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Very interesting centerpiece
with the 12 astrological signs.
Image: 22 x 38.5 cm ( 8.6 x
15.1 ")
Page size: 40 x 57 cm ( 15.7 x 22.4 ")
Strong image. Fine, clean
print.
This print is discounted
30%.
$ 380.00 minus 30% Discount =
$266.00
Order Nr.
PIRANESICAMMINI240775
PIRANESI
- Cammini
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (
1720-1778), Italian architect, engraver, archeologist of
proportion, is widely known as the creator of the famous
series: ãVedute di Roma", those striking, large and
incomperable views of Rome. But these copper etchingsis are
only the most famous part of Piranesi's oeuvre. Here we show
a large part of his interior architectural work, the
fireplace decorations. In his time fireplaces were the only
source of heating. And while the fireplaces in the homes of
the genral public were unimbellished useful structures,
fireplaces in the homes of nobility and the wealthy were
pieces of art and decoration. Piranesi, who was inclined to
use ideas from antiquities for anything he designed, chose
elements from Egyptian, Etruscan, and Greek art to embellish
his designs. Have a look at what marvellous samples of
fireplace decoration he created.
The series we show here,
come from Piranesi's ãDiverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini
ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'archittetura
Egizia, Etrusca e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in
defesa dell'Archittetura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del
Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi architteto".
Copper etchings. Rome,
1769
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