The Imagined and Real Landscapes of Piranesi: Critical Writings in America
• Rizzoli • ISBN 9780962382987
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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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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