Digital Collections: Architecture
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Antonio Asprucci Architectural Drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770–ca. 1793
Over 50 architectural drawings and designs prepared for the conversion of the Villa Borghese into a museum.
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Constant Moyaux Letters and Papers, 1852–86
One hundred fifty letters to Moyauxs patron Victor Delzant in Paris and his friend Alidor Delzant in Haut-Vienne; accompanying documents include sketches, draft reviews, ephemera, poems, and related correspondence.
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Darohha Ubbas Alli, The Lucknow Album, 1874
Fifty photographic views of the city of Lucknow in India with a large plan of the city.
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Early Photography in Greece and the Mediterranean
Over 560 19th- and early-20th-century photographs record ancient Greek and Roman architecture, focusing on Greece, Asia Minor, the Aegean Islands, Cyprus, south Italy, and Sicily. Most photographs depict Athens, particularly the Acropolis.
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Giuseppe Vannini, Autografi delle tavole della prima edizione dell' opera, degli "Elementi della architettura civile," 1818–50
Fifty-four drawings by Vannini used in his Elementi d'architettura civile of 1818, here bound for reuse in the preparation of the second edition of 1850. Includes two manuscript letters.
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James Robertson, Views of Greece, Egypt, and Constantinople, ca. 1853–57
Nearly 70 photographs attributed to this British photographer record ancient monuments in Athens, Corinth, Sounion, Aegina, Constantinople, and Cairo.
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Julius Shulman Photography Archive, 1930s–97Over 3,000 images record examples of the modern movement in architecture in Southern California, including the Case Study houses.
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Letters from Bartolomeo Ammannati, 1560–78
More than 55 letters and one document by the Italian sculptor and architect chronicle four Tuscan projects: the porphyry column in the Piazza St. Trinità in Florence, the Palazzo Pitti, the Ponte à Mare in Pisa, and the Neptune fountain in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
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Peking, 1930sTaken by an unknown photographer, the 102 images in this album include views of well-known sites in Beijing, including the Forbidden City, Hataman Gate, the Winter Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Confucius Temple, a lama temple or lamasery, views of the city from the pavilions on Coal Hill (Jingshan), and from the Great Wall.
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Stefano Lecchi, Fotografi di Roma, 1849
Forty-one salt prints depict the siege of Rome and its defense by Giuseppe Garibaldi, key battles in the movement for national unification (Risorgimento), and ancient Roman monuments.
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Underwood & Underwood Stereographic Views of Italy, ca. 190One hundred captioned stereographic views, including 31 exterior views of architecture and antiquities in Rome, Venice, Florence, and Naples.
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Views of the Villa del Salviatino
Nearly 70 photographs feature the home of art critic and historian Ugo Ojetti, focusing on the library and including portraits of Lionello Venturi, Ojetti's family, and other friends. Exterior views document gardens and statuary and include views of Florence and the surrounding countryside.
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