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The Imagined and Real Landscapes of Piranesi: Critical Writings in America

• Rizzoli • ISBN 9780962382987

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The Imagined and Real Landscapes of Piranesi: Critical Writings in America

• Rizzoli • ISBN-13 9780962382987

ISBN-10 Not provided • 1992

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ISBN 9780962382987 • Completeness 48

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Description

This volume compiles a series of critical essays examining the complex interplay between the architectural reality and the visionary, fantastical landscapes depicted by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Through a scholarly lens, the text explores how Piranesi’s etchings influenced American architectural theory and the broader perception of space, ruins, and historical narrative in the eighteenth century.

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Publisher: Rizzoli
December 1992
Pages: 48

Catalog notes

Contributor: JOSEPH ROSA (ED.)

Cultural context

Category: 18th Century European ArtCategory: Architectural HistoryCategory: Architectural TheoryCategory: History Of ArchitectureCategory: PrintmakingCategory: Giovanni Battista PiranesiCategory: 18th Century ArtCategory: Visionary Architecture

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