Giovanni Battista Borra

Italian, 1713 – 1770

Giovanni Battista Borra was an Italian architect, engineer and architectural draughtsman.

Borra was born in Dogliani. Studying under Bernardo Antonio Vittone from 1733 to 1736 (producing 10 plates for his teacher's Istruzione elementari per indirizzo de'giovani allo studio dell'architettura civile, published in Lugano in 1760), in 1748 he published a work of his own. This was a handbook on buildings' stability, practical in tone. He met Robert Wood in Rome, and joined his 1750–51 antiquarian expedition to Asia Minor and Syria as its architectural draughtsman before returning with Wood to England.

There he used his sketchbooks (now in the library of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, London) to produce the original drawings (now in the Royal Institute of British Architects) for Wood's The Ruins of Balbec and The Ruins of Palmyra, and from 1752 to 1760 carried out commissions for English patrons. These works and their images led to motifs from Baalbek and Palmyra becoming fashionable for ceiling and interior decorations in England and Italy (Borra used them, for example, in his own work on the south facade of the Palazzo Isnardi and the interior decoration of its Sala d'Ercole and Sala di Diana, on the piano nobile). He is thought to have died in Turin.

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Details of a Doric Order from Toreh

Details of a Doric Order from Toreh (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Is’Tmo e Penisola di Cizico

Is’Tmo e Penisola di Cizico (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Details of a Corinthian Temple on the Acropolis of Pergamon

Details of a Corinthian Temple on the Acropolis of Pergamon (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Details of a Corinthian Order, Possibly from Mylasa

Details of a Corinthian Order, Possibly from Mylasa (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Details of a Corinthian Order from a Temple at Ephesus, Probably that of Hadrian

Details of a Corinthian Order from a Temple at Ephesus, Probably that of Hadrian (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Details of a Corinthian Order from a Temple at Cnidus

Details of a Corinthian Order from a Temple at Cnidus (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Details of a Corinthian Order at Geramo

Details of a Corinthian Order at Geramo (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Details of a Composite Order from the Temple of Augustus at Mylasa

Details of a Composite Order from the Temple of Augustus at Mylasa (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Cnidus: Plan of the Harbor and Map of Sites

Cnidus: Plan of the Harbor and Map of Sites (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Castello di Smirna

Castello di Smirna (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Aquedotto Angolare

Aquedotto Angolare (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

An Altar at Delos

An Altar at Delos (1751)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

A Doorway from Geramo

A Doorway from Geramo (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of a Temple at Mylasa and of Another Three Hours from Thence on the Road to Mandaleus

Plan of a Temple at Mylasa and of Another Three Hours from Thence on the Road to Mandaleus (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plans and Views of Two Pyramids, One Cephron’s at Giza

Plans and Views of Two Pyramids, One Cephron’s at Giza (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis

Plan, View and Second Plan of Ruins at Sardis (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of the Temple of Juno at Samos and Details of a Column

Plan of the Temple of Juno at Samos and Details of a Column (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

Plan of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of the Second Theater of Laodicea and Details of a Composite Order

Plan of the Second Theater of Laodicea and Details of a Composite Order (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of the Ruins at Sardis with Vestiges of Ancient Buildings Still Existing in 1750

Plan of the Ruins at Sardis with Vestiges of Ancient Buildings Still Existing in 1750 (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of the Port of Sigacik (ancient Teos)

Plan of the Port of Sigacik (ancient Teos) (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of the Circus and Details of Capitals and Other Ornaments from Laodicea

Plan of the Circus and Details of Capitals and Other Ornaments from Laodicea (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of the Bay of Tyre

Plan of the Bay of Tyre (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of Lake Tiberias

Plan of Lake Tiberias (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of Jerusalem

Plan of Jerusalem (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

View of the Source of the Lycus River (Nahr el-Kelb)

View of the Source of the Lycus River (Nahr el-Kelb) (ca. 1751)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan of a Temple at Mylasa and Detail of a Coffered Ceiling from a Tomb

Plan of a Temple at Mylasa and Detail of a Coffered Ceiling from a Tomb (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan and View of the Third Theater at Laodicea

Plan and View of the Third Theater at Laodicea (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Plan and View of a Cave, Temple, or Tomb

Plan and View of a Cave, Temple, or Tomb (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

Pianura dell’Hermo in Faccia a Sardes

Pianura dell’Hermo in Faccia a Sardes (ca. 1750)

Giovanni Battista Borra (Italian, 1713 – 1770)

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