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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori delle mura [St. Sebastian outside the Walls] on the Appian Way, from Views of Rome, 1750 https://t.co/ioFe9MyRPZ

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2023-03-28

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Pedestal of the column of Antoninus Pius, 18th century https://t.co/yewqvfO4V7

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2021-04-05

Pedestal of the column of Antoninus Pius, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 18th century https://t.co/yewqvfO4V7

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2020-10-31

One can certainly see where Sir John Soane gets his obsession with from! The first 3 images are from the hand of an influence on Soane who also collected his drawings. The arches themselves may well have been inspired by Roman triumphal arches.

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2020-01-02