Tag: Jacques Ignace Hittorff

Plates depicting modern Sicilian architecture, modern in 1835, that is. Taken from “Architecture moderne de la Sicile, ou Recueil des plus beaux monumens religieux, et des édifices publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la Sicile” by architects Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Ludwig Zanth. Published in 1835.

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“Élévation de l’école de botanique de Palerme, exécutée à MDCCXC par L. Dufourny Arch.” Page 77. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010714646/page/n77/mode/2up
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“Chaire pour prêcher et fontes d’eau bénite dans la cathédrale de messine.” Page 90. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010714646/page/n90/mode/2up
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“Fontaine de palais de l’archevêque de messine.” Page 108. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010714646/page/n108/mode/2up
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“Porte principale de la cathédrale de messine.” Page 82. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. viahttps://archive.org/details/gri_33125010714646/page/n82/mode/2up
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“élévation de la grande fontaine sur la marine de Messine.” Page 126. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010714646/page/n126/mode/2up
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“Détails de l’église royale de Sainte. Marie Nuova de Monreale.” Page 216. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010714646/page/n217/mode/2up

Ancient temples tricked out in full living color as they were when people worshiped in them. Chromolithographic plates from Jakob Ignaz Hittorff’s “Restitution du temple d’Empédocle à Sélinonte,” which was published in Paris in 1851. A Prussian architect, he cut his artistic teeth drafting for Charles Percier.

Temple of Empedocles at Selinunte. 1851.
Temple of Empedocles at Selinunte. 1851. Plate from “Restitution du temple d’Empédocle à Sélinonte”. Image © Sotheby’s. Fair use license. via http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.165.html/2011/the-library-of-jacques-levy-n08852
Principal elevation of the temple. 1846.
Principal elevation of the temple. 1846. Plate from “Restitution du temple d’Empédocle à Sélinonte,” published in 1851. Image © Royal Academy, London. Fair use license. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/monuments-divers-de-la-cyrenaique-de-larabie-petree-de-la-palestine-de-la
L'Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs. 1846.
L’Architecture Polychrome chez les Grecs. 1846. Frontispiece from “Restitution du temple d’Empédocle à Sélinonte, Paris,” published in 1851. Image © Royal Academy, London. Fair use license. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/monuments-divers-de-la-cyrenaique-de-larabie-petree-de-la-palestine-de-la