St Maris dell'Ammiraglio Palermo
- DC 073/1/28
- Item
- 2005
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Scene with angels and guiding star. Message inside.
Bliss, Rosalind
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St Maris dell'Ammiraglio Palermo
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Scene with angels and guiding star. Message inside.
Bliss, Rosalind
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Conrad McKenna’s correspondence and materials relating to The Glasgow Summer School held in San Gimignano during his various teaching roles at The Glasgow School of Art. Including a combination of typed and hand written materials, newspaper clippings, floor plans and printed ephermera. Including correspondence in English and Italian with: The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert Gordons Institute of Technology, Universita Italiana per Stranieri, Provincial Tourist Office – Sienna, Societa Dante Alighieri, Convento S. Agostino, Comune Di Bresica, Intercultural and Permanent Education Centre (San Gimignano), and Professor Mario Serchi. Correspondence generally details travel and accommodation arrangements, itineraries and costings for The Summer School at San Gimignano alongside its relationships and partnerships with individuals and institutions. Selections of correspondence detail Italian students’ visit to Scotland. Also includes correspondence with the Intercultural and Permanent Education Centre, San Gimignano, detail Draft Articles of Association; an account of The Glasgow Summer School in 1969 by Douglas Percy Bliss, which describes San Gimignano, the Church of Saint Agostino where the school was held and accommodated and the school’s interaction with the local population. A typed account of the origins of The Summer School at San Gimignano by Conrad McKenna is also included. Printed ephemera includes two brochures from 1969 and 1971 detailing itineraries, arrangements and costs of The Glasgow Summer School.
McKenna, Conrad
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This report details architecture student Harry A Wheeler's experiences when he travelled to Italy after being awarded the John Keppie Scholarship in 1948. The John Keppie Scholarship gave a bursary of £100 to one architecture student per year to fund a study trip of their choice. The focus of Wheeler's project was Loggias in Florence, Rome and Venice and the report gives biographical information on each Loggia studied. The beginning of this report lists 48 accompanying drawings.
Wheeler, Sir Harry Anthony
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
These folders contain drawings produced by Harry Anthony Wheeler when he travelled to Italy after being awarded the John Keppie Scholarship in 1948. The John Keppie Scholarship gave a bursary of £100 to one architecture student per year to fund a study trip of their choice. The focus of Wheeler's project was Loggias in Florence, Rome and Venice. Included are 5 "plottings" of the Loggia La Badia near Florence, Wheeler's original portfolio case and 48 loose plates of drawings and photographs which are listed below: Plate 1: Drawing of the courtyard, cortile, open staircase, gateway and loggia of The Bargello Palazzo Del Podesta in Florence. Plate 2: Drawing of the Loggia Bargello in Florence. Plate 3: Drawing of the Loggia Dei Lanzi in Florence. Plate 4: Entrance to the Loggia Dei Lanzi in Florence. Plate 5: Detail of Lion on columns in the Loggia Dei Lanzi in Florence. Plate 6: Loggia Bigallo in Florence. Plate 7: The Ponte Vecchio in Florence. Plate 8: The Pazzi Chapel in Florence. Plate 9: Plan and Elevation drawing of Loggia La Badia near Florence. Pencil and watercolour on white paper. Plate10: Drawing of an elevation of Loggia La Badia in Florence. Wheeler has added comments to this drawing about materials and techniques. Pencil and watercolour on white paper. Plate 11: Drawing of section detail of the Loggia La Badia near Florence. Wheeler has added comments to this drawing about materials and techniques. Pencil and watercolour on white paper. Plate 12: Detail of Stone Bracket, Loggia La Badia near Florence. Plate 13: Detail of Capital, Loggia La Badia near Florence. Plate 14: Four small photographs (mounted) of Loggia La Badia near Florence. Plate 15: The Dome of The Duomo from The Cloisters, San Lorenzo in Florence. Plate 15a: The Dome of the Medici chapel and church of S.Lorenzo from Giotto's Campanile in Florence. Plate 16: Loggia Ospedale Degli Innocenti in Florence with Della Robbia's Bambini Medalions in the spandrils. Plate 17: Loggia Ospedale Degli Innocenti in