Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings /

Giovanni Battista Piranesi : the complete etchings /

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Author / Creator:Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Imprint:Köln ; London : Taschen, 2000.
Description:799 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 26 cm.
Language:English
French
German
Subject:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, -- 1720-1778
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, -- 1720-1778.
Etching, Italian -- Catalogs.
Etching -- Italy -- 18th century -- Catalogs.
Etching.
Etching, Italian.
Rome (Italy) -- In art -- Catalogs.
Italy.
Italy -- Rome.
Catalogues raisonnés.
Catalogs.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4317159
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Varying Form of Title:Complete etchings = Gesamtkatalog der Kupferstiche = Catalogue raisonnée des eaux-fortes
Gesamtkatalog der Kupferstiche
Catalogue raisonnée des eaux-fortes
Other authors / contributors:Ficacci, Luigi.
ISBN:3822866202
9783822866207
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [778]-782) and index.
Text in English, German and French.
Summary:One the greatest architectural artists of all time, and certainly the most famous copper engraver of the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) is most known for his terrifyingly original series of etchings of labyrinthine and megalomaniac prisons, Carceri d'Invenzione. In his own day, he was most celebrated for his Vedute, 137 etchings of ancient and modern Rome; so renowned were these startling and dramatic chiaroscuro images, imbued with Piranesi's romantic feeling for archaeological ruins that they formed the mental picture of Rome for generations after. Indeed, Piranesi could be said to have shaped a whole strain of contemporary architecture, as well as the wider visualization of antiquity itself. In our time, he has had a direct influence on writers such as Borges and Kafka and on filmmakers such as Terry Gilliam and Peter Greenaway. Anyone who contemplates Piranesi's etchings will confront the existential nightmare of human existence and its infinite mysteries...
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Discovery of Rome out of the Spirit of Piranesi/Einfuhrung: Die Entdeckung Roms aus dem Geiste Piranesi/Introduction: La decouverte de Rome dans l'esprit de Piranesi
  • Catalogue of the Complete Etchings/Gesamtkatalog der Kupferstiche/Catalogue raisonne des eaux-fortes
  • Catalogo delle Opere/Catalogue of Works/Katalog der Werke/Catalogue des oeuvres
  • Prima Parte di Architectture e Prospettive/Part One of Architecture and Perspectives/Erster Teil der Architekturen und Ansichten/Premiere partie d'architectures et de perspectives
  • Vedute delle Ville e d'altri luoghi della Toscana/Views of the Villas and other Sites of Tuscany/Ansichten von Villen und anderen Statten der Toskana/Vues des villas et autres lieux de la Toscane
  • Varie vedute di Roma antica e moderna/Various Views of Ancient and Modern Rome/Verschiedene Ansichten des antiken und modernen Rom/Diverses vues de la Rome antique et moderne
  • Nuova Pianta di Roma/New Plan of Rome/Neuer Rom-Plan/Nouveau plan de Rome
  • Alcune vedute di Archi Trionfali, ed altri monumenti/Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments/Einige Ansichten antiker Triumphbogen und anderer Bauwerke/Quelques vues d'arcs de triomphe et autres monuments
  • Grotteschi/Grotesques/Grotesken/Grotesques
  • Capriccio architettonico con la caduta di Fetonte/Fantasy of Architecture with Fall of Phaeton/Architektur-Capriccio mit dem Sturz des Phaeton/Caprice architectural avec la Chute de Phaeton
  • Carceri/Fanciful Images of Prisons/Phantastische Entwurfe von Kerkern/Images fantastiques de prisons
  • Opere Varie I/Various Works/Verschiedene Werke/OEuvres variees
  • Trofei di Ottaviano Augusto/Trophies of Octavian Augustus/Trophaen des Oktavian Augustus/Trophees d'Octave Auguste
  • Le Antichita Romane (I-IV)/The Antiquities of Rome/Die Romischen Altertumer/Antiquites romaines
  • Lettere di Giustificazione/Letters of Justification/Rechtfertigungsbriefe/Lettres de justification
  • Opere Varie II/Various Works/Verschiedene Werke/OEuvres variees
  • Le rovine del Castello dell'Acqua Giulia/Ruins of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia/Die Ruinen des Kastells der Acqua Giulia/Les ruines de la fontaine de l'Acqua Giulia
  • Della Magnificenza ed Architettura de'Romani/On the Grandeur and the Architecture of the Romans/Uber die Grossartigkeit und die Architektur der Romer/De la Grandeur et de l'Architecture des Romains
  • Lapides Capitolini/Capitoline Inscriptions/Inschriftensteine vom Kapitol/Inscriptions capitolines
  • Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Roma/The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome/Der Campus Martius des Antiken Rom/Le Champ de Mars de la Rome antique
  • Descrizione e Disegno dell'Emissario del Lago Albano/Description and Design of the Emissarium of Lake Albano/Beschreibung und Zeichnung des Entwasserungskanals des Albaner Sees/Description et representation de l'Emissario du lac d'Albano
  • Antichita d'Albano e di Castel Gandolfo/Antiquities of Albano and of Castel Gandolfo/Altertumer von Albano und Castel Gandolfo/Antiquites d'Albano et de Castel Gandolfo
  • Antichita di Cora/Antiquities of Cori/Altertumer von Cori/Antiquites de Cori
  • Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barbieri da Cento/Collection of several Drawings after Barbieri da Cento/Sammlung einiger Zeichnungen des Barbieri da Cento/Recueil de dessins de Barbieri da Cento
  • Blackfriars Bridge
  • The Works in Architecture
  • Osservazioni sopra la lettre de M. Mariette/Observations on the Letter of M. Mariette/Anmerkungen zu dem Brief an M. Mariette/Observations sur la lettre de M. Mariette
  • Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini/Divers Ways of Ornamenting Chimneypieces/Verschiedene Arten Kamine zu schmucken/Differentes manieres d'orner les cheminees
  • Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzio/Plan of Rome and the Campus Martius/Plan von Rom und des Campus Martius/Plan de Rome et du Champ de Mars
  • Trofeo o sia Magnifica Colonna Coclide/The Trophy or Magnificent Spiral Column/Trophae oder grossartige spiralformige Saule/Trophee ou tres belle colonne coclide
  • Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi (I-II)/Vases, Candelabras, Grave stones, Sarcophagi/Vasen, Kandelaber, Urnen, Sarkophage/Vases, candelabres, cippes, sarcophages
  • Differentes vues de Pesto/Different Views of Paestum/Verschiedene Ansichten von Pastum/Differentes vues de Paestum
  • Vedute di Roma/Views of Rome/Ansichten von Rom/Vues de Rome
  • Ornamenti grafici/Graphic Ornaments/Graphische Ornamente/Ornements graphiques
  • Appendix/Anhang/Appendice
  • Biography/Biographie/Biographie
  • Selected Bibliography/Ausgewahlte Bibliographie/Bibliographie
  • Index
  • Concordance/Konkordanz/Concordance
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