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Piranesi:
Plates & Engravings
Trained in Venice as an engineer and architect, Piranesi's studies included perspective and stage design. These skilled allied to his deep knowledge of archaeology, provided the substance for his world famous Vedute (Views, a series of 135 etchings of ancient and contemporary Rome, published from 1745 onwards, which established the popular mental image of the city. Piranesi's image was a thoroughly romanticized one, with effects of scale exploited to make the buildings appear larger and grander and exaggerating the contrasts of light and shade to invest them with drama. His interiors, the Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), a series of plates issued in 1749-50 and reworked in 1761.
In the 20th century his imaginary interiors have been admired by the Surrealists and provided source material for horror film set designers.
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