Piranesi  -  John Wilton-Ely

Paestum and Soane

KORTE INHOUD

A renowned scholar examines the beauty and impact of drawings and prints by Piranesi, as well as the Italian architect's relationship with his friend and colleague Sir John Soane. An 18th-century architect and printmaker, Giovanni Battista Piranesi was a lifelong champion of Rome, publishing more than 1,000 etchings of the Eternal City and its ancient monuments. Piranesi's English contemporary Sir John Soane was also an architect specializing in the neoclassical style. When the two artists met, they formed ...
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2013 Uitgever: Prestel Publishing 112 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  255x230 ISBN-10: 379134806X ISBN-13: 9783791348063