Finding aid for the study photographs of ancient architectural sculpture 76.P.7
Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2009
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of ancient architectural sculpture
Creator:
Gordon, Eugene
Creator:
Koch, Guntram
Creator:
Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973
Creator:
Serafis, Emile
Creator:
Getty Research Institute
Creator:
Bini, Barbara
Creator:
Frantz, Alison
Creator:
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.7
Physical Description:
33.2 Linear Feet
(159 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of modern photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of architectural sculpture, mostly detached from
the original location, concentrating on works of the Greek and Roman periods, from the Greek Archaic through the late Roman
Empire (6 century BC-6th century AD). Coverage is most complete for works from sites in Greece and Italy, but the collection
includes images of architectural sculpture from monuments in other countries, including Albania, Algeria, Egypt, England,
France, Germany, Lebanon, Libya, Romania, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.
Language of Material:
English
.
Arrangement
Arrangement is geographical, filed alphabetically by name of modern country, then name of ancient city or site, and monument.
Other Finding Aids
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 55% of the photographs in this collection.
Processing History
Finding aid created in 2009.
Publication Rights
Access
Biographical/Historical Note
In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing
curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from
commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million
photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections.
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of modern photographs of architectural sculpture, mostly detached from the original location, concentrating
on works of the Greek and Roman periods, from the Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6 century BC-6th century AD).
Coverage is most complete for works from sites in Greece and Italy, but the collection includes images of architectural sculpture
from monuments in other countries, including Albania, Algeria, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Lebanon, Libya, Romania, Syria,
Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. The cities for which major documentation of monuments exists are Athens and Olympia in Greece;
Rome (particularly the Ara Pacis Augustae, Arch of Constantine, and Column of Trajan) and Selinus in Italy; Aphrodisias and
Ephesus in Turkey.
The collection includes photographs from numerous sources, including commercial vendors and photographers; research institutions'
archives; excavation campaigns; scholars' archives and collections; and photographic campaigns sponsored by the Getty Research
Institute. Among the commercial vendors and photographers, the most important are: Alinari (including the Anderson and Brogi
archives), Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bulloz, Photographie Giraudon, Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (GFN) Rome, Hirmer Verlag,
Barbara Bini, Alison Frantz, Guntram Koch, and Emile Serafis.
Research institutions' archives from which new prints were made include: Fototeca unione at the American Academy in Rome;
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Athens and Rome; and the American School of Classical Studies, Athens.
Excavation campaigns from which the collection holds selected photographs include those of Princeton University at Morgantina
(Sicily); Bryn Mawr College at Murlo (Italy); the American Academy in Rome at Cosa (Italy); and the photographic record made
by Eugene Gordon of excavations at Heracleia Lyncestra (Yugoslavia) and Aquincum (Hungary) as well as his photos of archaeological
remains at Agrigento and Taormina (Sicily) and Aphrodisias, Aspendos, Ephesus, Perge, and Side (Turkey).
Photographic campaigns sponsored by the repository have contributed extensive coverage of three monuments in Rome. The Column
of Trajan is documented in 1,169 photographs, 977 of which show every 30 cm. of the friezes after cleaning and restoration
carried out in the 1980s. The Arch of Constantine is represented in circa 315 photos and the Ara Pacis Augustae in circa 300
photos. The collection also includes photographs from the repository's Giovanni Becatti and Ludwig Goldscheider archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sculpture, Greek
Sculpture, Ancient -- Italy
Sculpture, Greek -- Italy, Southern
Sculpture, Greek -- Italy -- Sicily
Decoration and ornament, Ancient
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Sculpture, Ancient -- Turkey
Sculpture, Ancient
Turkey -- Antiquities
Italy -- Antiquities
Photographic prints
Poggio Civitate Site (Italy)
Ara Pacis (Rome, Italy)
Trajan's Column (Rome, Italy)
Greece -- Antiquities
Arch of Constantine (Rome, Italy)
Cosa (Extinct city)
Morgantina (Extinct city)
Sculpture, Roman
Sculpture, Roman -- Italy
Goldscheider, Ludwig, 1896-1973 -- Photograph collections
Becatti, Giovanni, 1912-1973 -- Photograph collections
Study photographs of ancient architectural sculpture
box 1
Albania, Algeria, Bulgaria
box 14
Models, modern representations
box 15, box 16, box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21, box 22, box 23
box 27, box 28, box 29, box 30
box 31
Shrine of Eros and Aphrodite
box 31
Temple of Aphrodite Agroteria
box 31
Temple of Roma and Augustus
box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37
box 44
Ikaria, Kalydon, Kerkyra, Knossos, Kos, Lamia, Mycenae
box 44, box 45, box 46, box 47, box 48, box 49, box 50, box 51, box 52, box 53, box 54
box 55
Orchomenos, Philippi, Prinias, Rhodes, Sounion, Sparta, Tegea
box 59
Acquarossa, Adrano, Akragas, Akrai, Alba Fucens, Alba Longa, Antemnae, Aquileia, Aricia, Arretium
box 61
Camarina, Capua, Cava de Tirreni, Cereatae Marianae, Civita Alba, Cumae
box 65
Foce del Sele, Formiae, Frascati, Francavilla Marittima
box 66
Gela, Grottaferrata, Herculaneum, Himera, Kallipolis, Kroton, Lanuvium, Lavinium
box 67
Lokroi Epizephyrioi, Luna, Metaponto, Mevania, Misenum
box 68
Monte Porzio Catone, Morgantina
box 70
Narce, Naxos, Oriculum, Ostia, Paestum
box 72
Praeneste, Puteoli, Pyrgi, Rhegion
box 73, box 74, box 75, box 76, box 77, box 78, box 79, box 80
box 82, box 83, box 84, box 85, box 86, box 87, box 88, box 89, box 90
box 91
Arch of Diocletian, Arch of Hadrian, Arch of Marcus Aurelius
box 92
Arch of Septimius Severus
box 93
Arch of Titus, Arco di Portogallo, Arcus Argentariorum
box 94
Column of Antoninus Pius, Column of G. Duilius
box 95, box 96, box 97, box 98, box 99
Column of Marcus Aurelius
box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103, box 104, box 105, box 106, box 107, box 108, box 109, box 110, box 111, box 112, box 113
box 119, box 120, box 121
box 122
Roselle, San Biago, Satricum
box 123, box 124, box 125
box 126
Sybaris, Syracuse, Tarentum, Tarquinia, Telemon, Tibur, Todi, Tuscana
box 128
Velitrae, Venice, Vibo Valentia, Volsinii Veteres (Orvieto), Vulci
box 131, box 132, box 133
box 137
Aezani, Antioch, Assos, Attaleia
box 142, box 143, box 144
box 145
Euromos, Halikarnassos, Hierapolis
box 146
Hieropolis Castabala, Ilion, Isaura Vetus, Knidos, Kyzikos, Labraunda
box 147
Lagina, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, Magnesia ad Sipylum, Miletos
box 148
Myous, Myrina, Nicaea, Nysa
box 150
Perge, Priene, Sagalassos, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, Seleucia Pieria
box 152
Smintheion, Smyrna, Stratonikea, Synnada, Teos
box 156
Sculpture from unattributed sites held by US museums
