Pianta del corso del Fiume Tevere, e sue adiacenze, dall'influenza del Nera fino al mare...
| Reference: | S44156 |
| Author | Giovan Battista PIRANESI |
| Year: | 1744 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 1760 x 690 mm |
| Reference: | S44156 |
| Author | Giovan Battista PIRANESI |
| Year: | 1744 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 1760 x 690 mm |
Description
Four sheet wall map drawn by Chiesa and Gambarini, etched by Carlo Nolli & Giovan Battista Piranesi.
Pope Benedict XIV commissioned engineers Andrea Chiesa and Bernardo Gamberini to prepare a survey of the full course of the Tiber River in order to anticipate problems of flooding and to explore the possibilities for navigation. In addition to the narrative which details this information, there are two maps.
The smaller of the maps shows a more detailed view of the Tiber as it passes through Rome.
The larger of the two maps, engraved by Giambattista Nolli, is included in four contiguous plates. It includes two vignettes of ruins and many profiles of altitudes of the river. There are also small views of several bridges and other features such as Ponte Molle, Ponte Sant'Angelo with Castel Sant'Angelo, Ponte dei Quattro Capi and Ponte Ferraro.
It was only in 1939, that Lamerberto Donati identified that these unsigned engravings in the the Pianta del Corso del Tevere were the work of Piranesi.
Etching, 4 loose sheets, very good condition.
Literature
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Frutaz, Le Carte del Lazio, pp. 87-88; Wilton Ely, 1006
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Giovan Battista PIRANESI (Mogliano Veneto 1720 - Roma 1778)
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Italian etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist and theorist. He is considered one of the supreme exponents of topographical engraving, but his lifelong preoccupation with architecture was fundamental to his art. Although few of his architectural designs were executed, he had a seminal influence on European Neo-classicism through personal contacts with architects, patrons and visiting artists in Rome over the course of nearly four decades. His prolific output of etched plates, which combined remarkable flights of imagination with a strongly practical understanding of ancient Roman technology, fostered a new and lasting perception of antiquity. He was also a designer of festival structures and stage sets, interior decoration and furniture, as well as a restorer of antiquities. The interaction of this rare combination of activities led him to highly original concepts of design, which were advocated in a body of influential theoretical writings. The ultimate legacy of his unique vision of Roman civilization was an imaginative interpretation and re-creation of the past, which inspired writers and poets as much as artists and designers.
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Literature
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Frutaz, Le Carte del Lazio, pp. 87-88; Wilton Ely, 1006
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Giovan Battista PIRANESI (Mogliano Veneto 1720 - Roma 1778)
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Italian etcher, engraver, designer, architect, archaeologist and theorist. He is considered one of the supreme exponents of topographical engraving, but his lifelong preoccupation with architecture was fundamental to his art. Although few of his architectural designs were executed, he had a seminal influence on European Neo-classicism through personal contacts with architects, patrons and visiting artists in Rome over the course of nearly four decades. His prolific output of etched plates, which combined remarkable flights of imagination with a strongly practical understanding of ancient Roman technology, fostered a new and lasting perception of antiquity. He was also a designer of festival structures and stage sets, interior decoration and furniture, as well as a restorer of antiquities. The interaction of this rare combination of activities led him to highly original concepts of design, which were advocated in a body of influential theoretical writings. The ultimate legacy of his unique vision of Roman civilization was an imaginative interpretation and re-creation of the past, which inspired writers and poets as much as artists and designers.
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