Temples, Roman - Italy

Date: 1743

From: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]

By: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

Reference: C-091-050

Description: An imaginative reconstruction of the interior of an ancient Roman temple with its altar in the centre distance Focillon 12 Other Titles - Vestibule of an ancient temple, by which one entered the cella, through which one continued to the interior with three main naves. In the distance can be seen the large chapel where the principal altar for sacrifices is situated. [translation] Extended Title - From La prima parte di architetture e prospettive. 1743 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 260 x 349 mm on sheet 383 x 535 mm

Date: 1743

From: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]

By: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

Reference: C-091-064

Description: An imaginative reconstruction of the interior of the temple of the Vestal Virgins with its altar and eternal flame inside a rotunda with colums on the left. A semi-circular staircase rises towards the altar on the right. Focillon 17 Other Titles - Ancient temple devised and drawn in the manner of those which used to be built in honour of the Goddess Vesta; in the centre can be seen the great altar upon which the Vestal Virgins kept the sacred flame burning for ever. [Partial translation] Extended Title - From La prima parte di architetture e prospettive. 1743 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 397 x 253 mm on sheet 542 x 384 mm

Date: 1843

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

By: Parker, Ellen Maria, 1818-1892

Reference: E-295-q-028

Description: Interior view of the ruins of a Roman temple at Pozzuoli, Italy, probably copied by Gideon Mantell's daughter to replace or duplicate another such view, since Gideon's journal of 11 March 1843 mentions the temple. The Mantells never visited Italy. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 181 x 170 mm

Date: 1743 - 1778

From: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]

By: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

Reference: C-091-060

Description: A large square with flights of steps bearing ornamental columns and fountains, a triumphal arch in the right background and an equestrian statue of Augustus Caesar in the right foreground. On the left, a circular temple surrounded by Corinthian columns Focillon 9 Other Titles - Ancient Capitol to which one used to ascend via around 100 steps. In the midst of these steps stand rostral columns, trophies and other ornaments. The temple built by Octavius Augustus can be seen ... [partial translation] Extended Title - Nel mezzo di questi gradini vi e una piazza sopra la quale vi stanno collone rostrale ... Vassi el tempio fabbricato da Ottaviano Augusto nella guerra cantabrica per voto fatto a Giove Tonante... Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 401 x 250 mm

Date: 1830 - 1850

From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]

Reference: E-295-q-027

Description: Roman ruins with three colums beside a pool, surrounded with the remains of other buildings, probably a drawing done for tourists by an obscure Italian artist at Pozzuoli, near Naples. The artist's surname may not be as transcribed above, although the first name is clearly Ercole. Gideon Mantell was studying the ruins at Pozzuoli in March 1843 and the drawing is likely to have been executed and acquired about that date. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil with touches of ink and Chinese white on paper 75 x 112 mm

Date: 1758

From: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 :[Etchings from La prima parte di architteture e prospettive (1743), I grotteschi (ca 1747), Le vedute di Roma (1745-1778), I carceri (1760-1761)] / Giovanni Battista Piranesi inven. et incis. [Rome : G B Piranesi, mid-1760s to early 1770s]

By: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778

Reference: C-091-033

Description: A first century Roman temple Other Titles - View of the Temple of Manly Fortune [translation] Extended Title - From Le vedute di Roma, 1745-1778 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 373 x 581 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 468 x 712 mm

Date: 2002

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; MG business - mercantile gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-089

Description: Shows a Roman temple with the inscription 'Enron' burning as people on the roof play music and make merry. Refers to business ethics, the Enron scandal in America and the burning of Rome. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: [ca 30 Jan 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-05206-F

Description: One of the temples of Paestum, situated about 35 miles from the town of Pompei, Italy, and visited by New Zealanders on leave from the Volturno area, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 30 January 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 30 Jan 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-05207-F

Description: A magnificent example of ancient architecture, this temple of Paestum has been visited by many New Zealanders while camped in the Volturno area in Italy, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 30 January 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [ca 30 Jan 1944]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004

Reference: DA-05208-F

Description: One of the temples of Paestum, in Italy, visited by New Zealanders on leave from the Volturno area, during World War II. Photograph taken circa 30 January 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative