a whole. Throughout a long and varied career, Charney championed the public role of the architect in the wider built environment, enforcing the idea that the street is the primary resource of the city. The CCA is celebrating Charney’s(...)
Hall cases
24 October 2012 to 14 April 2013
Melvin Charney 1935–2012
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The artist and theorist Melvin Charney, who died earlier this year, made significant contributions to the CCA and the city of Montreal as a whole. Throughout a long and varied career, Charney championed the public role of the architect in the wider built environment, enforcing the idea that the street is the primary resource of the city. The CCA is celebrating Charney’s(...)
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articles
Puzzles Solved With the Heart
Aldo Rossi’s Polaroids, introduced by Diogo Seixas Lopes
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A history of references
PH1986:0900.01
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Album PH1986:0900.01 comprises 92 photographs of fountains, monuments, tombs, vases, models and studies by architect Michel Roux-Spitz. Subjects include: Monument aux Séminaristes français morts à la guerre, Séminaire Français à Rome (1922); Monument aux Morts de Lyon; Monument aux héros de Dixmude à Pierrefeu (Var) (1925); Monument Bokanowski à Toul (1924); Monument aux Morts de Thizy; Monument de la Victoire; Tombeau au cimetière Montparnasse à Paris; Tombeau de la famille Garin à Cholet; Tombeau de la famille Vetter à Lyon (1920-1923); Tombeau Redon; Tombeau de la famille Barral à Lyon; Tombeau de la famille Barras (sic) à Lyon; Monument au poète Camille Roy et à la Chanson Lyonnaise (1924); Fontaine Leriche; Fontaine avec sculpture de Cassou; Fontaine Cours La Reine à l'Exposition des Arts décoratifs 1925 à Paris; Tombeau du Cimetière du Village à l'Exposition des Arts décoratifs 1925 à Paris; Tombeau de la famille Robin. Artists mentioned are the sculptors Delamarre, Renard, C. Cassou, Martial, Leriche, a mosaic by Bouquet, ironwork by Szetlak and lighting by Perzel.
architecture, ornament, sculpture
1920-1925
Fontaines - Monuments - Tombeaux - Vases - 1920-1925
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PH1986:0900.01
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Album PH1986:0900.01 comprises 92 photographs of fountains, monuments, tombs, vases, models and studies by architect Michel Roux-Spitz. Subjects include: Monument aux Séminaristes français morts à la guerre, Séminaire Français à Rome (1922); Monument aux Morts de Lyon; Monument aux héros de Dixmude à Pierrefeu (Var) (1925); Monument Bokanowski à Toul (1924); Monument aux Morts de Thizy; Monument de la Victoire; Tombeau au cimetière Montparnasse à Paris; Tombeau de la famille Garin à Cholet; Tombeau de la famille Vetter à Lyon (1920-1923); Tombeau Redon; Tombeau de la famille Barral à Lyon; Tombeau de la famille Barras (sic) à Lyon; Monument au poète Camille Roy et à la Chanson Lyonnaise (1924); Fontaine Leriche; Fontaine avec sculpture de Cassou; Fontaine Cours La Reine à l'Exposition des Arts décoratifs 1925 à Paris; Tombeau du Cimetière du Village à l'Exposition des Arts décoratifs 1925 à Paris; Tombeau de la famille Robin. Artists mentioned are the sculptors Delamarre, Renard, C. Cassou, Martial, Leriche, a mosaic by Bouquet, ironwork by Szetlak and lighting by Perzel.
1920-1925
architecture, ornament, sculpture
Between 1836 and 1848, the German-Dutch explorer Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn made several expeditions in Java in the service of the Dutch colonial authorities. He was among the first colonists to climb the island’s many volcanoes. His scientific works, books, maps, and lithographs made him the “Humboldt of Java.” This exhibition follows Junghuhn’s footsteps and explores(...)
Octagonal gallery
29 September 2016 to 22 January 2017
17 Volcanoes: Works by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Armin Linke, and Bas Princen
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Between 1836 and 1848, the German-Dutch explorer Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn made several expeditions in Java in the service of the Dutch colonial authorities. He was among the first colonists to climb the island’s many volcanoes. His scientific works, books, maps, and lithographs made him the “Humboldt of Java.” This exhibition follows Junghuhn’s footsteps and explores(...)
Octagonal gallery
Nature Morte with Tropical fruit (Vang, Sweden, 2016) the Order of Lemons, the Order of the Melons
PH2017:0002:001
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Image published in 'Nature morte Fictions and Excerpts' by Stefano Graziani published by Galleria Mazzoli Editore, Modena in 2016 page 1
2016
Nature Morte with Tropical fruit (Vang, Sweden, 2016) the Order of Lemons, the Order of the Melons
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PH2017:0002:001
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Image published in 'Nature morte Fictions and Excerpts' by Stefano Graziani published by Galleria Mazzoli Editore, Modena in 2016 page 1
Nature Morte with Tropical fruit (Vang, Sweden, 2016) the Order of Lemons, the Order of the Melons
PH2017:0002:002
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Image published in 'Nature morte Fictions and Excerpts' by Stefano Graziani published by Galleria Mazzoli Editore, Modena in 2016 page 3
2016
Nature Morte with Tropical fruit (Vang, Sweden, 2016) the Order of Lemons, the Order of the Melons
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PH2017:0002:002
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Image published in 'Nature morte Fictions and Excerpts' by Stefano Graziani published by Galleria Mazzoli Editore, Modena in 2016 page 3