Ads
related to: giovanni battista piranesi artistic style1stdibs.com has been visited by 10K+ users in the past month
The premier shopping destination for designers - Entrepreneur.com
- Shop Art under $2,500
Curated artists past and present.
Enjoy savings on top artists.
- Browse Art New Arrivals
Fine art curated by us for you.
Shop works by top artists.
- Browse Paintings
Paintings curated by us for you.
Shop paintings by top artists.
- Browse Prints & Multiples
Fine art curated by us for you.
Shop prints by top artists.
- Shop Art under $2,500
ebay.com has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista piraˈneːzi;-eːsi]; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione).
Title page, second edition, 1761. Carceri d'invenzione, often translated as Imaginary Prisons, is a series of 16 etchings by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 14 produced from c. 1745 to 1750, when the first edition of the set was published.
By the 18th century, Italy had become one of the main destinations of the Grand Tour visitors, who came from Northern Europe to study and admire Italian art and architecture and to absorb classical culture. With Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778), magnificence received one of its final interpretations in the Italian cultural context.
Image from the series Prisons of Invention (1761), by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The Stone of Proclamation at Venice (c. 1735-1746), by Canaletto, Cleveland Museum of Art. In Italy, the Venetian school of etchers, whose specialty was the vedute, the views of Venice, stands out. [16]
In 1760, the papal nephew and Grand Prior of the Knights, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Rezzonico, sought to improve the appearance of the buildings. On a limited budget, the church was substantially renovated between 1764-66 according to the designs of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. It is his only architectural work.
The leading lights of the 18th century came from Venice. Among them were the brilliant exponent of the rococo style, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; the architectural painters Francesco Guardi, Canaletto, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, and Bernardo Bellotto; and the engraver of Roman antiquities, Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Veduta della Rotonda (the Pantheon, Rome), Laura Piranesi. Laura Piranesi (1754–1789) was an Italian etcher working in Rome towards the end of the 18th century. She was an active participant in her family's print workshop, run by her father Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an Italian artist, etcher, and antiquarian.
The Villa Albani (later Villa Albani-Torlonia) is a villa in Rome, built on the Via Salaria for Cardinal Alessandro Albani.It was built between 1747 and 1767 by the architect Carlo Marchionni in a project heavily influenced by others – such as Giovanni Battista Nolli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Johann Joachim Winckelmann – to house Albani's collection of antiquities, curated by ...
Ads
related to: giovanni battista piranesi artistic style1stdibs.com has been visited by 10K+ users in the past month
The premier shopping destination for designers - Entrepreneur.com
ebay.com has been visited by 1M+ users in the past month