"Veduta Interna della villa di Mecenate" displays all those Such isĬlearly the case with "Veduta Interna della villa di Mecenate". Mature work which delineates the ruins of Roman architecture. Two hundred years of scholarship has concurred, particularly with his Piranesi, these etchings represented the pinnacle of his art, and over Piranesi over a thirty year span (1748-1778). The "Vedute"Ĭonsists of one hundred and thirty-five large, folio sized plates etchedīy G. "Carceri" (Prisons) and the "Vedute di Roma" (Views of Rome). Piranesi's two most influential sets of etchings are his ('Internal View of the Villa of Maecenas') was printed at this time. This original impression of "Veduta Interna della villa di Mecenate" Around 1800 they moved to ParisĪnd continued to publish impressions from the "Vedute" and other sets. After Piranesi's death theyĬontinued to print impressions in Rome. 1750), assisted theirįather in his publishing ventures. (1756-1810), and his daughter, Laura Piranesi (b. Returned to his native Venice to study under Tiepolo) he remained in Apart from a two year period, 1743-1745, (when he Giovanni Battista Piranesi first went to Rome in 1740 to study etching techniques With his first Vedute di Roma etching in 1748, Giovanni Battista Piranesiįashioned an illustrious career which forever changed our manner of viewing Of the art of architecture one man stands well above the others. Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Venice, 1720 - Rome, 1778) Veduta Interna della villa di Mecenate ('Internal View of the Villa of Maecenas') Particular impression was printed and published by Piranesi's heirs Maecenas in 1764 as one of his plates for his famous "Vedute di Roma". Giovanni Battista Piranesi etched this view of the ruins of the Villa of This large and imposing edifice wasĬonstructed in the second half of the first century, B. His works are: "Roman Antiquities" (220 plates) Views of Rome (130 plates) Antique Statues, Vases and Busts (350 plates) Magnificence of the Romans (47 plates).Giovanni Battista Piranesi Veduta Interna della villa di Mecenate ('Internal View of the Villa of Maecenas')īattista Piranesi's original etching, "Veduta Interna della villa di Mecenate" depictsĪn interior view of the Villa of Maecenas in Tivoli, which is also called He was decorated with the Order of Christ and was made a member of the London Society of Antiquaries. Laura's touch strongly resembles that of her father. Piranesi married a peasant, and his children, Francesco and Laura, were of great assistance to him towards the end of his laborious life. Maria del Popolo, and the Priory of Malta, in which is a life-size statue to his memory. Although not eminent as an architect he repaired among other edifices the church of S. His plates ultimately came into the possession of the pope. He was fond of peopling his ruins with Callot-like figures, and "like Callot makes great use of the swelling line" (Hind). While he achieved a work of magnitude in pictorial records of Roman monuments of antiquity and of the Renaissance, and gave immense archæological, antiquarian, and topographical value to this work, the artistic quality always predominates. Some of the etchings in his twenty-nine folio volumes are on double-elephant paper, ten feet in length. Skilful and artistic printing lent an added charm to his proofs, and the poor impressions that exist in western Europe come from plates that were captured by British warships during the Napoleonic wars. The result is a dramatic alternation of black and white, and of light and shade, which deservedly won for him the name of "the Rembrandt of architecture". As a rule he drew directly on copper, and hence his work is bold, free, and spirited to a marked degree his shadows are luminous, but at times there is too much chiaroscuro.
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He was a rapid and facile worker and etched more than 2000 large plates, full of detail, vigour, and brilliancy. In 1741 he brought out a work on arches, bridges, and other remains of antiquity, a notable monument of black and white art thereafter he opened a gallery for the sale of prints, chiefly his own. He did not return except for a brief visit to his family. His uncle Lucchesi gave him lessons in drawing, until in 1738 his father, a mason, sent him to Rome to study architecture under Valeriani and engraving under Vasi. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.Īn Italian etcher and engraver, b. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download.
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