Sunday, April 06, 2008

Giovanni Battista Piranesi



The Round Tower, ca. 1761
Title Page for Prisons, ca. 1761


Piranesi etched some amazing views of Rome that are incredibly detailed and huge, but I couldn't find reproductions of them. His drawings of "Imaginary Prisons" are just as good. What fantastic, ominous visions he had.

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