Royal Palace, Caserta: the Scala Regia
Architect/Designer | Vanvitelli, Luigi (1700-1773) |
Artist/Photographer | Smith, Edwin (1912-1971) |
Country | Italy |
City | Caserta |
Subject Date | 1774 |
Image Date | 1963 |
View | Interior |
Style | Baroque |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | ESP/ITA/412 (ES9376) |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Edwin Smith / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Sculpture ; Stairs ; Arches ; Palaces ; Marble |
NOTES: The central flight of this stairway is hewn from a single block of Sicilian marble from Trapani, called Lumachella.Two marble lions, the work of Paolo Persico and Tommaso Solari, symbolising the power of force and reason, preside over the half-landing.
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