Florence. Plate 18: Cloisters, Covent of S. Marco in Florence. Plate 19: Loggia, Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. Plate 20: Small mounted photographs of the Pitti Palace Loggia in Florence. Plate 21: Small mounted photographs of the Uffizi Logia in Florence. Plate 22: Small mounted photographs of Loggia Fiesole in Florence. Plate 23: Small mounted photographs of Loggia S.Giovanni Laterno and Loggia Palazzo Venizia in Rome. Plate 24: Ink drawing of Michaelangelo's Cloister, the National Roman Museum in Rome. Plate 25: Ink drawing of a corner of Michaelangelo's Cloister in Rome. Plate 26: Two small mounted photographs and one drawing of Michaelangelo's Cloister in Rome. The drawing is a study of the columns. Plate 27: Small mounted photographs of Vignola's Loggia's in Campidoglio in Rome. Plate 28: Drawing and a small mounted photograph of The Loggia on the South West side of the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. Plate 29: The Loggia of the Knights of Rhodes in Rome. Plate 30: Small mounted photographs of the Cortile Cancelleria and the Cortile Doria Panfili in Rome. Plate 31: Drawing of the Loggia of Julius II S.Angel's Castle in Rome. Plate 32: Small mounted photographs of the Loggia of S.Angel's Castle in Rome and two modern Loggia's. Plate 33: Drawing of the open arcading on the south west corner at The Doge's Palace in Venice. Plate 34: Drawing of "The Judgement of Solomon" carved in fine grained marble for The Doge's Palace in Venice. Plate 35: Small mounted photographs of The Doge's Palace in Venice. Plate 36: Drawing of The Ca' d'Oro in Venice. Plate 37: Drawings of details from The Ca' d'Oro in Venice. Plate 38: Small mounted photographs from the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. Plate 39: Small photographs of the facades of palaces in Venice. Plate 40: Drawing of the corner of St Mark's Library in Venice. Plate 41: Pencil drawing of Loggetta Venice. Architect Jacopo Sansovino. Plate 42: Five small photographs of the Library Vecchia, Procuratie Vecchie, Loggetta del Sansovino, Arcading alongside Rialto Bridge and the Palazzo Rezzonico in Venice. Plate 43: Two photographs and a pencil and watercolour drawing of Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo in Venice. The first photograph is of the foot of the staircase with comments by Wheeler about the contrasting brick and stonework textures. The second photograph is the interior of the building's Loggia and the drawing is of the building's facade. Plate 44: Six photographs, four of the Cloister S. Stephano and two of the Cloister S.Carmine in Venice. Plate 45: Five photographs of the Pescheria in Venice. The photographs feature the detail of the Capital Fish's Head Moteif on top of a column, timber brackets, Ca' d'Oro seen from the market, the top Loggia looking over the Grand Canal and some Arcading. Wheeler has commented that the Arcading is Modern Gothic and features textured brickwork. Plate 46: Five small mounted photographs. The photographs feature the sotto portico (meaning under the porch) of the Scuola Giorgo degli Schiavoni with one photograph featuring Wheeler's comments on the alternating column shapes, a Loggia near Ponte Lungo, a colonnade near San Francesca della Vigna and the Cloisters of the Monestry adjoining San Maria Maggiore in Venice. Plate 47: Four small mounted photographs. The photographs feature; A portico with a balcony Loggia above with Wheeler's comments that it is Venetian Gothic, a potico with an arcade above with Wheeler's comments that it is Venetian Byzantine, a Loggia of Modern Building with Wheeler's comments that it is Gothic style and some modelled timber brackets above columns.
Wheeler, Sir Harry Anthony
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Includes Harry Anthony Wheeler's travel report, a portfolio of drawings and the portfolio cover.
Wheeler, Sir Harry Anthony
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Includes Pamela Mitchell's Travel Report.
Mitchell, Pamela
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This report details student Pamela Mitchell's experiences when she traveled around Europe for three months upon receiving a travelling scholarship at The Glasgow School of Art in 1959. Mitchell was a student at the School between 1955 and 1959 and studied Textiles. She received the Haldane Travelling Scholarship which was a cash sum of £75. She visted the cities of Copenhagen, Hamburg, Basle, Milan, Venice, Florence, Ravena, Porto Garibaldi, Ferrara, Verona and Paris. The report is coherantly laid out with details of the time spent in each of these cities.
