Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Amsterdam Gabled Houses: Topographic Views
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Accession Number:
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202060
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module NINE--6,173 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Step gabled house at Keizergracht (Emperor's Canal) number 123 (built 1622 by Hendrik de Keyser)
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Date of View:
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8/23/2013
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Image description:
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Decorated with the heads of six Roman gods and goddesses: Apollo (arts), Ceres (agriculture), Mars (war), Minerva (wisdom), Bacchus (wine) and Diana (the hunt); informally called the House with the Heads (Huis met de Hoofden). The house was built in 1622 by municipal architect Hendrik de Keyser. Arms merchant Louis de Geer lived here from 1634.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module NINE
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Culture:
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Dutch
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Subject:
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Restoration and conservation
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Work Types:
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visual works; topographical views
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Preferred Title:
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Amsterdam Gabled Houses: Topographic Views
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Agent Display:
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Scott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)
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Date:
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photographed 2013 (creation)
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Materials:
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digital images
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Technique:
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photography
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Locations:
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Amsterdam, North Holland , Netherlands
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Location Type:
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(creation)
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Style/Period:
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Baroque
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Style/Period:
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Seventeenth century
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Style/Period:
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Twenty-first century
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Classification:
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Architecture
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Classification:
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Urban Design and City Planning
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