Summary Information
At a Glance
Bib ID: | 4079491 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | Wittkower, Rudolf. |
Title: | Rudolf Wittkower
Papers
[ca.
1923]-1978.
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Physical description: | 19.5 linear ft. (ca. 23,200 items in 53 boxes, 8 card
files)
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Language(s): | In English
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Arrangement
Arrangement
Arranged by topic. Boxes 1-32: Series I; Boxes 33-38: Series II; Boxes 39-41: Series
III; Boxes 42-44: Series IV.
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Description
Scope and Content
Working files of Wittkower, dealing with Baroque and Renaissance painting, sculpture,
and architecture. Included are manuscripts, notes, drawings, annotated proofs of
articles and books, and some correspondence related to his writings and lectures. The
majority of the files document his teaching, research, and writing at the University of
London, 1934-1955, and at Columbia University. There are also some manuscript notes from
his early years in Italy and Germany. Series I has been divided into six parts: Artists,
Subjects, Book Manuscripts, Proofs, Notes, and Printed Materials. Some of the major
files are Bernini, Bramante, Carracci, Michelangelo, and Raphael (Artists); Baroque
Painting, Patronage, Rome, St. Peter's, Slade Lectures on the history of art (Subjects);
ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY, BORN UNDER SATURN, and MATTHEWS LECTURES: GOTHIC VS.
CLASSIC (Book Manuscripts). In addition there are proofs of essays and reviews with
manuscript corrections and emmendations, copies of several of his own published works
with his manuscript corrections, and typescript insertions for new editions. The Notes
consist of eight card file boxes with notes chiefly relating to the Baroque period and
Bernini.
Series II consists of manuscripts, typescripts, notes, galleys, and corrected page
proofs of Wittkower's lectures and articles on Renaissance and Baroque sculpture and
architecture, which were edited posthumously by Margot Wittkower for inclusion in
SCULPTURE: PROCESS AND PRINCIPLE (1977) and THE COLLECTED ESSAYS OF RUDOLF WITTKOWER
(1978).
Series III (1992 addition): The correspondence consists of invitations to give lectures,
1955-1971, including the Slade Lectures, 1970-1971; and correspondence and lectures for
the "Congress on Proportion," Milan, 1951. There is the typescript for Wittkower's
bibliography, LITERATURE ON GEORGIAN ARCHITECTURE (1946); a photocopy of page proofs for
the German editions of his ALLEGORY AND THE MIGRATION OF SYMBOLS (1976); and entries and
notes for an unpublished annotated bibliography of works on English architecture from
the 16th through the 18th centuries.
Series IV (1992 addition): Lectures, notes, architectural sketches, and clippings mostly
relating to Palladian architecture are in these files documenting Wittkower's research
from 1950 to 1970 in various cities of North America and Europe, and his teaching in the
U.S. and in Italy.
Series I
(Series I has been divided into six parts: Artists, Subjects, Book Manuscripts, Proofs, Notes, and Printed Materials. Some of the major files are Bernini, Bramante, Carracci, Michelangelo, and Raphael (Artists); Baroque Painting, Patronage, Rome, St. Peter's, Slade Lectures on the history of art (Subjects); Art and Architecture in Italy, Born under Saturn, and Matthews Lectures: Gothic vs. Classic (Book Manuscripts). In addition there are proofs of essays and reviews with manuscript corrections and emendations, copies of several of his own published works with his manuscript corrections, and typescript insertions for new editions. The Notes consist of eight card file boxes with notes chiefly relating to the Baroque period and Bernini. In Series I the contents of the parts overlap. For example, material relating to Bernini can be found in Artists, in Subjects under Rome and St. Peter's, and in Notes.)
Subseries I.5: Notes
(in card file boxes)
Series II
(Series II consists of manuscripts, typescripts, notes, galleys, and corrected page proofs of Wittkower's lectures and articles on Renaissance and Baroque sculpture and architecture, which were edited posthumously by Margot Wittkower for inclusion in
Sculpture: Process and Principle
(1977) and
The Collected Essays of Rudolf Wittkower
(1978).)
Series III: 1992 Addition
(The correspondence consists of invitations to give lectures, 1955-1971 including the Slade Lectures, 1970-1971 and correspondence and lectures for the "Congress on Proportion," Milan, 1951. There is the typescript for Wittkower's bibliography,
Literature on Georgian Architecture
(1946); a photocopy of page proofs for the German editions of his
Allegory and the Migration of Symbols
(1976); and entries and notes for an unpublished annotated bibliography of works on English architecture from the 16th through the 18th centuries.)
Series IV: 1992 Addition: Palladian Architecture and Related Trends
(Lectures, notes, architectural sketches, and clippings mostly relating to Palladian architecture are in these files documenting Wittkower's research from 1950 to 1970 in various cities of North America and Europe, and his teaching in the U.S. and in Italy.)
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Using the Collection
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Access Restrictions
This collection has no restrictions.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least
two business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript
Library reading room.
Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of
the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The
responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Rudolf Wittkower papers; Box and
Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Finding aid available in repository and online.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University
Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Cataloged 09/--/1989 Christina Hilton Fenn
Papers Processed 11/25/1992 KM
Typescript of Art & Architecture... Processed 10/13/2000 HR
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion
June 26, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2014-03-12
XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi
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Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Genre/Form
Subjects
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Architects. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Architecture--Italy. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Architecture. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Art historians. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Art. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Artists as architects. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Artists, | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Arts, Baroque. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Arts, German. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Arts, Renaissance. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Arts--Italy. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Bramante, Donato, 1444?-1514. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Carracci, Agostino, 1557-1602. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Carracci, Lodovico, 1555-1619. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Cathedrals--Italy. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
College teachers. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Columbia University--Faculty. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Painting. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Raphael, 1483-1520. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Rome (Italy)--History. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Sculptors. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Sculpture. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
University of London. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
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History / Biographical Note
History
Rudolf Wittkower (1901-1971) was professor of art history at
Columbia University, 1956-1969.
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