GALLERIA

IMPOSSIBILE

LA FAVORITA

An Impossible Gallery: The Favourite. A kind visit to:

Ferdinando Galli da Bibbiena (1657-1743),

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni (1683-1735),

Giuseppe Galli da Bibiena (1696-1756),

Carlo Galli Bibiena (1728-1778),

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799),

David Roberts (1796–1864),

and Louis Haghe (1806–1885).

Finished or defined like limited,

and unfinished as Infinite.

Ferdinando Galli da Bibbiena (1657-1743):

"Vaulted Hall with Candelabra".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, U.S.A.

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696-1756):

"Elevation for a Catafalque Surmounted by Squat Obelisk,

Decorated with Statues of Putti and Female Figures".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, New York, U.S.A.

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696-1756): "Design for a Stage Set:

Longitudinal Section and Plan of amphitheater and Stage".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY, U.S.A.

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni (1683-1735): "Design for the Salon of

the Pleasure Pavilion at Favorita in Ludwigsburg", 1718.

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC,New York, U.S.A.

Donato Giuseppe Frisoni (1683-1735): external view of The Favorite Castle in Ludwigsburg, Germany, 1717-23. Source: Wikipedia.

Carlo Galli Bibiena (1728-1778): "Foreshortening of a Library".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, New York, U.S.A.

Ferdinando Galli da Bibbiena (1657-1743): "Stage Setting with Ballet".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY, U.S.A.

Ferdinando Galli da Bibbiena (1657-1743): "Design for a Stage Set".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY, U.S.A.

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696-1756): "Elevation of a Catafalque".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, New York, U.S.A.

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696-1756):

"Design for a Stage Set with a Monumental Arcaded Courtyard".

Source: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, New York, U.S.A.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799): "Cénotaphe dans le genre égyptien: élévation perspective: projet n° 17", detail.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

In the visionary film "Blade Runner", directed by Ridley Scott, 1982, it is evident the reference to the Boullée's visionary pyramids, however with a different interpretation of millennial idea of pyramid.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799): "Cénotaphe dans le genre égyptien: élévation perspective: projet n° 17".

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Entrée d'un cimetière: élévation", 1781-1793, detail.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

In the film "Blade Runner 2049", directed by Denis Villeneuve, 2017, it's evident the reference to the Boullée's visionary pyramids, however with a new revolutionary interpretation of millennial idea of pyramid.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Cénotaphe: élévation géométralee: projet n° 16", detail.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Étienne-Louis Boullée: "Coupe du Cénotaphe: projet n° 15".

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Chapelle des morts: élévation géométrale: projet n° 22", detail.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Monument funéraire caractérisant le genre d'une architecture

ensevelie: élévation géométrale: projet n° 24".

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

In the film "Blade Runner 2049", directed by Denis Villeneuve, 2017,

it is evident the reference to the Boullée's visionary pyramids. 

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799): "Entrée de la Bibliothèque Nationale: élévation de la façade, rue Colbert: projet n° 9".

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

The successive reference to the Merchants' National Bank, Grinnell, Iowa, USA, 1914, of Louis Henry Sullivan (1856-1924), is evident.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Deuxième projet pour la Bibliothèque du Roi", 1785, detail.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

The reference to the Pantheon in Rome, 113-125 AD, is immediate:

oculus (clerestory) and coffers.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Vue intérieure de la nouvelle salle projetée pour l'agrandissement

de la Bibliothèque du Roi: perspective intérieure: projet n° 9", 1785.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Projet du Pont Louis XVI" (actuel pont de la Concorde), 1787, detail.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799):

"Porte triomphale: élévation, perspective", 1781-1793.

Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France.

David Roberts (1796–1864):

"Bethlehem", 1839.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

David Roberts (1796–1864):

"Convent of the Terra-Santa, Nazareth", 1839.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

David Roberts (1796–1864): "Hebron", 1839.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

David Roberts (1796–1864): "Jerusalem", 1839.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia:

Bazaar of the Silk Mercers, Cairo", 1848.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia:

Interior of the Mosque of the Metwalys", 1849.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia: Dendera", 1847.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia: Pyramids of Gizeh", 1838.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia:

The Hypaethral Temple at Philae, called the Bed of Pharaoh", 1848.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885):

 "Egypt and Nubia: Great Hall at Karnak, Thebes", 1838.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia: Ruins of Karnac", 1847.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia: Kom-Ombo", 1846.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia: View from under

the Portico of the Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt", 1838.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia: Edfou", 1846.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Louis Haghe (1806-1885): "Egypt and Nubia: Hadjar Silsilis", 1838.

Source: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.