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Becoming ‘obeliscal’: Van Gogh, ancient Egypt and the global Orient – II: obelisks
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 394-411
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Hall, James (Hall, James)
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1. Landscape in Provence by night, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 90.6 by 72 cm. (Kröller-Muller Museum, Otterlo; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Orchard in blossom, bordered by cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 64.9 by 81.2 cm. (Kröller-Muller Museum, Otterlo).
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11. Cypresses and two women, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 91.6 by 72.4 cm. (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; Bridgeman Images).
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12. Statue of a married couple. Egyptian (Giza), 2620–2500 BC. 97.7 by 48 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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13. Landscape with cottages and boundary post on the Spaarndammerdijk (‘L’Obelisque’), by Rembrandt. c.1650. Etching and drypoint, 8.2 (arched) by 16.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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14. Starry night, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 73.7 by 92.1 cm. (Museum of Modern Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
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15. The Simplest Egyptian house (ground plan), 1875. Engraving, 6.5 by 3.5 cm. (From E.-E. Viollet-le-Duc: Histoire de l’Habitation Humaine: depuis les temps préhistoriques jusqu’à nos jours, Paris 1875, p.90, fig.33: A Garden. B Food Store. C Latrines. D Pigeons. E Chickens. F Medicines. G Courtyard. H and I Bedrooms).
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16. The simplest Egyptian house, 1875. Engraving, 10 by 9 cm. (From E.-E. Viollet-le-Duc: Histoire de l’Habitation Humaine: depuis les temps préhistoriques jusqu’à nos jours, Paris 1875, p.91, fig.34).
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17. Egyptian House at the Exposition Universelle, by Charles Garnier. 1889. (Photograph by G. Massiot & cie).
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18. The raising of the Luxor obelisk. 1836. Gilt bronze inset into the granite base of the Luxor obelisk, place de la Concorde, Paris. (Wikicommons).
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19. Height of the Eiffel Tower compared with the world’s principal monuments. Engraving. (From G. Tissandier: La Tour Eiffel de 300 mètres: description du monument, sa construction, ses organes mécaniques, son but et son utilité, Paris 1889, p.3, fig.1).
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2. The place de la République, Arles, with the obelisk fountain and the Church of Sainte-Anne. (Photograph Wolfgang Moroder).
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20. The Eiffel Tower, by Georges Seurat. ?1889. Oil on panel, 25.1 by 15.7 cm. (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; NPL – DeA Picture Library; Bridgeman Images).
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21. The illumination of the Eiffel Tower, by Georges Garen. After 6th May 1889. Chromolithograph, 52.5 by 34 cm. (Wikicommons).
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22. Opening of the Exposition Universelle, by M. Gérardin. Engraving. (Le Monde Illustré, 11th May 1889, pp.316–17).
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23. Egyptian head and figure study, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Chalk on paper, 31.4 by 23.9 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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24. Box containing a figurine and a mummified element. Egyptian, 664–332 BC. Paint, wood, linen and human remains, 12.3 by 3.5 by 3.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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25. Wheatfield, with cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 73.2 by 93.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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3. Sir Thomas Elyot, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1532–34. Black and coloured chalks, white body colour and brush and ink on pale pink prepared paper, 27.8 by 20.8 cm. (sheet). (Royal Collection Trust / © HM King Charles III 2023).
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4. Self-portrait with portrait of Gauguin, by Émile Bernard. 1888. Oil on canvas, 46 by 56 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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5. Self-portrait dedicated to Paul Gauguin, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA; Bridgeman Images).
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6. The blue coffee-pot, by Émile Bernard. 1888. Oil on canvas, 55.2 by 45.8 cm. (Kunsthalle, Bremen).
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7. Still-life with blue enamel coffeepot, earthenware and fruit, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection; Lefevre Fine Art Ltd, London; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Stela of Princess Nefertiabet, with funerary feast. Egyptian, 2590– 2533 BC. Limestone with black, yellow and red paint, 37.7 by 52.5 by 8.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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9. A Sunday on the Grande-Jatte, by Georges Seurat. 1884–86. Oil on canvas, 208 by 308 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Becoming ‘obeliscal’: Van Gogh, ancient Egypt and the global Orient – I: figures
03/2023 | 1440 | 165
Pages: 280-301
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Hall, James (Hall, James)
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1. Pots and apples, by Emile Bernard. 1887. Oil on canvas, 46.2 by 55.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais; Hervé Lewandowski).
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10. Hathoric capital from Dendera. Egyptian, 332–30 BC. Limestone, 52.5 by 46 by 11.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
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11. Nude girl, seated, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 27.1 by 23.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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12. Seated girl and Venus statuette, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Chalk on paper, 47.5 by 62 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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13. Self-portrait as a sphinx, by Léopold Armand Hugo. 1871. Etching on paper, 34 by 25 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris).