Mitchell, Pamela
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This report details student Christopher Grant's experiences when he travelled around Europe for six months upon receiving a travelling scholarship at The Glasgow School of Art in 1957. Grant recieved the Travelling Scholarship for Post-Diploma students which was the value of £120. Grant was a commercial art student at the School between 1952 and 1957. He used his traveling scholarship to visit the countries of Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Italy and France. His report is coherantly split into details of the time spent in each of these countries with title pages featuring the stamps of the different countries.
Grant, Christopher
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Includes Christopher Grant's Travel Report.
Grant, Christopher
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This report details architecture student E. Mc Laren's experiences when travelling to Italy upon receiving the John Keppie Scholarship in 1947. The account is beautifully illustrated with his own photographs and highly detailed drawings in pencil, pen and watercolour.
McLaren, E
Travel reports and various itinararies
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This folder contains two travel reports produced by Douglas Percy Bliss when he visited Italy as well as Denmark and Sweden in 1957. It also contains several travel itineraries specific to different countries. These were presumably created as a starting point for bursary winning students going to particular countries. The are very detailed, advising students about particular areas of interest for their studies as well as offering advice about where to stay, how to use public transport and where to go for help. Within this folder are itineraries for London, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Italy and Belgium. In addition, the folder contains general information about staying in the Halls of Residence at the National College of Rubber Technology in London.
Bliss, Douglas Percy
Decorative art poster from Turin Exhibition
This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014.
Bistolfi, Leonardo
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mat in 'Venetian' lace (Version 1)
Part of Records and textiles of the Needlework Development Scheme
*Not available / given
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Includes E. McLaren's Travel Report.
McLaren, E
Blind Window, Certosa di Pavia
Painted on Mackintosh's tour of Italy in 1891 with Alexander 'Greek' Thomson travelling scholarship.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Sketch of (Italian) decorative panels
Italian subject matter. A study from Mackintosh's tour of Italy in 1891 as part of the Alexander 'Greek' Thomson travelling scholarship.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
View of town seen from the roof tops with entrance gate in background.
Selby, Frederick
View looking towards Sant'Agostino.
Selby, Frederick
Courtyard with loggia and tower beyond.
Selby, Frederick
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
View of Basilica looking towards the colonnade.
Selby, Frederick
View over the town's skyline.
Selby, Frederick
Montefalco, near Perugia, Italy
Study of town buildings with church tower in the background.
Selby, Frederick
Study of a park.
Selby, Frederick
Garden study.
Selby, Frederick
Small street lined with trees. Possibly same view as NMC/144.
Selby, Frederick
Street lined with trees and small building in background.
Selby, Frederick
Looking towards the Piazza Grande.
Selby, Frederick
View over San Pietro from the roof tops.
Selby, Frederick
View over the town's skyline.
Selby, Frederick
View of town seen from the roof tops.
Selby, Frederick
View of the main piazza.
Selby, Frederick
Tower, roof tops and hills.
Selby, Frederick
Tower, roof tops and trees.
Selby, Frederick
Small street lined with trees, looking towards Lighthouse.
Selby, Frederick
View across Grand canal.
Selby, Frederick
View of town with fields to the foreground.
Selby, Frederick
Italian (Tuscan?) farm house with olive groves.
Selby, Frederick
View of Sant'Agostino.
Selby, Frederick
View towards Sant'Agostino.
Selby, Frederick
View of the Basilica from across the square.
Selby, Frederick
View of church tower and roof tops.
Selby, Frederick
Town square with cars.
Selby, Frederick
View over Venetian rooftops, looking towards St Marks Basilica.
Selby, Frederick
Burnt-out train wagons.
Selby, Frederick
Bomb damaged building, Ancona, Italy
Ruins of large, three-storey building.
Selby, Frederick
Ruins of building, Ancona, Italy
Rubble of bomb damaged building.
Selby, Frederick
Bomb damaged building, Ancona, Italy
Fire-blackened three storey building.
Selby, Frederick
View of Venice. Published by R.H. Laurie and Jas. Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
*Not available / given
View of Florence. Published by R.H. Laurie and Jas. Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
*Not available / given