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| Michele Parrasio Allegory of the Infante's Birth c. 1575 Prado |
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| Giuseppe Valeriani Design for a Baldacchino 18th century Morgan Library |
Fantasy images from the European past, all tending to a radically decorative vision of architecture. Here is assembled a family of structures prepared to defy utility, root and branch. Their mission is to speak, not to shelter.
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| Hubert Robert Colosseum, Rome 1780s Prado |
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| Luigi Vanvitelli Court with Obelisk 18th century Morgan Library |
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| Gian Paolo Panini Pyramid of Caius Cesto, Rome c. 1730 Prado |
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| Antonio Basoli Design for a Theater Curtain 18th century Morgan |
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| Juan Bautista MartÃnez del Mazo Landscape with Mercury and Herse c. 1660 Prado |
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| Josef Platzer Circular Hall with Dome 18th century Morgan Library |
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| Hendrick Pot Queen Henrietta Maria and King Charles I with the future Charles II c. 1632 Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| attributed to Gabriel de Saint-Aubin Theatrical Divertissement 18th century Metropolitan Museum |
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| Vincent Van Gogh Corridor in the Asylum 1889 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Giuseppe Valeriani Military Camp with Tents 18th century Morgan Library |