Rudolf Wittkower Papers [ca. 1923]-1978.

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Bib ID:	4079491 View CLIO record
Creator(s):	Wittkower, Rudolf.
Title:	Rudolf Wittkower Papers [ca. 1923]-1978.
Physical description:	19.5 linear ft. (ca. 23,200 items in 53 boxes, 8 card files)
Language(s):	In English
Access:	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.  More information »

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

Offsite

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.

2009-06-26 File created.

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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Additional Creators

Heading	CUL Archives: Portal	CUL Collections: CLIO	Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID
Wittkower, Margot.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

Genre/Form

Heading	CUL Archives: Portal	CUL Collections: CLIO	Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID
Architectural drawings.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Articles.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Bibliographies.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Card files	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Drawings.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Essays.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Galley proofs.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Lectures.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts for publication.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Notes.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Proofs.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Reviews.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Sketches.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

Subjects

Heading	CUL Archives: Portal	CUL Collections: CLIO	Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID
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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