Screenprint on paper
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Rose and Chris Prater
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/john-piper-1774" aria-label="More by John Piper" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">John Piper</a>
Chambord Rooftops
Presented by Rose and Chris Prater through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
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architecture
Château de Chambord
countries and continents
country house
features
France
gable
man-made landmarks (non-UK)
natural phenomena
periods and styles
places
Renaissance
residential
roof
shadow
stonework
window
<p>Piper first painted the famous chateaux of the Loire in 1971, the year he visited Venice to make designs for Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice. Also at this time his dealers, Marlborough Fine Art, were asking for paintings on a big scale, and he took an interest in grand buildings with flamboyant architecture.</p><p>The roof pavilions at Chambord corresponded to Piper's original designs for Death in Venice, which used a group of tall, revolving structures. Here he experiments with a directional stage lighting, as if seen by night. This is one of the largest of his screenprints.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper print screenprint
8 November 2004 – 1 August 2005
2005-08-01
8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-11-08
John Piper: Ruins
Collection based display
Chambord Rooftops
image: 654 × 1051 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999979" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Rose and Chris Prater</a> through the Institute of Contemporary Prints 1975
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<span class="text6">Piper first painted the famous chateaux  of the Loire      in 1971, the year he visited Venice to make designs for Benjamin Britten's      opera Death in Venice. Also at this time his dealers, Marlborough Fine Art,      were asking for <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> on a big scale, and he took an interest in grand      buildings with flamboyant architecture. </span>
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<span class="text6">The roof pavilions at Chambord corresponded to Piper's      original designs for Death in Venice, which used a group  of tall,      revolving structures. Here he experiments with a directional stage      lighting, as if seen by night. This is one  of the largest of his      <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/screenprint" title="Glossary definition for 'Screenprint'"><span>screenprints</span></a>. </span>
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arch architecture Château de Chambord countries and continents country house features France gable man-made landmarks (non-UK) natural phenomena periods and styles places Renaissance residential roof shadow stonework window