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Disegno della Prima Machina rappresentante in simetria disposti alla publica vista varj de molti e preziosi Monumenti antichi sparsi, e conservati nell'Insigne Palazzo Farnese in Roma: Incendiata per commando di S. E. il Sign[or] D. Lorenzo Colonna, ... nella Vigilia de Gloriosi SS. Apostoli Pietro, e Paolo l'Anno 1762

Posi, Paolo, Palazzi, Giuseppe, Vasi, Giuseppe, Palazzi, Giuseppe [Ill.], Vasi, Giuseppe [Bearb.] · 1762 · 1 picture

A 1762 Italian print from Heidelberg University Library documenting a fireworks machine built in Rome for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, designed by Paolo Posi and Giuseppe Palazzi with an engraving by Giuseppe Vasi. The engraving shows a symmetrical, theatrical facade of classical statues, columns, and urns set on a long balustraded base, with tiny crowds gathered in the foreground, offering a designer a model of festival architecture built as temporary spectacle.

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