“His conduct is mischievous”: Piranesi and Soane

Thursday, March 19, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: 
$15; $10 for Morgan and Sir John Soane's Museum Members; Free for students with valid ID

Mark Rakatansky

Sir John Soane, although an admirer of the graphic works of Piranesi, remarked that his “conduct is mischievous” in his only built work Santa Maria del Priorato. Similar sentiments have been expressed about Soane, particularly in regard to his own House-Museum. Mark Rakatansky, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, will explore the complex relationship of these two architects and the unsettling “mischievous” engagements of their architecture, drawings, and writings. This lecture is cosponsored by Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation.

The exhibition Piranesi and the Temples of Paestum: Drawings from Sir John Soane's Museum will be open at 5:30 p.m. for program attendees.

Please call (212) 685-0008 ext. 560 or e-mail tickets@themorgan.org for information.