ARCHITECTURE Baroque Caserta at Naples Genoa Scotland

Description: LEGEND TO THE ILLUSTRATIONS, SEE BELOW Print Specifics: Type of print: Intaglio, steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual: 1844Publisher: Johann Georg HeckCondition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). This print had water stains/brownish spots when I received it (see last two photo). I had the print cleaned and stains removed. Dimensions: 9 x 11.5 inches, (23 x 29 cm) including blank margins (borders) around the image.Paper weight: 2-3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: Blank Notes: Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed.Print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print.Photos show the overall view of the print and an enlarged detail. Legend to the illustrations: Figure 1-4. The Palace of Caserta near Naples 5. Court of the Palazzo Saoli in Genoa 6. Plan of the palace of Laeken 7. Plan of the country seat of the duke of Argyle in Scotland 8-13. Market Buildings. Palazzo Caserta Near Naples. One of the largest European buildings of the last century is the Palace of Caserta near Naples. Vanvitelli, or more properly Louis van Witel of Utrecht, planned it and laid the corner stone on the 20th January, 1752. Fig. 1, represents the ground plan of the lower story, fig. 2 that of the main story, fig. 3 the elevation, and fig. 4 the section of the palace. The building has four courts and occupies an area of410,480 square feet. Each of the two principal fronts has a large portal and two side entrances. On every corner is a pavilion of 161 feet in height and in the centre between the courts a dome covering the great vestibule, whose height is 183 feet from the floor. The main story, which is 26 feet high, rests upon a substructure which has two stories, each 18 feet high. The great saloons in the main story extend through the upper building and are 45 feet high. The windows are 5 feet, 6 inches wide in the clear, and are placed 10 feet apart. Those of the main story are 12 feet high. Over this story is still another, 21 feet high, and an intersole, 12 feet high. In the middle of each facade stand four Ionic columns, and as many in the facades of the pavilions, which have flat roofs surrounded by balustrades. The plan of the arcades, which are 45 feet high, and connect the two portals, is magnificent. They have four passages, and in the middle they form the octagonal vestibule which contains the great staircase. At each portal is a vestibule ornamented with eight Corinthian columns. The columns consist each of a single block of ash-grey Sicilian marble. The great staircase, which also leads to the royal chapel, whose ceiling is supported by sixteen Corinthian marble columns, has steps 19 feet, 6 inches long, each of a single block of marble. In one side of the building is a theatre extending through two stories. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any item purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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