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 Lieferbedingungen

No title. Classical architecture capriccio. Copper etching by Giuseppe Galli da Bibiena (1696 - 1757) A diversely talented artist, Bibiena produced theater stage design and classical architecture design of the highest quality. He also planned weddings, obsequies, festivities for the noble and for the Empirial and Royal courts of Vienna and Berlin. This copper etching has been trimmed to the edge of image, thereby loosing title and artists credits. The wide margins have been masterfully added, so that the engravings have the appearance of completeness Except for the described faults and very minor traces of age the images are in very good condition. 29 x 49.7 cm (11.3 x 19.6") $ 600.00 Order Nr. CLASSICALARCHITECTURE234608

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 $ 820.00 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 ") $ 200.00 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 ") $ 320.00 Order Nr. ARCHITECTURE5903

Pisa. - "Veduta del Campanile di Pisa in Toscana" Copper etching by Antonio Verico. Published by Giovanni Battista Guerrazzi. Dated 1816 Text states: the construction beginning in the year 1174 the architects Guglielmo da Norimberga and Bonanno Pisano some of the measurements Further text: Dedication to His Excellency Giovanni Fane Lord Burghersh (General John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland (1784 - 1859). Fane was British Minister to Tuscany in Florence from 1814 to 1830 (among many other posts) The coat of arms shield: Ne vile fano (bring no vile things to the temple) may be John Fane's. The impressive copper etching has hung in our home over 30 years. It has to yield its wall space, alas!, for an equally much cherished gouache of an equally impressive eruption of Vesuvius. Print has narrow margins all around. There are some traces of age like general age toning, some wrinkledness and a few repaired tiny tears along margin edges. 52.8 x 37.6 cm ( 20.8 x 14.8") $ 1800.00 Order Nr. ITALYPISA235060

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