Piranesi prints

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Piranesi prints are a renowned series of 18th-century etchings by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, celebrated for their dramatic, imaginative depictions of ancient Roman architecture and fantastical prisons.

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Piranesi 1
Piranesi prints canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century art ⓘ
graphic art ⓘ
print series ⓘ
artMovement Neoclassicism ⓘ
collectedIn British Museum ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
major European museums ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Giovanni Battista Piranesi ⓘ
culturalSignificance key visual source for the image of ancient Rome ⓘ
milestone in the development of architectural etching ⓘ
depicts ancient Roman ruins ⓘ
classical monuments ⓘ
imaginary prisons ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
urban views of Rome ⓘ
endTime 1770s ⓘ
genre architectural print ⓘ
capriccio ⓘ
veduta ⓘ
hasPart individual architectural plates ⓘ
series of prison interiors ⓘ
influenced 19th-century architectural imagination ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
surrealist imagery of space ⓘ
ink black ink ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
mainLocationDepicted Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
material paper ⓘ
notableSeries Antichità Romane ⓘ
Carceri d’Invenzione ⓘ
Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de’ Romani ⓘ
Vedute di Roma ⓘ
placeOfPublication Rome ⓘ
publisher Giovanni Battista Piranesi ⓘ
startTime 1740s ⓘ
styleCharacteristic dramatic contrasts of light and shadow ⓘ
exaggerated perspective ⓘ
fantastical architectural inventions ⓘ
highly detailed line work ⓘ
subjectOf art historical studies ⓘ
exhibitions on architectural fantasy ⓘ
technique engraving ⓘ
etching ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi → familyName → Piranesi ⓘ
linked to: Piranesi prints