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Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778)
Architectural Fantasy
Pen and brown ink, with brown wash
12 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (329 x 491 mm)
Gift of Janos Scholz; 1974.27
See CORSAIR catalog record for this item »
Piranesi exerted considerable influence on late-eighteenth-century architecture through his hauntingly beautiful etchings,
such as the Views of Rome and the prison compositions known as the Carceri. Here the classical triumphal arch—usually
freestanding—has been incorporated into a complex building. Remarkable grandeur and drama are achieved through the
close presentation of the edifice at an oblique angle and from a low vantage point, techniques often used in
contemporaneous stage designs.
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