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Piranesi

Door John Wilton-Ely

Piranesi
CategorieAlgemeen Architectuur & Bouwkunde
Boeknummer#401071
TitelPiranesi: Paestum & Soane
AuteurWilton-Ely, John
BoektypeGebonden hardcover met stofomslag
UitgeverijMunich : Prestel
Jaar van uitgave2013
ISBN10379134806X
ISBN139783791348063
TaalEngels
BeschrijvingOriginal boards, dust jacket, numerous (full page) illustrations in colour, 4to.
SamenvattingA renowned scholar examines the beauty and impact of drawings and prints by Piranesi, as well as the Italian architect's relationship with his friend and colleague Sir John Soane. An 18th-century architect and printmaker, Giovanni Battista Piranesi was a lifelong champion of Rome, publishing more than 1,000 etchings of the Eternal City and its ancient monuments. Piranesi's English contemporary Sir John Soane was also an architect specializing in the neoclassical style. When the two artists met, they formed a profound and complex creative and intellectual relationship that nurtured Soane's later career. Among Soane's greatest legacies is the London museum that bears his name, and some of its most important holdings are a number of preparatory drawings Piranesi developed for a publication on the Greek temples at Paestum. These drawings are accomplished examples of Piranesi's topographical observation and great works of art in their own right. This book offers exquisite reproductions of the drawings as well as 30 additional works from Piranesi's oeuvre. Together they offer a unique understanding of early Greek classical architecture seen through the work of an 18th-century master. AUTHOR: John Wilton-Ely is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art, University of Hull, a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a well-known authority on European visual arts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, lecturing and writing frequently on the subject. ILLUSTRATIONS: 80 colour
Pagina's120
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