Un Angolo del Giardino della Ville de Paris
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Title Proper/Title Text
Un Angolo del Giardino della Ville de Paris
Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca.
Place of Publication/Creation Place
Turin
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Descriptive Note Text
This image captures a curved, open-air colonnade that sweeps in a graceful arc across the frame, forming the backdrop of an ornamental garden setting. The colonnade shows a row of slender classical columns supporting a low, continuous balustrade. Between several of the columns, the structure opens into rounded arches, giving it a light, almost cloister-like, rhythm.
In front of the colonnade lies a large rectangular reflecting pool, mirroring the architecture and the foliage above. A low platform edges the pool. Flanking the pool and tucked among the column bases are several statues on pedestals — small white classical-style figures, likely allegorical or decorative garden sculptures typical of French Beaux-Arts garden design of the period.
Overhead, mature trees arch over the colonnade, showing the care with which landscape architect Vacherot adapted the design to the existing natural setting.
Several small human figures are visible standing or strolling within the colonnade and near the pool's edge, giving a sense of scale.
The overall effect is that of a refined, semi-formal Beaux-Arts garden "room" designed as a picturesque resting point for visitors strolling through the French pavilion grounds.
Related Work/Label Identification
This photograph was published in Guida ufficiale dell'esposizione internazionale - Torino 1911 (Momo), 165.
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Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)
Current Repository Numbers
CDC-GB-0013-165-1