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TitleRed Monastery church's nave, looking north, after the partial clearance of domestic structures

Creator nameKyrtizi

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date1910

Object typeArchitecture

LocationIstituto Nazionale di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte, Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Accession numberinv. 66810

SubjectsPhotography in archaeologyMonasteries--EgyptArchitecture--Conservation and restoration

StatusCollection Monneret de Villard

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Chapter 19. The Comité: Conserving the Red Monastery Church in the Early Twentieth Century

Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice

The Red Monastery Church: Beauty and Asceticism in Upper Egypt

In 1909 the church of the Red Monastery was subjected to the first documented restoration project in its history, which was carried out by the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe (fig. 19.1). This body, established by Khedive Tawfiq (r. 1879–1892) in...

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Nicholas Warner and Cédric Meurice

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.243-259

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00359.19

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23742&redirecttoanchor=102612

Chapter subject tags:Red Monastery church, Sohag, EgyptArchitecture, Byzantine--EgyptDecoration and ornament, ByzantineArchitecture--Conservation and restoration

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Creator nameDaumet, Honoré

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1859

Object typePrint

LocationÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Villa ruins, restored panorama, looking...

Villa ruins, restored panorama, looking southeast

Water Court, plan of the ruins

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator nameGirault, Charles Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1885

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

LocationÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

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Water Court nymphaeum, sections

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator nameGirault, Charles Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1885

Object typeDrawing

LocationÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Water Court nymphaeum, sections

Water Court, restored plan

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator nameGirault, Charles Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1885

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

LocationÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

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South Theatre, restored aerial view and building details

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Creator namePannini, Giuseppe; Fidanza, Paolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian; Italian

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1753

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

MaterialsEngraving

LocationCalcoGRAFICA, Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome

South Theatre, restored aerial view and...

South Theatre, restored aerial view and building details

Scenic Canal, east colonnaded walkway

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTivoli, Italy

Scenic Canal, east colonnaded walkway

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Creator nameSortais, Louis Marie Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1888–1890

Object typeDrawing

LocationÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

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Uxmal, view of Nunnery (left) and Magician (right)

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Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleArchitect

Object typeArchitecture

LocationYucatán, Mexico

Uxmal, view of Nunnery (left) and...

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Doric Temple Area, restoration

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator roleArtist

Creation date1932

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

Doric Temple Area, restoration

Island Enclosure, retoration in progress

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Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1955

Object typePhotograph

Island Enclosure, retoration in progress

Water Court, longitudinal sections

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Creator nameGirault, Charles Louis

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1885

Object typeDrawing

LocationÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Water Court, longitudinal sections

South Theatre, auditorium and round building elevation, and restored plan

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Creator namePannini, Giuseppe; Fidanza, Paolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian; Italian

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1753

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

MaterialsEngraving

LocationCalcoGRAFICA, Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome

South Theatre, auditorium and round...

South Theatre, auditorium and round building elevation, and restored plan

Ceremonial Precinct, northeast corner, restoration

Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTivoli, Italy

Ceremonial Precinct, northeast corner,...

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Doric Temple Area, restoration

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 24

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1932

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

Doric Temple Area, restoration

Ceremonial Precinct, restoration detail

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Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. AD 118–135

Object typeArchitecture

LocationTivoli, Italy

Ceremonial Precinct, restoration detail

Description: South Theatre, stage building elevations and restored view of the auditorium and...

South Theatre, stage building elevations and restored view of the auditorium and round building

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Creator namePannini, Giuseppe; Fidanza, Paolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian; Italian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1753

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

LocationCalcoGRAFICA, Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, Rome

South Theatre, stage building elevations...

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Calumny of Apelles

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Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1495

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions24 3/8 x 35 7/8 in. (62 x 91 cm)

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Calumny of Apelles

Sacrifice of Isaac

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Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Dimensions17 3/4 x 15 in. (45 x 38 cm)

LocationMuseo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

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Description: Site and partial plans of the Monastery of San Pietro in Montorio, with gardens and...

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Posted by:John Carlson

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Creator roleMapmaker

Creation datec. 1731

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

LocationResearch Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles

Accession numberCollection of Collegio de San Stanislao dei Pollacchi, 92-A79

Site and partial plans of the Monastery...

Site and partial plans of the Monastery of San Pietro in Montorio, with gardens and showing water damage in 1731

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Creator nameBourdais, Jules

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1881

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsWatercolor, Pencil on tracing paper

Dimensions23 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/projet-de-phare-monumental-pour-paris-elevation-56835

Accession numberRF 37306, Recto, RF 37306

Design for a monumental lighthouse for...

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Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1888

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions26 × 32 3/4 in. (66 × 83.2 cm)

LocationMinneapolis Institute of Arts

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1272/port-en-bessin-georges-seurat

Accession number55.38

Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays

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