Piranesi  -  Sarah Vowles

Visions of Antiquity

KORTE INHOUD

The Venetian-born artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is best known for his dramatic etchings of the architecture and antiquities of his adopted city, Rome, and for his extraordinary flights of spatial fancy, such as Le Carceri ('Prisons').

Published to coincide with an exhibition at the British Museum, this original volume explores Piranesi's skill as a draughtsman. While many studies focus on Piranesi's activities as a printmaker, this beautifully illustrated book examines the many unanswered q...
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2020 Uitgever: Thames Hudson 144 paginas Taal: Engels Grootte:  250x250 ISBN-10: 0500480613 ISBN-13: 9780500480618