"Piranesi shows us that fantasy can have a more lasting impact than a concrete monument to the ego," says Nicolai Ouroussoff, from a New York Times piece on Piranesi.
From the Carceri d'Invenzione (imaginary prisons) series, 1761
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Showing posts with label Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Show all posts
9.28.2009
Piranesi's Architectural Fantasies
Venetian born artist Piranesi (1720-1778) may have been trained as a builder, but his greatest architectural feats exist in his engravings, scenes of fantastical architecture that he sold to tourists in Rome during his youth.
"Piranesi shows us that fantasy can have a more lasting impact than a concrete monument to the ego," says Nicolai Ouroussoff, from a New York Times piece on Piranesi.
From the Carceri d'Invenzione (imaginary prisons) series, 1761
"Piranesi shows us that fantasy can have a more lasting impact than a concrete monument to the ego," says Nicolai Ouroussoff, from a New York Times piece on Piranesi.
From the Carceri d'Invenzione (imaginary prisons) series, 1761
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