Graphite Drawings
Graphite architectural drawings are produced using pencil as media on a diversity of supports, such as trace, paper, or vellum, where graphite or lead enables the drafting of a line. Although it is mainly used for line drawings, hatching, and annotations, it can also be used in renderings if the draftsperson uses pencils with a wide range of softness and hardness of the lead or graphite core.
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elevations
Porta Meridionale di Palermo; [Exterior elevation, Scale 1:50] (black ink with graphite pencil on mylar (matte double sided); 28 1/2″ x 36″)
exterior perspectives
Taberna Ancipitis Formae Machadus Siletusque Mirabile Inventio; [Exterior shaded perspective] (graphite pencil on bristol board; 14″ x 11″)
Taberna Ancipitis Formae Machadus Siletusque Mirabile Inventio; [Exterior shaded perspective] (graphite pencil on bristol board; 14″ x 11″)
INTERIOR perspectives
Country House; Interior perspective (graphite pencil on strathmore; 29″ x 30″)
Country House; Library [Interior perspective] (graphite pencil on strathmore; 15″ x 15″)
Country House; Dining Room [Interior perspective] (graphite pencil on strathmore; 15″ x 15″)
Country House; Kitchen [Interior perspective] (graphite pencil on strathmore; 15″ x 16″)
miscellaneous
House in Pergusa; [1 elevation, 1 section, 1 plan, 1 perspective, graphic scale [3/4″ = 1″]] (graphite on cardstock paper with stain in bottom left corner; 30″ x 16″)
House in Pergusa; 1 elevation, 1 section, 1 plan, 1 perspective of fireplace [1 elevation, 1 section, 1 plan, 1 perspective] (graphite on cardstock paper; 30″ x 22″)
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The Rodolfo Machado & Jorge Silvetti Collection
This site was made possible thanks to the support of Jorge Silvetti, Nelson Robinson Jr. Professor of Architecture, Emeritus and Ann Whiteside, Librarian/Assistant Dean for Information Services at the Frances Loeb Library.
Developed in collaboration with Ines Zalduendo, Special Collections Curator at the Frances Loeb Library, M.Arch ’95 and Ashleigh Brady, Archival Collections Website Editor, M.Arch ’26.
Digital scans in collaboration with by Harvard Library Imaging Services, Alix Reiskind, Associate Librarian, Research and Teaching at the Frances Loeb Library.