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.jpg "Egyptian Mural Decoration for the Caffè degli Inglesi, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 1769. From Diverse maniere d")
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.jpg "View of Piazza Navona Above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian, from Views of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Magnificent Bridge with Loggia by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Interior of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome (Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Giovanni Laterano) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "The Theater of Marcellus. This Building was Built by Augustus, and Dedicated to His Nephew Marcellus, from Views of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Frontispiece with a Fantasy Representation of the Via Appia Antica by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Temple of Neptune at Paestum (Various Views of the Remains of Three Large Buildings Still Standing at Paestum) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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_par_Piranesi_Giov_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010959).jpg "From the series The Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "St. John Lateran in Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Perspective of the Water Reservoir Staircase of the Said Lodgings, Indicated in Plan in Plate XIII with the Letter G by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "View of the Lateran in Rome with the Basilica of St. John Lateran (Views of Rome) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "A View of Part of the Intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London, in August 1764 by Robert Mylne, Architect, Engraved by Piranesi at Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Maps of Ancient Roman Aqueducts in Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Plan and Facade of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis, from the Series of Roman Antiquities by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "The Pyramid of Gaius Cestius, from Vedute di Roma, ca. 1756 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "The Temple of Neptune at Paestum, etched by Francesco Piranesi by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Map of Rome, Part 1 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Seven Columns with Corinthian Capitals Belonging to the Temple of Juturna, Mostly Buried in the Modern Ground of Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "Ruined Gallery of the Villa Adriana at Tivoli by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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_par_Piranesi_Giov_-_(MeisterDrucke-1010775).jpg "From the series The Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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_par_Piranesi_Giov_-_(MeisterDrucke-941542).jpg "From the series The Imaginary Prisons by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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.jpg "The Prisons: An Immense Interior with a Drawbridge by Giovanni Battista Piranesi")
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When Giovanni Battista Piranesi was born in Venice, the city was considered the centre of the art of printing. Especially the copperplate engraving was realized here in a skill that was unparalleled. At the same time the art of the veduta reached its peak. This special form of landscape painting concentrated on city views that demanded a fine sense of perspective and space. Piranesi enjoyed a broad spectrum of artistic training and acquired a profound knowledge of architecture, literature and stage painting.
A visit to Rome changed the life of the artist. The Eternal City immediately captivated the young Piranesi. The architecture and especially the ruins fascinated the young Piranesi. Giovanni himself considered his architectural skills to be too limited to design buildings in Rome. Piranesi relied on his artistic skills and his talent for implementing perspective and illusion. Rome experienced the first phases of tourism and quite a few guests wanted to take a souvenir home. Views of the city were popular and could give the impression of the journey at home. Piranesi acquired the art of copperplate printing and began to make vedute. The first motives were famous buildings of Rome. Piranesi stood out from the mass of artists. With the architect's eye he captured buildings in exact proportion. His works do not show any impression, they are precise studies of the art of architecture, and his brushstroke, restless and lively from the beginning, stands out from the mass of Roman artists. Piranesi devoted himself increasingly to the drawing of Capriccios. These were works that deliberately broke the rules and were in contradiction with the current artistic trends of an epoch.
The Carceri cycle brought Giovanni Battista Piranesi the deserved fame. The depiction of dungeons is one of the most influential works of graphic art. Piranesi published a fourteen-part etching series, which the artist revised again in later years. In the second version Piranesi used strong chiaroscuro contrasts and created an eerie and threatening atmosphere. Characteristic for the interior views of the prisons are walls, arches, vaults and pillars, which show a construction that is physically impossible. Distorted perspectives and shifted vanishing points let the eye of the viewer search and lead it into the depths of the graphic. The work of M.C. Escher would be unthinkable without Piranesi's preliminary work. The desire to grasp the construction is sprouting and cannot be fulfilled. Critics see the stylistic devices as creating helplessness and the feeling of surrendering oneself. At the same time, the artist is directed against the prevailing longing for beauty and turns away from religious transfiguration. Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an artist who paved the way for the Age of Enlightenment and later Romanticism.
When Giovanni Battista Piranesi was born in Venice, the city was considered the centre of the art of printing. Especially the copperplate engraving was realized here in a skill that was unparalleled. At the same time the art of the veduta reached its peak. This special form of landscape painting concentrated on city views that demanded a fine sense of perspective and space. Piranesi enjoyed a broad spectrum of artistic training and acquired a profound knowledge of architecture, literature and stage painting.
A visit to Rome changed the life of the artist. The Eternal City immediately captivated the young Piranesi. The architecture and especially the ruins fascinated the young Piranesi. Giovanni himself considered his architectural skills to be too limited to design buildings in Rome. Piranesi relied on his artistic skills and his talent for implementing perspective and illusion. Rome experienced the first phases of tourism and quite a few guests wanted to take a souvenir home. Views of the city were popular and could give the impression of the journey at home. Piranesi acquired the art of copperplate printing and began to make vedute. The first motives were famous buildings of Rome. Piranesi stood out from the mass of artists. With the architect's eye he captured buildings in exact proportion. His works do not show any impression, they are precise studies of the art of architecture, and his brushstroke, restless and lively from the beginning, stands out from the mass of Roman artists. Piranesi devoted himself increasingly to the drawing of Capriccios. These were works that deliberately broke the rules and were in contradiction with the current artistic trends of an epoch.
The Carceri cycle brought Giovanni Battista Piranesi the deserved fame. The depiction of dungeons is one of the most influential works of graphic art. Piranesi published a fourteen-part etching series, which the artist revised again in later years. In the second version Piranesi used strong chiaroscuro contrasts and created an eerie and threatening atmosphere. Characteristic for the interior views of the prisons are walls, arches, vaults and pillars, which show a construction that is physically impossible. Distorted perspectives and shifted vanishing points let the eye of the viewer search and lead it into the depths of the graphic. The work of M.C. Escher would be unthinkable without Piranesi's preliminary work. The desire to grasp the construction is sprouting and cannot be fulfilled. Critics see the stylistic devices as creating helplessness and the feeling of surrendering oneself. At the same time, the artist is directed against the prevailing longing for beauty and turns away from religious transfiguration. Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an artist who paved the way for the Age of Enlightenment and later Romanticism.
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