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Cappella San Severo, 1753

Giuseppe Sammartino, Veiled Christ

The Cappella San Severo dates from the first halfof the 16th century ehen its construction was

requested by Prince Don Paolo di Sangro di

Sansevero. The palace was transformed in the 18th

century by Prince Raimondo di Sangro, a legendary

figure of alchemy and humanism who has givenrise to many mysterious anecdotes, partly deriving

from popular imagination and partly from the

undoubted originality of his character.

Raimondo di Sangro was responsible for the faade

of the palace, decorating it with stuccowork andproviding it with a portal bearing the family coat

of arms.



It was built as a burial place for the members of

the Sangro family, princes of Sansevero, and

modernised by his son Alessandro in the 17th

century.

The chapel was again refurbished by Raimondo di

Sangro, seventh Prince of Sansevero, who

embellished it with decorations, calling on the

most illustrious artists and sculptors of the time to

carry out the work from 1749 up to his death.

The idea of death suggests a link with the most

celebrated work of art in the chapel: the Veiled

Christ, dated 1753 at the indication of its author,

the sculptor Giuseppe Sammartino, a young

sculptor who, despite his local artistic training,

managed to instill his work with a universal feel.

The shroud in wich Christ is wrapped follows



every contour of the body but a particularly

impressive details is the beauty, at once sublime

and human, of Christ's dying breath is wonderfully

suggested by the close adhesion of the veil to

Christ's nostrils.

1981

Cedric Price, Cities of the Future

-a study of ageing, which links escalators, slabs

and Georgian windows-



Cedric Price, Project for a British

Embassy for the Twenty-First Century

Writes Price: "Has Tony Blair done away with the

need for embassies? This embassy for the twenty-

first century features a large mobile canopy and a

vast sofa, which could be erected wherever Blair

lands next".



1999

Cedric Price, Project for "A lung for

Midtown Manhattan"

-first English edition: 1978-

The book contains numerous short fiction pieces

demonstrating or related to the cut up method.Also included is poetry by Gysin and an interview

with Burroughs. Some chapters had previously

been published in various literary journals

between 1960 and 1973.



London, 1964

Cedric Price, South Bank Centre

A proposal for a raft of balloons forming a canopy,

whose height could vary in order to accomodate

temporary exhibitions underneath.

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