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The arts of Piranesi : architect, etcher, antiquarian, vedutista, designer
Uniform Title
Arti di Piranesi. English.
Title
The arts of Piranesi : architect, etcher, antiquarian, vedutista, designer / [an exhibition produced by Fondazione Giorgio Cini onlus, Factum Arte ; an original idea of Michele De Lucchi ; curated by Michele De Lucchi, Adam Lowe, Giuseppe Pavanello ; catalogue curated by Giuseppe Pavanello].
ISBN
9788461576371
8461576373
Edition
1st ed.
Publication
Venezia : Giorgio Cini ; Madrid : Factum Arte, [2012]
Copyright Notice Date
©2012
Physical Description
303 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Notes
"Madrid, CaixaForum Madrid, April-September 2012; Barcelona, CaixaForum Barcelona, October 2012-January 2013; San Diego, The San Diego Museum of Art, March-July 2013"--Title page verso.
Exhibition originally held at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, Aug. 28-Nov. 21, 2010.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / Pasquale Gagliardi
Giambattista Piranesi's trades / Michele De Lucchi
"Architetto Veneziano" / Giuseppe Pavanello
"Quella pazza libertà di lavorare a capriccio" : Piranesi and the creative use of fantasy / John Wilton-Ely
Giambattista Piranesi and the recurring prisons of art / Norman Rosenthal
The tragic scene of Ancient Rome according to Piranesi : an autopsy, an x-ray, a rebirth / Marcello Fagiolo
Piranesi and the Egyptian taste / Elisa Debenedetti
An atemporal approach to Piranesi and his designs / Adam Lowe
Gabriele Basilico's translation of Piranesi the vedutista / Luigi Ficacci
Catalogue of all etchings.
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
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