ID: 700009248 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009248	Record Type: Built Work
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Palacio de Bellas Artes (cultural center (building); Adamo Boari (Italian, 1863-1928); Federico Mariscal (Mexican...; designed 1903, completed 1933,...; Mexico City (Distrito Federal, México, North and Central ...;)

Note: Built from the designs of Adam Boari in 1903; completed by Federico Mariscal in 1933. Originally opened in 1934 as Mexico's national theater, the Palacio is known primarily as the home of the Ballet Folklórico and several murals by Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, José Orozco, and Rufino Tamayo.

Titles:

Palacio de Bellas Artes (preferred,C,U,LC,Spanish-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

cultural center (building) [300005135] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, <social and civic buildings>)

theater (building) [300007117]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, performing arts structures, performing arts buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: designed 1903, completed 1933, opened 1934

Creator Display:

Adamo Boari (Italian, 1863-1928); Federico Mariscal (Mexican, 1881-1969 or 1971) [preferred]

architect Boari, Adamo (Italian architect, engineer, 1863-1928) Extent: design [500118520]

architect Mariscal, Federico (Mexican architect, 1881-1971) Extent: execution [500118481]

Locations:

Current: Ciudad de México [7007227] Ciudad de México (national district), Mexico (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 19°26′8.3″N 99°8′28.6″W

Display Materials: facade: Carrara marble; roof: iron; cupola: crystal; interior: marble

	Carrara marble [300011576]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock, marble (rock), <marble by color or pattern>, white marble)

	iron (metal) [300011002]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>)

	crystal (lead glass) [300010814]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, glass (material), <glass by composition or origin>, lead glass)

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: 4 floors; height: 42.5 m to roof (139.4357 feet), 53 m to cupola (173.885 feet)

Cultures:

Mexican (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Neoclassical [300021477] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

	Art Deco [300021426] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Palacio de Bellas Artes	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 86855902, accessed 01 March 2017
	........ Bonet Correa and de la Maza, La arquitectura de la época porfiriana (1980) 80

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Hitchcock, Architecture (1977) 410

....................... Bonet Correa and de la Maza, La arquitectura de la época porfiriana (1980) 80

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rojas, Art and Architecture of Mexico (1968) 45
	..... Hitchcock, Architecture (1977) 410
	..... Bonet Correa and de la Maza, La arquitectura de la época porfiriana (1980) 80