proposal part b - The Bernstein Project
proposal part b - The Bernstein Project
proposal part b - The Bernstein Project
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CIP-ICT PSP Call 4 15<br />
Pilot B<br />
[Imperialle]<br />
Jean-Baptiste Lepère (1761–1844) was an architect and draftsman in the service of Napoleon Bona<strong>part</strong>e. In<br />
1798, he and many other scientists, engineers, and architects joined Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt. During his<br />
sojourn there, Lepère produced sketches and studies of high artistic and scientific value. Today they are<br />
considered a mandatory source for architects, antiquarians, archaeologists and Egyptologists, as well as for<br />
anyone interested in Egypt and French history. More than 50 of his drawings were used as prints in the famous<br />
Description de l'Égypte, the compendium written as a result of Napoleon’s stay in Egypt. With this publication,<br />
the new discipline of Egyptology was established. In addition, Lepère also designed numerous contemporary<br />
buildings (e.g. a hospital in Alexandria, a grain warehouse in Cairo, as well as an innovative type of windmill).<br />
About 300 prints will be made available for Europeana.<br />
Jakob-Ignaz Hittorff (1792 Cologne –1867 Paris) was an architect who defined the cityscape and skyline in<br />
Paris of the 19 th century. <strong>The</strong> collection at the WRM includes the plans and designs that Hittorff developed for<br />
the city of Paris from 1810 until his death in 1867. His work is an excellent example of cultural links between<br />
Germany and France and Europe in general. Hittorff’s plans for the Place de la Concorde, the Champs Elysées,<br />
and the Place de l'Etoile played a crucial role in the expansion of Paris. Hittorf’s oeuvre provides a deep insight<br />
into urban development of the 19 th century. His work also had a deep impact on the development of other cities,<br />
including London, Vienna, Barcelona, and Turin. Surprisingly, Hittroff’s importance is little known and a<br />
comprehensive scholarly review of his graphic work is still lacking. <strong>The</strong> digitisation and publication of his<br />
drawings will bring Hittdorff back to the awareness of people today. As a first step, a selection of 300 sheets<br />
from the collection at the WRM, which totals 8,000 sheets, will be digitised during the project.<br />
Many of the works by Lepère and Hittdorff need intensive and expensive restoration because of heavy fungal<br />
decay.<br />
Azienda U.S.L. Roma “E”- Biblioteca Lancisiana (BL) and Istituto Centrale per il Restauro e la<br />
Conservazione del Patrimonio Archivistico e Librario (ICPAL)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Library in the Palazzo del Commendatore Lancisiana is considered one of the most important collections of<br />
historical medical writings in the world. <strong>The</strong> library was established in 1714 by the personal physician of the<br />
Pope, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, and one year later the Accademia di Medicina e Chirurgia was founded at the<br />
same site. Hereafter the library quickly became a famous research centre, studying in <strong>part</strong>icular malaria<br />
therapies – one of the most common maladies in Italy at that time. Important donations were made to the library<br />
by Louis XIV, Cosimo III de’ Medici and Furstenberg, and today the library collection includes a huge number<br />
of manuscripts and medical books. Lancisi was the personal physician of three popes. He collected books,<br />
manuscripts and texts from all over Europe. <strong>The</strong> library represents the state of the art in medicine of the 18 th<br />
century. Beautifully illustrated herbaria and books with artistic and scientific medical and anatomical drawings<br />
are of interest not only for scholars, but also the wider public. Approximately 1,000 sheets of high aesthetic<br />
appeal will be selected from the huge collection, and will be digitised and augmented with metadata.<br />
Bibliotheca Hertziana (HERTZ)<br />
<strong>The</strong> Library of the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for the History of Art) holds the most complete<br />
collection of books and visual materials on the art and culture of Italy in the world, with over 300,000 volumes,<br />
both rare and modern, in many languages. One of the greatest strengths of the library is the Vedute d’Italia<br />
(views of Italy), which is a collection of 16 th - to 19 th -century prints displaying urban, architectural, and<br />
landscape images of all regions in Italy. <strong>The</strong>se graphic representations were produced by European artists –<br />
chiefly Italian – for the aesthetic pleasure and education of the European elite. In the days before the invention<br />
of photography, the graphic medium was the principle means for transmitting images of famous monuments,<br />
works of art, and landscapes. A market quickly grew to fulfil the demand for such views of the Italian<br />
peninsula, both for Europeans who had visited Italy, but also those who had not, these graphic images<br />
becoming the basis for the European impression of Italy. For over four centuries they had an enormous impact<br />
on the development of taste, style, and knowledge in all of Europe. Although these images are of artistic<br />
masterpieces and ideal landscapes, at the same time most are in themselves masterpieces of graphic art, some<br />
reflecting remarkable creativity and the highest levels of graphic technology of the period. While during their