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New light on the production of ‘Il Tempio Vaticano’
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 22-30
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Author:
Antinori, Aloisio (Antinori, Aloisio)
Subjects
artists:
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714 / Specchi, Alessandro / Delino, Simone Felice
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy / Piazza San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1660-1719
media:
Books / Book illustrations
patrons:
Innocent XI, Pope, 1611-1689
places:
Rome
subjects:
Italian architecture / Obelisks
Illustrations
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Western art unattributed:
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).
Short Notice
Drawings by Carlo Fontana for the 'Tempio Vaticano'
06/1987 | 1011 | 129
Pages: 391-393
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Author:
Marías, Fernando (Marías, Fernando)
Subjects
artists:
Fontana, Carlo, 1634-1714
buildings:
Piazza San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1650-1749
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian architecture / Architectural drawings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
53. Fifth Solution for the Third Arm of Piazza San Pietro, Rome, by Carlo Fontana. Ground Plan, Drawing No.28. (Real Biblioteca, Madrid).
Attributed works:
54. First Solution for the Third Arm of Piazza San Pietro, Rome, by Carlo Fontana. Drawing No.36. (Real Biblioteca, Madrid).
Attributed works:
55. Second and Third Solutions for the Third Arm of Piazza San Pietro, Rome, by Carlo Fontana. Drawing No.38. (Real Biblioteca, Madrid).
Attributed works:
56. Fourth Solution for the Third Arm of Piazza San Pietro, Rome, by Carlo Fontana. Drawing No.37. (Real Biblioteca, Madrid).
Book Review
Piazza San Pietro
08/1982 | 953 | 124
Pages: 514
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Reviewer:
Shawe-Taylor, Desmond (Shawe-Taylor, Desmond)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
buildings:
Piazza San Pietro, Rome, Italy
buildings:
Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1699
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian architecture / Urban planning / Squares
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Piazza San Pietro | author: Birindelli, Massimo
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The Origin of the Oval in Bernini's Piazza S. Pietro
12/1979 | 921 | 121
Pages: 796-801
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Author:
Kruft, Hanno-Walter (Kruft, Hanno-Walter)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
artists:
Dupérac, Etienne
buildings:
Piazza San Pietro, Rome, Italy
dates:
1600-1649
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
Italian architecture / Squares
subjects:
Visual sources / Roman (ancient) architecture
subjects:
Ager Vaticanus (historical region)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
37. Piazza S. Pietro, Rome, by Gianlorenzo Bernini.
Attributed works:
39. The Vatican Area, from Roma antica, by Etienne Dupérac. 1574.
Attributed works:
40. The Vatican Area, from a Sketchbook by Etienne Dupŕeac.
Non-western art unattributed:
36. The Ka'ba in Mecca. Fayence. (Benaki-Museum, Athens).
Western art unattributed:
35. Piazza S. Pietro, in a Postcard of the Holy Year 1975.
Western art unattributed:
38. The 'Circus Neronianus' in the Reconstruction of the 1600 Rome Guide.