michael graves: images of a grand tour

MICHAEL GRAVESimages of a grand tour

brian m. ambroziakwith a foreword by mic hael graves

princeton arc hitectural press, new york

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contents

Foreword, Michael Graves ix

The Necessity for Seeing 1

plates

Rome 16

Other Italian Locales 86

Greece 164

Turkey 174

France 178

Spain 212

United Kingdom 228

The Necessity for Drawing, Michael Graves 235

Volume, Surface, and Plan 247

Biography 255

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The drawings and photographs that follow are grouped by location. Images in Rome are organizedby ten general neighborhoods, including the Janiculum Hill where the American Academy in Romeis located; the Imperial Forums that include the buildings, monuments, and ruins along the Via deiFori Imperiali; the Capitoline Hill leading down to the banks of the Tiber River; the Palatine Hill;Campo Marzio; Vatican City; Tridente defined by the Via del Corso, Via di Ripetta, and Via delBabuino, leading up to the Pincio Hill; Quirinale; the Caelian Hill including the surrounding val-leys; and areas outside of Rome including the Appian Way. Sites in the section entitled “OtherItalian Locales” are grouped by regions, while European destinations are by country.

ROME

“rome”Rome, ItalyMarch 31, 1962

Pencil sketch

left

tempietto del bramanteJaniculum Hill, Rome, ItalyMay 18, 1961

Pen drawing

opposite

fontana dell ’acqua paolaJaniculum Hill, Rome, ItalyMay 30, 1961

Pen and ink wash

this page

flavian amphitheatre,colosseum, nos. 1 and 2Imperial Forums, Rome, Italy1961

Kodachrome slide

opposite

“roma”Imperial Forums, Rome, ItalyOctober 1961

Pen and ink wash

“rome from my studio”Janiculum Hill, Rome, ItalyNovember 26, 1961

Pencil sketch

above

arc h of constantineImperial Forums, Rome, ItalyDate unknownPen and ink wash

opposite

arc h of constantine, obliqueImperial Forums, Rome, ItalyDate unknownPen and ink wash

“basilica ofmaxentius”Imperial Forums, Rome, Italy1960

Pen and ink wash

arc h of septimius severus, nos. 1 and 2Imperial Forums, Rome, Italy1961

Kodachrome slide

roman forumImperial Forums, Rome, ItalyDate unknownKodachrome slide

left

“santa maria di loreto,rome”Imperial Forums, Rome, ItalyJuly 4, 1961

Pen and ink wash

opposite

“santi nome di maria,rome”Imperial Forums, Rome, Italy1961

Pen and ink wash