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14. Self-portrait, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54.2 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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15. Galerie Henri IV, the Louvre, looking northwards. 1885. (From C. Aulanier: Le musée Charles X et le département des antiquités égyptiennes (Histoire du palais et du musee du Louvre 8), Paris 1961, p.60).
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16. Bonaparte before the Sphinx (‘Oedipus’), by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1886. Oil on canvas, 61.6 by 101.9 cm. (Hearst Castle, San Simeon CA; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1886. Oil on canvas, 46.5 by 38.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
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18. Self-portrait at the easel, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 65.1 by 50 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; © Fine Art Images; Bridgeman Images).
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19. Napoleon, after a plaster model by Antoine-Denis Chaudet. 1807–09. Marble, 59 by 28.5 by 26.0 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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21. Aristotle, by Nicola Billy, after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1750. Engraving, 23 by 16.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1750, I, no.8).
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22. Egyptian figure, by Carlo Gregorii after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia. 1755. Engraving, 34.5 by 17.5 cm. (including text). (From G.G. Bottari: Musei Capitolini tomus primus(-quartus), Rome 1755, III, no.86).
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23. Brutus, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.52).
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24. Portrait statue. Engraving, 19 by 13 cm. (internal frame). (From Comte de Caylus, Recueil d’antiquités égyptiennes, étrusques, grecques, romaines et gauloises, Paris 1752, I, pl.1)
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25. Dante, drawn after a plaster cast. 1869. Lithograph, 45 by 62 cm. (From C Bargue and J.-L. Gérôme: Cours de dessin, Paris 1869, I, pl.34).
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26. Study and Genius unveil ancient Egypt to Greece, by François- Edouard Picot. c. 1827. Oil on canvas, 478 by 600 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Photo Josse; Bridgeman Images).
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28. Julian Père Tanguy, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 92 by 75 cm. (Rodin Museum, Paris; © Peter Willi; Bridgeman Images).
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29. Predominance of the Dimension of Width: Egyptian Temple, by Lé on Gaucherel. 1876. Engraving, 4.3 by 11.5 cm. (From C. Blanc: Grammaire des Arts du Dessin, Paris 1876, p.88).
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3. Exposition Universelle: L’Histoire de L’Habitation Humaine. Wood engraving. (From Le Monde Illustré, 25th May 1889, p.344).
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30. Maurice Appert seated, by Georges Seurat. Before 1888. Conté crayon and gouache on paper, 31 by 24 cm. (Private collection; Lefevre Fine Art Ltd, London; Bridgeman Images).
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31. Self-portrait with bandaged ear, by Vincent Van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 60.5 by 50 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Egyptian House, Exposition Universelle of 1889, by Charles Garnier. 1889. Watercolour on paper, 94.7 by 63.5 cm. (Archives nationales, Paris, CP/F/12/4055/D/A, pièce 10).
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5. Egyptian head, by Vincent Van Gogh, 1890. Chalk on paper, 31.4 by 23.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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6. View in North Transept, by Matthew Digby Wyatt after P.H. Delamotte. 1854. Chromolithograph, 18.2 by 26.4 cm. (From Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham, London 1854; photograph Yale Center for British Art, New Haven CT).
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7. The Egyptian Hall of the Louvre, visitors in front of the Grand Sphinx, by Guillaume Larrue. c.1880. Oil on canvas, 69 by 88 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Josse; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Middle Egypt – the Sphinx, by Maxime du Camp. December 1849; printed 1851. Salted paper print from paper negative, 42.8 by 29.5 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2022).
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9. Head of a woman (Gordina de Groot), by Vincent Van Gogh. 1885. Oil on canvas, 42.7 by 33.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. The god Re-Horakhty being brought offerings, with fruit on his lap. Egyptian, 943–735(?) BC. Painted wood, 20.8 by 15.7 by 3.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
27. Detail of a statue of Ankh. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Diorite, 62.5 by 20.5 by 32.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
20. Sepa. Egyptian, 2700–2620 BC. Painted limestone, 169 by 44 by 50.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
An Elephant in Rome
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 484
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Kämpf, Tobias (Kämpf, Tobias)
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An Elephant in Rome By Loyd Grossman. 320 pp. incl. over 130 col. ills. (Pallas Athene, London, 2020),  19.99. ISBN 978–1–84368–193–9. | :
Book Review
Engineering the Eternal City: Infrastructure, Topography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome. By Pamela O. Long
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 261-263
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Connors, Joseph (Connors, Joseph)
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Engineering the Eternal City: Infrastructure, Topography, and the Culture of Knowledge in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome By Pamela O. Long. 368 pp. incl. 73 b. & w. ills. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2018),  34. ISBN 978–0–226–54379–6. | :
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5. Lowering of the Vatican obelisk, by Natale Bonifacio, from Domenico Fontana’s Della trasportatione dell’obelisco Vaticano, Rome 1590, pl.18. Engraving, 39.2 by 24.5 cm. (Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA).
