Date

1931

Object Type

Photograph

Subject

Academy of Fine Arts Carrara, classroom with exhibition of architectural exercises.

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara

About The Work

The photographic prints document the end-of-year design exercises produced by students of the School of Architecture. These works are displayed on a variety of supports arranged throughout the center and along the walls of the room. The architectural configuration of the classroom, the natural light entering from the left-side windows, and the marble steps located in the rear right-hand corner collectively identify the space as the current painting classroom on the upper floor of the building. Following the restoration undertaken between 1924 and 1934 under the direction of Adolfo Angeli, the rooms on the upper floor corresponding to the Prince’s Palace were allocated entirely to the School of Architecture. Meanwhile, the rooms above the fortress were designated for the art history classroom, the figure drawing classroom, and the sculpture studios. See Laghi Anna Vittoria, L’Accademia di Belle Arti e il suo patrimonio artistico: ipotesi di un percorso, in L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara e il suo patrimonio, exhibition catalogue (Carrara, Palazzo Cybo Malaspina, 27 June – 7 September 2014), ed. by Lucilla Meloni, Anna Vittoria Laghi, Milano, Postmedia Books, 2015, pp. 25-59, ref. pp. 43-44.

Title

SAGGI DI ARCHITETTURA

Subject

Academy of Fine Arts Carrara, classroom with exhibition of architectural exercises.

Creator

Michele Casseri

Date

1931

ShootingDate

1931

Object Type

Photograph

Technique / Support

Gelatin silver print

Original Function

Documentation / teaching tool

Dimensions

mm 200x260

Holding institution

Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara

Unique identifier

ICCD_MIDF_7217353912671