Art objects

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: The Villa Foscari (La Malcontenta) was designed by Palladio between 1555-1560 for Nicolo and Alvise Foscari. The main hall seen here, has a series of frescoes depicting mythological scenes by Giambattista Zelotti. The 'Aura' sculpture is by Zaha Hadid.

NOTES: Chatham Dockyard was established as a Royal Dockyard from 1567. It closed in 1984, but has a number of surviving historic structures ranging in date from the early 18th century to the early-mid 20th century. It is now managed as a visitor attraction.

NOTES: These are two studios designed around a courtyard spanning a gap in a row of terrraced houses for the artists Antony Gormley and Tom Phillips, situated within walking distance of their homes. See RIBA134353 for a colour version of this image.

NOTES: 138 Piccadilly was originally built in 1757-1758 by Matthew Brettingham and was later remodelled by R. S. Wornum in the late 19th century. The new headquarters for the British Rayon and Synthetic Fibres Federation was designed by R. D. Russell to provide office and exhibition space for the Federation.

NOTES: This drawing is a copy after Thornhill. The set of drawings depict two different preliminary and final studies for an oval ceiling compartment (four in total), one pair with additional putti representing Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice. Their postioning suggests that this was for a ceiling of standard Palladio/Jones type with an oval central compartment with square compartments at each end of a type found in both town and country mansions. One has a scale that indicates the oval panel was to be 10 feet long so it is more likely that it was intended for a town rather than a country house.

NOTES: The set of drawings depict two different preliminary and final studies for an oval ceiling compartment (four in total), one pair with additional putti representing Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice. Their postioning suggests that this was for a ceiling of standard Palladio/Jones type with an oval central compartment with square compartments at each end of a type found in both town and country mansions. One has a scale that indicates the oval panel was to be 10 feet long so it is more likely that it was intended for a town rather than a country house.