Masterworks of Architectural Drawing from the Albertina Museum
Until 25 February 2018
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Be they Baroque vedutas, magnificent Renaissance buildings, or architectural ensembles like Vienna’s Ringstrasse: since time immemorial, it has been architectural drawings that artists have used both to document the urban and rural past and to envision the future.
The presentation Masterworks of Architectural Drawing provides new insights into this fascinating genre: a selection of around 120 highlights from the ALBERTINA Museum’s important collection of architecture-related works covers a period running from the Late Gothic and the Renaissance to the Baroque and Classicism, to Historicism and Art Nouveau, and continuing all the way to the architecture of the present day. World-famous drawings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Theophil von Hansen, Adolf Loos, Frank Lloyd Wright, Clemens Holzmeister or Hans Hollein and many others reveal the essence and unique qualities of architectural sketches while also showing painters’ compositional takes on and naturalistic perceptions of buildings, architectural ensembles, and cities.
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Masterworks of Architectural Drawings from the ALBERTINA Museum
World-famous drawings by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Theophil von Hansen, Adolf Loos, Frank Lloyd Wright, Clemens Holzmeister or Hans Hollein and many others reveal the essence and unique qualities of architectural sketches while also showing painters’ compositional takes on and naturalistic perceptions of buildings, architectural ensembles, and cities.
Ed. by Christian Benedik
2017
328 Pages
25 x 29 cm | Hardcover
German EUR 15,00
English EUR 15,00
Paul Wilhelm Eduard Sprenger: Interior perspective of a design for the Military Exercise, Industry and Exhibition Hall in Vienna, 1853
Watercolor over preliminary drawing in pencil
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Francesco Borromini: Idealized Study for the Façade of the Oratorio dei Filippini, 1660
Graphite
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Joseph Maria Olbrich: Elevation of the Palace Station of the City Railway at Vienna-Hietzing, 1896/97
Pencil sketch with ink, wash and white highlights
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Adolf Loos: Design for the tower of the Kaiserjubiläums-Gedächtniskirche of Sankt Elisabeth at Mexikoplatz in Vienna, 1898
Pencil
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Adolf Loos: Axonometric projection of a Villa, undated
Pen in black ink, pencil
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Unknown Artist: Elevation of the east façade of the Stark von Röckenhof Town House in Nuremberg, ca. 1530
Pen in black ink, colored wash, opaque white
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Francesco Borromini: Entwurf für die Laterne von Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, 1649–1652
Grafit
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Clemens Holzmeister: Perspektivansicht der Kathedrale von Belo Horizonte, 1942; 1948; 1950
Kohle
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Clemens Holzmeister: Entwurf für eine Kathedrale in Rio de Janeiro, 1952
Bleistift
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Frank Lloyd Wright: Orthogonalansicht der Gartenfront des Landhauses für Dorothy Foster in Buffalo/New York, 1923
Feder und Tusche in Schwarz; Blei- und Buntstift
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Franz Anton Danne: Triumphal Arch for Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresia, 1745
Pen in black ink, grey wash
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Gottfried Semper and Carl von Hasenauer: Orthogonal elevation of the new Hofburgtheater, 1873
Pen and black ink over pencil preliminary drawing, yellow wash
(Permanent loan of the Österreichische Bundestheater Holding, The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Josef Frank: House No. 9 from Thirteen Houses for Dagmar Grill, 1947
Pencil, colored washes
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Josef Frank: Bird’s-eye view and area plan for the Slum Clearance Project in New York Manhattan, New York, 1942
Draft in pencil, watercolor
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Otto Wagner: Elevation of the Main Façade of Berlin Cathedral, 1891
Pen and brush in black ink over pencil preliminary sketch, grey wash
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Hans Hollein: A Dagger into the Heart of the City, 2003
Felt-tip pen, pencil, collage
(The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Watercolor over preliminary drawing in pencil (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Graphite (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pencil sketch with ink, wash and white highlights (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pencil (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pen in black ink, pencil (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pen in black ink, colored wash, opaque white (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Grafit (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Kohle (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Bleistift (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Feder und Tusche in Schwarz; Blei- und Buntstift (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pen in black ink, grey wash (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pen and black ink over pencil preliminary drawing, yellow wash (Permanent loan of the Österreichische Bundestheater Holding, The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pencil, colored washes (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Draft in pencil, watercolor (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Pen and brush in black ink over pencil preliminary sketch, grey wash (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)
Felt-tip pen, pencil, collage (The Albertina Museum, Vienna)