PH2018:0005:035
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Giorgio Sommer, Teatro tragico Pompei, ca. 1870s, from Album Souvenir de Pompei, albumen silver print, 20.6 x 27.0, PH1980:0046:024, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of Teatro tragico Pompei from Souvenir album by Giorgio Sommer, ca.1870
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PH2018:0005:035
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Giorgio Sommer, Teatro tragico Pompei, ca. 1870s, from Album Souvenir de Pompei, albumen silver print, 20.6 x 27.0, PH1980:0046:024, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
L’exposition souligne le rôle primordial du Panthéon dans la vie artistique et politique française depuis les débuts du projet en 1774 jusqu’au 20e siècle. Coïncidant avec les célébrations internationales du bicentenaire de la Révolution française, elle porte essentiellement sur l’une des principales manifestations architecturales de la Révolution : la transformation de(...)
Salles principales
19 septembre 1989 au 19 novembre 1989
Le Panthéon, symbole des révolutions
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L’exposition souligne le rôle primordial du Panthéon dans la vie artistique et politique française depuis les débuts du projet en 1774 jusqu’au 20e siècle. Coïncidant avec les célébrations internationales du bicentenaire de la Révolution française, elle porte essentiellement sur l’une des principales manifestations architecturales de la Révolution : la transformation de(...)
Salles principales
Les enseignements de… Ruscha et Venturi Scott Brown, 1962-1977 fait état de la relation entre les livres illustrés de l’artiste Edward Ruscha et des architectes Robert Venturi et Denise Scott Brown qui portent sur l’architecture et l’urbanisme du quotidien à Los Angeles et Las Vegas durant les années 1960 et 1970. Every Building on the Sunset Strip, de Ruscha, et(...)
Salle octogonale
31 mars 2004 au 30 mai 2004
Les enseignements de… Ruscha et Venturi Scott Brown, 1962-1977
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Les enseignements de… Ruscha et Venturi Scott Brown, 1962-1977 fait état de la relation entre les livres illustrés de l’artiste Edward Ruscha et des architectes Robert Venturi et Denise Scott Brown qui portent sur l’architecture et l’urbanisme du quotidien à Los Angeles et Las Vegas durant les années 1960 et 1970. Every Building on the Sunset Strip, de Ruscha, et(...)
Salle octogonale
photographies
PH1990:0334
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
May 1989
The tower, main pavilion, Université de Montréal (early evening), Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0334
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
photographies
May 1989
photographies
PH1990:0335
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
Juillet 1989 / July 1989
Circular staircase at the corner of the main courtyard, view from above, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0335
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
photographies
Juillet 1989 / July 1989
PH1990:0338
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
1989
Rear view of the main pavilion, showing (from left to right) the chapel and west wing, the auditorium (with tower above), and the east wing, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0338
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
1989
photographies
PH1990:0339
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
May 1989
The tower, main pavilion, Université de Montréal (early evening), Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0339
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
photographies
May 1989
The Université de Montréal and St. Joseph's Oratory seen from the southwest, Montréal, Québec
PH1990:0340
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
1989
The Université de Montréal and St. Joseph's Oratory seen from the southwest, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0340
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
1989
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PH1990:0344
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
May 1989
The tower, main pavilion, Université de Montréal (night), Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0344
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
photographies
May 1989
photographies
PH1990:0347
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
September 1989
Main entry (detail), entrance hall, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
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PH1990:0347
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Commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, for "Ernest Cormier: Université de Montréal," 1988-1990.
photographies
September 1989