This great italian theater: shifting from the document to the monument, by Maria Cristina Misiti

“This great Italian Theater”Maria Cristina Misiti

Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte

Lisbona

20 maggio 2010

Crociera

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Courtyard of the college now this part of the building houses the oldest Classical High School of Rome

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The complex of the Collegio Romano

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Entrance main Stairway

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Motto of the Jesuit Order

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opening the door this is what you first see

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Large glass window in the smaller arm of the gallery; a view of the ceiling

Reading room illuminated by the window

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Detailed view of one of the ceiling roses Dragons and cherubs

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Second Reading room at the end of the XIX century

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Mythological bird: the phoenix that arises from the ashes with a laurel wreath crown

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A view from above (2° floor)

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Bust of Rocco Pagliara

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Painting with Masonic symbols

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