Abstract This article examines the collection of neglected nobleman Fabio Fani, based on evidence his inventory drawn up in 1730. Housed Roman palace facing Piazza Borghese, Fabio’s consisted more than 400 paintings, including works by notable artists. Prominent among them were two unusually monumental cycles Benedetto Luti and Luigi Garzi, which now can be reconstructed partly identified with ...

Iranians invented squinches to cover a square-plan space with dome. Filposh, type of squinch first found in Sasanian architecture, is conical vault constructed the transition zone’s corners transmit dome’s forces and weight. This technique can be seen three halls palace Ardeshir. In this paper, geometry zone using filposh between spherical dome square supporting walls Ardeshir Palace was re-exa...

The palace of Ibn ‘Abbād has long been the subject study by numerous specialists, amongst whom its possible location considered to be current site Reales Alcázares Seville (Royal Palace and Fortress Seville). results derived from archaeological interventions carried out in several sectors this palatine complex have led us undertake a review all those studies that dealt with issue, which we must...

It was a fine morning, Queen Victoria observed. After breakfast, she became aware of the crowds congregating outside Buckingham Palace. For this day of thanksgiving, 27 February 1872, the Queen's habitual widow's weeds were trimmed with miniver and her bonnet adorned with white flowers and a white feather. At 12.05 p.m., she took her place, together with the Prince and Princess of Wales and the...

El Fun Palace, el emblemático complejo cultural iniciado en Londres 1961 por Joan Littlewood y Cedric Price cuya agenda iría progresivamente ganando contingencia e inestabilidad hasta 1975, circula sin cesar la investigación académica de arquitectura actualidad. Sin embargo, programa del proyecto que emana archivo papel él aparecen cierto modo neutralizados estos discursos. Este artículo recons...

This article explores a protracted dispute in the exchequer of receipt that initiated lasting procedural reform. The argument revolved around contested narratives history which had direct implications for officers’ fees, rights and status. ferocity has rendered it one most-studied episodes history, yet historians have largely focused on reform dismissed ardour protagonists. recontextualises wit...