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Photograph next hit album of art and architecture of Pisa, Florence, Pavia, Milan, Naples, Pompei, and Fontainebleu, between 1870 and 1880 LSC.94/122

Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 2013.
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Title: Photograph next hit album of art and architecture of Pisa, Florence, Pavia, Milan, Naples, Pompei, and Fontainebleu
Creator: Brogi, Giacomo, 1822-1881, photographer.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.94/122
Physical Description: 1 album 1 album (86 photographic prints) : albumen ; 29 x 38 cm (album)

previous hit Photographs next hit are mounted on rectos and versos of leaves of stiff white cardboard; most previous hit photographs next hit identified by Edizioni Brogi stock photo numbers and captions in negative along lower edges. All but three of the photos carry stock numbers below 8000; previous hit photographs next hit with stock numbers higher than 8000 attributed to Carlo Brogi, after 1881; six pages of the album have been left blank.

Bound in brown pebble-grain clotoh binding;gilt rules on spine and corners; numbered in gold, "20", at base of spine; textured white endpapers.

Spec. Coll. copy: in modern beige cloth clamshell box; printed spine label with title "European views."
Date (inclusive): between 1870 and 1880
Abstract: previous hit Photographs next hit by Giacomo Brogi of the art, architecture, and antiquities of Italy and France, probably created between 1870 and 1880.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9964867023606533 
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Biography/History

Italian engraver and photographer. After working as an apprentice with the engraver Achille Paris during the 1850s, Brogi turned to photography, and established his first studio in Florence in 1856. He produced a series of previous hit photographs next hit of the Holy Land in 1862, and his catalogue of previous hit photographs next hit of Florence and Tuscany appeared in 1878. The following year, in 1879, he began photographing the antiquities and mummies of Pompei. Brogi catered to the tourist trade, with shops in Florence, Rome, and Naples. He exhibited his work widely throughout Europe, and was named "Photographer of the Emperor" by Umberto I. After his death in 1881, Brogi's son, Carlo, with help from his brother Alfredo, continued to manage the firm.

Scope and Content

Views of Pisa (numbered 3300-3499), include the Camposanto, the exterior and interior of the Duomo and Battistero, the Campanile or Leaning Tower, the Church of Santa Maria della Spina, and the Ponte Solferino along the Arno River. In Florence, Brogi photographed the Church of Santa Croce, highlighting monuments to Michelangeo and Dante Alighieri, inside and outside, respectively, as well as the fountains and statuary of the Boboli Gardens, the Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio, facade of the Duomo, a gallery in the Uffizi, a church cloister, and a panoramic view of the city. There are five previous hit photographs next hit of the Certosa di Pavia, including the facade, the sculpture of the choir, and cloister. In Milan, Brogi has captured the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Gothic spires and facade of the cathedral, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, and the triumphal arch, Arco della Pace. Also included are several shots of the ruins of Pompeii: the amphitheater, Casa di Diomede, Casa del Poeta tragico, mosaic fountain in the Casa dell'Orso, and two previous hit photographs next hit of the plaster mummies of Pompeii from the museum there. In Naples, we see the Palazzo Reale, Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola, Certosa di San Martino, Teatro San Carlo, various street and harbor scenes, the bay, the road leading up to Mt. Vesuvius, and Virgil's tomb. The album concludes with views of the Cha?teau de Fontainebleau, near Paris: the gardens, galleries, throne room, apartments of Louis XV, bedchambers of Napoleon I, and Marie Antoinette. Also included are previous hit photographs next hit of many paintings, drawings, and sculptures from museums and galleries in Italy, by artists such as Fra Angelico, Correggio, G. Medrano, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Georges Rouget, and Jacques-Louis David.
Probable range of dates of photos based on Brogi's biographical information; cf. Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography / John Hannavy, ed. (New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2008). A few photos may have been produced later in the 1890s by Brogi's son, Carlo.

Related Material

Part of the previous hit Photograph next hit Album Collection (Collection 94)   in UCLA Library Special Collections.
Additional information on, and images by, Giacomo Brogi widely available online, including websites of the George Eastman House ( www.geh.org  ), the Courtauld Institute of Art ( www.artandarchitecture.org.uk  ), and others. See also Wikimedia Commons ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Catalogue_of_Giacomo_Brogi's_pictures  ) for a catalog of Brogi's previous hit photographs next hit .

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mummies -- Italy -- Pompeii (Extinct city) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Santa Maria delle Grazie (Church : Milan, Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Santa Maria della Spina (Church : Pisa, Italy)
Palaces -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Palaces -- France -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Triumphal arches -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Theaters -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Statues -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Pisa (Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Pavia (Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Florence (Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Milan (Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Arno River (Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Pompeii (Extinct city) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Naples (Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
previous hit Photograph next hit albums
Albumen prints.
Photographic prints
Amphitheaters -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Cloisters (Architecture) -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Public architecture -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Church architecture -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Church buildings -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Architecture -- France -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Architecture -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Art -- France -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Art -- Italy -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Brogi, Carlo, 1850-1925.
Château de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Duomo di Milano -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Edizioni Brogi.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (Milan, Italy) -- previous hit Photographs next hit .
Santa Croce (Church : Florence, Italy)
Teatro alla Scala -- previous hit Photographs .
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