Article
Was Lord Burlington a Jacobite?
08/2019 | 1397 | 161
Pages: 626-637
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Echlin, Alexander (Echlin, Alexander)
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1. Ceiling of the Octagonal Hall at Chiswick House, London. (Historic England Archive).
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10. Detail of the ceiling painting in the King’s Gallery, Kensington Palace, London, by William Kent. 1728. (Historic Royal Palaces).
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11. Opposite Detail of the ceiling painting in the Red Velvet Room, Chiswick House, London, attributed to William Kent. c.1729/30. (Historic England Archive).
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12. Detail of the ceiling painting in the Summer Parlour, Chiswick House, London, attributed to William Kent. c.1735.
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13. The Banquet of the Gods, by William Kent. 1719–20. Oil on canvas, 350 by 630 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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14. and 15. Winter and Spring from The Four Seasons, by Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi. 1715. Bronze with ebonised pearwood frames, each 48 by 66.3 cm. (Royal Collection, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
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16. Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, with his wife Dorothy Savile and their daughters, by Jean-Baptise van Loo. 1739. Oil on canvas, 264.2 by 190.5 cm. (Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Captain Lord George Graham in his cabin, by William Hogarth. 1742–44. Oil on canvas, 68.5 by 88.9 cm. (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection).
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18. Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington &c, by John Faber the Younger after Sir Godfrey Kneller. 1734. Mezzotint on paper, 36.5 by 26.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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2. ‘The inside of the Octagonal Hall’, Chiswick House, London, from William Kent: The Designs of Inigo Jones, London 1727, I, p.72.
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3. Opposite top left ‘Temple of Peace’ (the Basilica of Maxentius), Rome, from Andrea Palladio: I Quattro Libri dell’Architettura, Venice 1570, IV, p.13. (Photograph Alec Barr).
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4. Opposite top right ‘Temple of Peace’ (the Basilica of Maxentius), Rome, from Andrea Palladio: I Quattro Libri dell’Architettura, Venice 1570, IV, p.14. (Photograph Alec Barr).
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5. Opposite bottom left ‘Temple of Fortuna Virilis’ (Temple of Portunus), Rome, from Antoine Desgodetz: Les Edifices antiques de Rome dessinés et mesurés très exactement, Paris 1682, p.102.
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6. Opposite bottom right ‘Temple of Vesta, Tivoli’, from Antoine Desgodetz: Les Edifices antiques de Rome dessinés et mesurés très exactement, Paris 1682, p.93.
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7. Right Ceiling of the Cupola Room, Kensington Palace, London, 1722–23. (Historic Royal Palaces).
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8. Below right George II in the library of St James’s Palace, by Charles Phillips. c.1725–48. Oil on canvas, 112 by 86 cm. (Marble Hill House, London; photograph Historic England Archive).
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9. Detail of the ceiling painting in the North Hall, Stowe House, Buckinghamshire, by William Kent. c.1728–31.
Article
New light on the production of ‘Il Tempio Vaticano’
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 22-30
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Antinori, Aloisio (Antinori, Aloisio)
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1. Preparatory drawing for the plate at p.169 of Il Tempio Vaticano, showing the machinery used for the raising of the Vatican obelisk in 1586, by Carlo Fontana. Before 1692. (Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Real Biblioteca del Palacio Real, Grab. 23 VIII-M-398, f.25).
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2. Dispositione e veduta generale delle machine che servirono per alzare l’obelisco Vaticano, by Alessandro Specchi after Fig.1. Plate at p.169 of Il Tempio Vaticano (1694), by Carlo Fontana. Engraving. (Fabbrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano).
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5. Preparatory drawing for the plate at p.191 of Il Tempio Vaticano showing the plan of the colonnade, a section of the corridor on the south side of the piazza and a plan of the basilica’s portico, by Carlo Fontana. Before 1689. (Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, Real Biblioteca del Palacio Real, Grab. 23 VIII-M-398, f.33).
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6. Pianta in proportione maggiore che dimostra un braccio delli portici e corritori attorno alla piazza, by Alessandro Specchi after Fig.5. Plate at p.191 of Il Tempio Vaticano (1694), by Carlo Fontana. Engraving. (Fabbrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano).
