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Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings = Gesamtkatalog der Radierungen = catalogue raisonné des eaux-fortes / Luigi Ficacci.
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection NE2052.5.P5 A4 2011b v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ficacci, Luigi.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778--Catalogues raisonnés.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778--Criticism and interpretation.
- Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Catalogues raisonneÌs.
- Catalogues raisonnés.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 32 cm
- Other Title:
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi : Gesamtkatalog der Radierungen
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi : catalogue raisonné des eaux-fortes
- Piranesi
- Place of Publication:
- Köln ; London : Taschen, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English and French.
- Summary:
- One the greatest architectural artists of all time, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is most known for his terrifyingly original series of etchings of labyrinthine and megalomaniac prisons. Anyone who contemplates Piranesi's etchings will confront the existential nightmare of human existence and its infinite mysteries. 800 pp.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Taschen, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 3836531968
- 9783836531962
- OCLC:
- 751804929
- Publisher Number:
- 99947773911
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