Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
Le Due Regole della Prospettiva Pratica

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Le Due Regole della Prospettiva Pratica
  • The Two Rules of Practical Perspective
Date1583, published 1644
MediumLeather-bound book with woodcut and engraved illustrations
DimensionsClosed: 14 1/8 × 9 7/8 × 1 in. (35.9 × 25.1 × 2.5 cm)
Open: 14 1/8 × 20 1/4 × 1 in. (35.9 × 51.4 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2012.4
Not on view

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Pan, volume 1, number 3
Verlag Pan
1895
Book with letterpress text and lithograph, etching, collotype, and heliogravure illustrations
2021.707
Book Cover
Marcel Vertès
1926
Book with 12 lithograph illustrations, edition 325/600
80.31.1
Banalitè
Léon-Paul Fargue
1930
Book with illustrations by Roger Parry
87.241
Study for Parade
Peter Blume
1930
Mixed media on illustration board
65.30
Black Bird at Night
Robert Ormerod Preusser
1951
Paint on parchment paper, mounted onto illustration board
93.170
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Dario Robleto
1998–1999
.A: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Aretha Franklin 45 rpm records (You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, Prove It, Chain of Fools), resin, spray paint, engraved silver label .B: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Kraftwerk records (Computer World, The Man Machine, Trans-Europe Express), resin, spray paint, engraved chrome label .C: Cast of found and thrift store trophy parts made with melted Maria Callas records (live recordings of Norma, Madame Butterfly and Tosca), resin, spray paint, engraved brass label
2008.840.A-.D
Untitled
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
1971
Lithograph in black, gray, and red, edition 27/250
76.233.4
Funerary Mask
900–1100 AD
Gold with traces of mercurial oxide and other deposits
80.119
Pillow
c. 1824–1825
Engraved silk and beadwork
B.2004.50
Top overall
coin, Qajar Iran, 1914; bowl, Pahlavi Iran, c. 1970s
Silver; repoussé and engraved
2024.290
Incense Burner
12th century
Bronze; cast, engraved, and pierced
2007.1301
Huqqa Base with Landscape
mid-17th century
Zinc alloy; cast, engraved, and inlaid with silver and brass (bidri ware)
2019.700