Le Antichità Romane (volume II)

published 1756

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Artist, Venetian, 1720 - 1778

This print shows a scene with densely packed architectural elements. It resembles a cityscape with towering structures adorned with sculptures and classical architecture, including temples, buildings, and busts. The buildings and statues are all clustered together into towering rows similar to city blocks. The scene includes statues of human figures, exotic animals, and mythical creatures. People walk along streets between these tall shapes, some in horse-drawn carriages. Some branches and trees are interspersed with the architecture, and the sky above is cloudy.

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Bibliography

1918

  • Focillon, Henri. Giovanni-Battista Piranesi; essai de catalogue raisonne de son oeuvre. Paris: Librairie Renouard, Henri Laurens, 1918.

1922

  • Hind 1922, p.83-84.

1996

  • Hults, Linda C. The Print in the Western World. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996, 338-339; fig.6.17, 340.


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