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Trajan's Column
This staggeringly tall 1965 reproduction by of Piranesi's etching of Trajan’s column—depicting the emperor’s victories against the Dacians—is an impressive feat of printmaking.
One of the greatest printmakers of the eighteenth century, Italian architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi became famous for his etchings of Rome, which came from his firsthand examinations of classical antiquities and Renaissance and Baroque structures. Throughout his life, he invented novel compositional devices, exaggerating scale and manipulating perspective with multiple vanishing points. Ultimately, Piranesi’s oeuvre is distinguished by its combination of a remarkable imagination and a deep understanding of construction.
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One of the greatest printmakers of the eighteenth century, Italian architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi became famous for his etchings of Rome as well as his fictitious, atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione). The principal inspiration for his etchings came from his firsthand examinations of classical antiquities and Renaissance and Baroque structures. Throughout his life, he invented novel compositional devices, exaggerating scale and manipulating perspective with multiple vanishing points. Ultimately, Piranesi’s oeuvre is distinguished by its combination of a remarkable imagination and a deep understanding of construction.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi—also known as Giambattista Piranesi or just Piranesi (1720-1778)—was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist born in Venice. The son of a stonemason, he studied under Giuseppe Vasi and became one of the greatest printmakers of the eighteenth century.
This staggeringly tall 1965 reproduction of Piranesi's etching of Trajan’s column—depicting the emperor’s victories against the Dacians—is an impressive feat of printmaking.More
- Unframed
- Edition 414 of 1000
- Published by Editalia - Edizioni D'Italia
- Printed by the Eliograph printing house in Rome, Italy on Ventura paper.
