European Sketchbook from the Grand Tour, 1965
In the Summer of 1965, I was sent by the University of Michigan, College of Architecture and Design, to London, England, on a scholarship from the American Collegiate Schools of Architecture. At the end of a summer of work with the London firm, Farmer & Dark, I traveled the Continent on my first grand tour. During my travels, I saw many buildings and places that changed my design sense forever. Above are snapshots from that tour of the Gardens of Versailles, and a flooded San Marco plaza in Venice (before we had ever heard of global warming!). The urban sketches below are from this period. Seeing these drawings today gives me a very strong memory of the hours spent sitting and making these records of my travels with my eye, brain, hand, and heart, paper and pencil. Photographs I made during the same period don't bring back quite the same depth of memory. The life sketches are from the period 1965-67, and are an exploration of the physical body. Some of the sketches are copies from Michaelangelo's sketchbooks made while I was a student in Ann Arbor. |
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Piazza del Campo, Siena, Italy, forced perspective, Summer 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Amiens Cathedral, France, forced interior perspective, Summer 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Cologne Cathedral Germany, forced interior perspective, Summer 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Palazzo Ducale de Venezia, Venice, Italy, facade study, Summer 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Mainz Cathedral, Germany, west facade study, Sumner, 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, Summer, 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy, Summer, 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy, Summer, 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Steps behind Cathedral, Siena, Italy, Summer, 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Trafalgar Square, London, England, forced perspective, Summer, 1967, #2 pencil on bond.
Cathedral of Reims, France, west facade study, Summer, 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, England, Summer 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Bath Abbey, Bath, England, Intrior forced perspective, Summer, 1965, #2 pencil on bond.
Nude, life study, 1967, #2 pencil on bond.
Elgin Marbles, Parthenon, Athens, Greece, plaster cast life study, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Copy from Sketchbook of Michelangelo, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Copy from Raphael sketchbook, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Michelangelo sculpture plaster cast life study, 1966. #2 pencil on bond.
Copy from Sketchbook of Michelangelo, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Elgin Marbles, Parthenon, Athens, Greece, plaster cast life study, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Self life study, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Elgin Marbles, Parthenon, Athens, Greece, plaster cast life study, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Studies on Michelangelo, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Self life study, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
Self life study, 1966, #2 pencil on bond.
