Classical Mediterranean Architecture (and its derivation) Any student of architecture, anyone travelling in Europe, especially in the Mediterranean countries, is delightfully confronted with a wide variety of ruins , remnants and, luckily, also some intact samples of classical architecture. Often all we can see are the shambles left after destruction through warfare, through natural catastrophy such as earthquakes and volcano eruptions and through the normal decay passing time has caused over many centuries. But even these remnants show the architectural grandeur of times past. We anticipate the harmonic beauty when the buildings were complete. We realize that architecture follows two main laws, one essential, the other deliberate: static and aesthetic. And we observe in awe and admiration what our long time ancestors have created. Architecture in "modern times", i.e. after the classical periods, has continued along these lines. And we see on this page samples of both. Please enjoy it! Ordering and Payment

Here is an interesting triptychon of St. Peter Basilica in Rome: The outside lateral view, secondly the architectural vertical length section of the same and, thirdly, the architectural vertical section across St. Peter through the cupola. Exterior Latus Vaticanae Basilicae Cum Suis Pilis, et Loculamentis Ac Hemisphaerio Magno Ex Tiburtino Lapide Michaele Angelo Bonarota Architecto. Strong impression. Print has a repair in lower left margin corner. Two original paper creases in right margin. 28.1 x 40.7 cm ( 11 x 16 ") - - - - - Interioris Templi Transversa Brachia A Meride Ad Boream Atque Hemisphaerium Magnum Quatuor Ingentib. Pilis Arcuato Opere Impositum Michaeli Angelo Bonaroto Architecto. Print has repair on lower margin edge. Spotting in lower right margin corner. Light soiling in upper right margin corner. 26 x 27.7 cm ( 10.2 x 10.9 ") - - - - - Interioris Templi Latus Iuxta Suam Longitidinem Ab Ortu as Occasum cum Hemisphaerio Magno Ex Architectuare Modulis Michaelis Angeli Bonarotae Quib Duo Utrinque Addita Sunt Sacella Cum Porticu Ac Vestibulo Carolo Maderno Architecto   Copper engraving by Gio. Colin after Franc. Bufalinos Urbinas, printed in 1684, Io Iacob de rubeis Formis Romae as Rempl. S. M. de Pace. 28.3 x 41 cm ( 11.1 x 16.1 ") The price for the set of three is $ 980.00 Order Nr. ARCHITECTURE5901

Two further architectural views of St. Peter in Rome, both of them on the same page: Entrance to the vestibule of St. Peter and the entrance from the vestibule to the actual church. The left portal marked with a cross is the portal which was opened last during the Holy Year 2000 and has since beennasoned shut. Upper image: 1. Aspectus Interior Porticus Inferioris In Vestibulo Qua Datur Introitus Ad Basilicum. 2. Aspectus Interior Porticus Superioris in !uo Summi Pontificies Populum Benedicere Solent. Copper engraving by Gio. Colin after Franc. Bufalinos Urbinas, printed in 1684, Io Iacob de rubeis Formis Romae as Rempl. S. M. de Pace. Lower image: Aspectus Interior Qua Datur Egressus A Basilica In Porticum. Print has a few light, scattered spots. Small repaired tear on right margin edge. 26.4 x 26 cm ( 10.2 x 10.2 ") $ 230.00 Order Nr. ARCHITECTURE5902

Templi Societatis Iesus Interius Latus Iacobo Barotio Aviniola Arch. (Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola)   Copper engraving by Io. Franciscus Venturinus, 1684. Print has light spotting and browning in outer margins. Original paper crease and thin spot in upper right margin. This is the architectural vertical section of the Jesuit church "Il Gesù" in Rome of the architect Jacobus Barotio Aviniola 31 x 38.5 cm ( 12.2 ") $ 380.00 Order Nr. ARCHITECTURE5903

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