Genova

Firenze

San Gimignano

OrvietoSiena

RomaLondon

EdinburghPraha

VeneziaVerona

Vicenza

Milano

Murano

Vienna

Dublin

Berlin

Paris

1.18 4.22

2.05 2.13

2.17 3.21

3.26 4.03

1.18 4.22

2.05 2.13

2.17 3.21

3.26 4.03

Genova

Firenze

San Gimignano

OrvietoSiena

Roma

Milano

LondonEdinburgh Dublin

Praha

Berlin

Paris

VeronaVicenza

Venezia Murano

Vienna

The following documentation of sketches spans my 2011 spring semester & captures significant pieces of art & architecture that I saw during my travels around Italy & Europe. I chose to use INK on paper as the Principle media to represent architectural elements of my environment.

The first section encompasses assigned sketches of Genova that were completed between January and April.

“The Villa” Genova, Italia

“Castelletto 1” Genova, Italia

“Piazza de Ferrari” Genova, Italia

“Palazzo Ducale” Genova, Italia

“Chiesa di San Matteo” Genova, Italia

“Staglieno Cemetery” Genova, Italia

“Palazzo Bianco” Genova, Italia

“Palazzo Bianco” Genova, Italia

“Garibaldi Door” Genova, Italia

“Porta Soprana” Genova, Italia

“Convent of St Augustine” Genova, Italia

“Castelletto 3.1” Genova, Italia

“Castelletto 3.2” Genova, Italia

“Harbor Contour” Genova, Italia

“Piano Harbor Project” Genova, Italia

“Atop Duomo di Milano” Milano, Italia

“Castelletto 2” Genova, Italia

“Piazza Giacomo Matteotti” Genova, Italia

“Villa Finale” Genova, Italia

On our first trip as a Class, we toured Tuscany & then traveled south to Rome. The subjects of these sketches span from Ancient to modern times & come mostly from Rome & Florence.

“Duomo di Brunelleschi” Firenze, Italia

“Duomo di Brunelleschi 2” Firenze, Italia

“Duomo from Santa Maria Novella 1” Firenze, Italia

“Duomo from Santa Maria Novella 2” Firenze, Italia

“Door in Duomo Di Siena” Siena, Italia

“San Miniato al Monte” Firenze, Italia

“Piazza de Cisterna” San Gimignano, Italia

“Via Del Duomo” Orvieto, Italia

“Colosseo Contour” Roma, Italia

“Colosseo” Roma, Italia

“Colosseo window” Roma, Italia

“Santa Luca e Martina” Roma, Italia

“Vittoriano” Roma, Italia

“Il Tempio Della Concordia” Roma, Italia

“Santa Chiara Elephant” Roma, Italia

“Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI Museum” Roma, Italia

Weekends & Breaks allowed me to independently travel to destinations all over Europe including Paris, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Prague, & Berlin. The following sketches are of some of the many great things I saw in The time spanning across February & March.

“Golden Statue at Alexander III Bridge” Paris, France

“St Paul’s Station” London, England

“St Paul’s Contour” London, England

“Futurism Man at the Tate” London, England

“Sculpture at the Tate” London, England

“Sir Jacob Epstein’s ‘Rush of Green’” London, England

“High Street Cathedrals” Edinburgh, Scotland

“View from the Castle” Edinburgh, Scotland

“Calton Hill” Edinburgh, Scotland

“Samuel Beckett Bridge” Dublin, Ireland

“Brandenburger Tor” Berlin, Germany

“Eisenman Holocaust Memorial” Berlin, Germany

“Libeskind Jewish Museum” Berlin, Germany

“Fred & Ginger” Praha, Czech Republic

On our final class trip from March 26th to April 3rd, we traveled from Vienna, Austria down through northern Italy via Venice, Vicenza, & Verona. My sketches here capture some of the aspects of Venice that make it so unique as well as architecture from ancient to modern times.

“view from hotel terrace” Venezia, Italia

“San Giorgio Maggiore” Venezia, Italia

“San Marco Cathedral” Venezia, Italia

“San Pietro Martire Tower” Murano, Italia

“San Giorgio Maggiore” Venezia, Italia

“Duomo by Villa Barbaro” Vicenza, Italia

“Duomo through streets” Vicenza, Italia

“Rotonda Window” Vicenza, Italia

“Rotonda Elevation” Vicenza, Italia

“Scarpa Brion Door” Vicenza, Italia

“Colosseo” Verona, Italia

“Five Bright Monkeys” Vienna, Austria

Special Thanks to Joe McNeill& Dr henrique Houayek

Special Thanks to Joe McNeill& Dr henrique Houayek

Sketch ChroniclesJim GrahamSpring 2011