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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Printmakers, Calligraphers and Graphic Artists

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, also known simply as Piranesi, was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect and artist who lived from 1720 to 1778, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" known as the Carceri d'invenzione. He was the father of the printmakers Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and Pietro Piranesi. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Gender
Male 1
Active From Year
1743 1
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Architecture, Art Forms
Source Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Wikipedia)
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Republic of Venice

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Venice

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Source Wikidata: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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1. Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Wikipedia)
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  • Introduction
    famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione)
  • Lead section
    Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista piraˈneːzi; -eːsi]; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 - 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'invenzione).
  • Wikipedia sections
    After his studies with Vasi, he collaborated with pupils of the French Academy in Rome to produce a series of vedute (views) of the city; his first work was Prima parte di Architettura e Prospettive (1743), followed in 1745 by Varie Vedute di Roma Antica e Moderna.
  • In Group: Romantic and Neoclassical Printmakers, Infobox: movement
    Neoclassicism
  • Practices: Architecture, Lead
    was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist
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