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3. Italian frontispiece of Il Tempio Vaticano, Rome 1694. (Fabbrica di S. Pietro in Vaticano).
Western art unattributed:
4. Latin frontispiece of Il Tempio Vaticano, Rome 1694. (Fabbrica di San Pietro in Vaticano).
Article
Obelisk Designs by Giovanni Stern
02/2000 | 1163 | 142
Pages: 90-100
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Collins, Jeffrey (Collins, Jeffrey)
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35. The 'Augustan Obelisk', Erected by Giovanni Antinori for Pius VI in 1786 (Piazza del Quirinale, Rome).
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36. The 'Sallustian Obelisk', Erected by Giovanni Antinori for Pius VI in 1789 (Piazza della Trinità dei Monti, Rome).
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37. The 'Campense Obelisk', Erected by Giovanni Antinori for Pius VI in 1792 (Piazza di Montecitorio, Rome).
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38. The 'Barberini Obelisk', Erected for Pius VII in 1822 (Pincio Gardens, Rome).
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39. Project for Erecting the Barberini Obelisk, by Giovanni Stern. Pen and Ink with Pencil and Blue, Grey, Brown and Gold Washes, 59 by 74 cm. (Biblioteca dell'Istituto di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte, Rome, Fondo Lanciani III.41).
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40. Project for Erecting the Barberini Obelisk, by Giovanni Stern. Pen and Ink with Pencil and Blue, Grey, Brown, Gold and Pink Washes, 59 by 74 cm. (Biblioteca dell' Istituto di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte, Rome, Fondo Lanciani III.42).
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41. Project for Erecting the Sallustian Obelisk at Montecitorio, by Giovanni Stern. Pen and Ink with Pencil and Blue, Grey and Brown Washes, 38.7 by 66.2 cm. (Biblioteca dell' Istituto di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte, Rome, Fondo Lanciani III.43)
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42. Detail of Fig.41, Showing the Pedestal.
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43. View of the Base of the Antonine Column Erected in Piazza di Montecitorio, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Before 1778. Etching, 48.5 by 69.8 cm. (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Rome).
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44. Project for Erecting the Sallustian Obelisk at Montecitorio, by Giovanni Stern. Pen and Ink with Pencil and Blue, Grey and Brown Washes, 39.4 by 66.3 cm. (Biblioteca dell' Istituto di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte, Rome, Fondo Lanciani III.40).
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45. Project for Erecting the Sallustian Obelisk at Montecitorio, by Giovanni Stern. with Pencil and Blue, Grey and Brown Washes, 40 by 65.6 cm. (Biblioteca dell' Istituto di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte, Rome, Fondo Lanciani III.44).
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46. Detail of Fig.45, Showing the Pedestal.
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47. Fountain of the Four Rivers, with the Pamphilj Obelisk of Innocent X, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1651 (Piazza Navona, Rome).
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48. The Vatican Obelisk of Sixtus V, Erected by Domenico Fontana in 1586 (Piazza S. Pietro, Rome).
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49. Project for the Trevi Fountain, by Carlo Fontana. Pen, Chalk, Blue and Grey Wash, 70 by 48 cm. (Royal Library, Windsor).
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50. Project for Erecting the Barberini Obelisk in the Gardens of Palazzo Barberini, by Carlo Fontana. Pen, Blue and Grey Wash, Dimensions Unknown. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City).
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51. Design for an Obelisk, by John Soane. (Engraving from Designs in Architecture, London [1778], pl. VII).
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52. Inkstand Based on the Quirinal Monument of Pius VI, by Vincenzo Coacci. 1792. Silver, Silver Gilt, Lapis Lazuli on a Base of Rosso Antico, 72.4 by 52.1 by 37.5 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art).
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53. Monument to Pius VI, by Luigi Valadier. Before 1785. Anonymous print after a Lost Original of Gilt Metal, Porphyry, Rosso Antico, White Marble, Agate and Enamel. (Calcografia Nazionale, Rome).
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54. The Egyptian Room, Villa Borghese, Decorated by Antonio Asprucci, Tommaso Conca and Others, c.1778-82 (Villa Borghese, Rome).
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55. Salone d'Oro, Palazzo Chigi, by Giovanni Stern, Luigi Valadier, Tommaso Righi and Others. c.1765. (Palazzo Chigi, Rome).
Book Review
Obelisks in Exile, I: The Obelisks of Rome [and Gli Obelischi di Roma]
05/1971 | 818 | 113
Pages: 279
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Hibbard, Howard (Hibbard, Howard)
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Obelisks in Exile, I: The Obelisks of Rome; Gli Obelischi di Roma | author: D'Onofrio, Cesare , author: Iversen, Erik