the scale of Giovanni Battista Piranesi engravings make me feel ill, nice

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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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Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian artist/architect best known for his etchings of complex, labyrinth, and prison-like depictions of Rome.

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mephonos:
piranesi by susanna clark
emperor of the eight islands by lian hearn
autobiography of red by anne carson

bonus:
the last of the wine by mary renault https://t.co/O76xXKYNF0

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Beautiful concept/production work drawings that exude such atmosphere. I’m aware that colour art is always more eye grabbing to the casual observer, but for me B&W work is my true love. Drawing on old masters such as Dore and Piranesi for inspiration.

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The vibe tonight is piranesi, trending on artstation

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(8/10) Piranesi. «El puente levadizo».

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, View of the Mausoleum of Hadrian (Castel S. Angelo), 1754 https://t.co/ZnHZQNuiSo

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Prisons: An Arched Chamber with Posts and Chains, 1745-1750 https://t.co/SkBeyfEAq0

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There is a profound visual intelligence, an instinct for association and process, the way Piranesi’s Carceri or Mapplethorpe’s flowers can be seen as intelligent. Photography’s authority is used only to challenge our certitudes, starting with our own material being.

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Wednesday 27th April - The Round Tower from Piranesi's 'Carceri d'Invenzione' (Imaginary Prisons), a series of 16 prints depicting hellish subterranean vaults and machinery, and which were a major influence on artists and writers such as M.C. Escher and Edgar Allan Poe.

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Piranesi - original, dalle, jax diffusion
Great example of the difference. Dalle is "wrong" but more "correct" looking, and vice versa for diffusion.

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Prisons: An Arched Chamber with Posts and Chains, 1745-1750 https://t.co/SkBeyfEAq0

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Our word of the day is ‘capriccio’ – an architectural fantasy composed of both real and fictional components. This drawing by 18th c. architect and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi is a great example and can be enjoyed in our exhibition, open today! 🎉

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The Temple of Isis at Pompeii ~ 1788

Francesco Piranesi etched this piece while Louis Jean Desprez brought the image to life with watercolours.

The ruins of Pompeii reach out through the ages.



🏛 The Cleveland Museum of Art

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