Karen,


In addition to the columns mentioned by Christine Sundt, the William Randolph Hearst at Long Island University also contains measured drawings and blueprints of a 15th century Istrian Balcony now installed at San Simeon (Hearst Castle). Hearst purchased it from Howard Studios in 1922.

They images are not scanned yet. Since its holiday and vacation time, please give us a couple of weeks notice if you are interested.


Best wishes,

Catherine



Catherine Larkin, Ph.D.

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Digital Initiatives and the Art Image Library, Department Head

B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library

Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus

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?Karen - In addition to Greg's resource, your student may find information is some unlikely sources, such as auction records.

Your question reminded me of the cover image we used for an issue of Visual Resources (Vol. XXV, No. 3, Summer 2009), which showed a measured drawing sent to prospective buyers by agents and dealers. This particular drawing of a pair of Cipollino marble columns and a pair of Brescia column is in the archive of William Randolph Hearst at Long Island University. The article "A Reappraisal of the William Randolph Hearst Archive at Long Island University: Information, Preservation, and Access" was written by Catherine Larkin.

Measured drawings also appear in restoration documents, which could be difficult to find, but carry a wealth of information.

Christine Sundt

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Bouchard, Karen <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi All,

I've just returned back to work from vacation and am faced with a really difficult reference question. A student is trying to find measured drawings of Italian Renaissance balustrades.  I keep thinking some kind of resource must exist that shows lots of examples of different parts of buildings (I'd be happy even to find photos, if not drawings). I do have some books like this but have found only a few balustrades. I'd appreciate any suggestions!

thank you,
Karen Bouchard
Brown University

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