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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des estampes et de la photographie (Paris, France) ID: B.N., Est., Ha 57, No. 8en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcreation date: 1784en_US
dc.creatorBoullée, Étienne-Louisen_US
dc.date1784en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-24T12:41:54Z
dc.date.available2007-09-24T12:41:54Z
dc.date.issued1784en_US
dc.identifier112798en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/21270en_US
dc.descriptionNatural light, filtering through holes in the vault, creates the illusion of stars suspended in the infinite universe. The sarcophagus on a raised catfalque is the only material object in this cosmic spaceen_US
dc.descriptiondrawingen_US
dc.descriptioncross-section, interior night effect
dc.format.extent39.8 x 64.7 cm (15.67 x 25.47 inches)en_US
dc.format.mediumpaper (fiber product)en_US
dc.format.mediuminken_US
dc.format.mediumwashen_US
dc.relation.ispartof131422en_US
dc.subjectNighten_US
dc.subjectTombsen_US
dc.subjectStarsen_US
dc.subjectMonumentsen_US
dc.subjectUnbuilt projectsen_US
dc.subjectNewton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727en_US
dc.subjectCenotaphsen_US
dc.subjectCircular (shape)en_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicism (Architecture)en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Frenchen_US
dc.subjectArt, French --18th centuryen_US
dc.titleNewton's Cenotaphen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniquedrawing (image-making)en_US
vra.worktypeCenotaphen_US
vra.worktypePlan (drawing)en_US
dc.contributor.displayarchitect: Etienne-Louis Boullee (French, 1728-1799)en_US


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