Piranesi drawings : visions of antiquity : drawings from the British Museum / Sarah Vowles ; preface by Hugo Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778, artist.

Vowles, Sarah, author, curator.

Contributor:

British Museum, host institution, issuing body.

Gemmill Family Book Fund.

Chapman, Hugo, writer of preface.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.

Architectural drawing--Italy--18th century--Exhibitions.

Architectural drawing.

Drawing, Italian--18th century--Exhibitions.

Drawing, Italian.

Themes, motives.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778--Exhibitions.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista.

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778--Themes, motives.

Italy.

Local Subjects:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2020]

Summary:

"The Venetian-born artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is best known for his dramatic prints of the architecture and antiquities of his adopted city of Rome, and for the extraordinary flights of spatial fancy in his series 'Le Carceri' (Prisons). But he was also an astonishingly talented draughtsman, as revealed in this outstanding collection of drawings at the British Museum. This book explores the relationship between Piranesi's drawings and prints, and reveals the way in which his style and interests as a draughtsman evolved over time. Some are spontaneous 'primi pensieri', first thoughts that anticipate a bigger work; others explore more complex exercises in perspective and spatial representation. 'Piranesi drawings' reveals the quality and lasting impact of the work of this remarkably influential artist."--Front cover flap.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Piranesi at 300 / Hugo Chapman

`Architetto Veneziano': The Life of Giovanni Battista Piranesi / Sarah Vowles

Catalogue.

Notes:

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the British Museum from 20th February to 9th August 2020.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-139) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gemmill Family Book Fund.

Contains:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9780500480618

0500480613

OCLC:

1129691060

Publisher Number:

99990314887