Production and Framing
This section considers how the physical traces of the past are transformed into ruins, sites that are endowed with a particular aesthetic value or historical meaning.
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Johann Huttich
German, 1480(?)1544 Roman ruins at Mainz, Germany Woodcut from Johann Huttich, Collectanea antiquitatum in urbe atque agro Moguntino repertarum Mainz: Ioannis Schoeffer, 1525 85-B26875 |
Anonymous
Imaginary ruins with arcade Woodcut from Sebastiano Serlio, Tutte l'opere d'architettura Venice: Francesco Marcolino da Forli, 1540 85-B6491 |
Charles Estienne
French, 1504(?)1564 Anatomical inset, corpse resting on ruins Woodcut from De dissectione partium corporis humani Paris: Apud Simonem Colinæum, 1545 84-B31171 |
Marco Sadeler
German, active early seventeenth century Interior of the Baths of Caracalla, Rome Engraving from Aegidius Sadeler, Vestigi delle antichità di Roma Tivoli Pozzuolo et altri luochi Rome: Gio. Iacomo de Rossi, 1660 85-B14694 |
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 17201778 Ruins of an ancient tomb and aqueduct circa 1740s Etching 900153B* |
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian, 17201778 Sepulchral urn of Marcus Agrippa circa 1740s Etching 900153B* |
René Jacques Charpentier
French, 17331770 Ruins of classical architecture and tomb Engraving from Jacques-François Blondel, Livre nouveau; ou, Règles des cinq ordres d'architecture Paris: Chés Petit, 1767 93-B6777 |
Georges-Louis Le Rouge
French, active late eighteenth century Cross section of column house, artificial ruin in the Désert de Retz, France Engraving from Détail des nouveaux jardins à la mode Paris: Chez Le Rouge, circa 17761787 88-B1922 |
Georges-Louis Le Rouge
French, active late eighteenth century Column house, artificial ruin in the Désert de Retz, France Engraving from Détail des nouveaux jardins à la mode Paris: Chez Le Rouge, circa 17761787 88-B1922 |
Frederick MacKenzie
British, 1788(?)1854 Theater at Patara, Turkey circa 1840 Drawing, ink and wash, after a sketch by William Gell 840199* |
Frederick MacKenzie
British, 1788(?)1854 Propylon at Patara, Turkey circa 1840 Drawing, ink and wash, after a sketch by William Gell 840199* |
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