Tuscany Siena Asciano Casa Corboli. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Secular building dating from 13th-14th cent. In the oratorio are frescoes depicting the 4 seasons and other secular scenes. Antiquities: 2nd century AD polychrome mosaic, mascaron or possible fountain. Two pavement mosaics located in basement of building. They have geometric patterns with linked circles and vegetal rosettes. Four-pointed star, triangle and tongue and dart motifs are located in the border. Squares linked by Solomon's knot. tongue and dart Object Notes: no negatives of Asciano are available, see "Mosaics" for mounted plat
Tuscany Siena Asciano Casa Corboli. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Secular building dating from 13th-14th cent. In the oratorio are frescoes depicting the 4 seasons and other secular scenes. Antiquities: 2nd century AD polychrome mosaic, mascaron or possible fountain. Two pavement mosaics located in basement of building. They have geometric patterns with linked circles and vegetal rosettes. Four-pointed star, triangle and tongue and dart motifs are located in the border. Squares linked by Solomon's knot. tongue and dart Object Notes: no negatives of Asciano are available, see "Mosaics" for mounted plates. Hutzel photo campaign date: July 17, 1982. General Notes: Mounted photos of mosaics are found in Antiquities as well as Hutzel. Additional material in Marburger collection, see nos. 23-24. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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