Tavola Topografica di Roma in cui si dimostrano gli andamenti degli Antichi Acquedotti…
| Reference: | s30202 |
| Author | Giovan Battista PIRANESI |
| Year: | 1756 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 590 x 840 mm |
€1,250.00
| Reference: | s30202 |
| Author | Giovan Battista PIRANESI |
| Year: | 1756 |
| Zone: | Rome |
| Printed: | Rome |
| Measures: | 590 x 840 mm |
€1,250.00
Description
A topographical map of Rome depicting the paths of the ancient aqueducts. The inscription "Dichiarazione delle note della Tavola", explains the contents that include named walls of Rome and subterranean aqueducts as well as identifying footprints of ancient remains.
"Dichiarazione delle note della Tavola: A. Mura odierne di Roma B. Mura di Roma anteriori all'Imperatore Aureliano Aquedotto arcuato della Marcia, Tepula, e Giulia Aquedotto arcuato della Claudia e Anione Nuovo Archi Neroniani Archi Antoniniani Aquedotto sostruito Aquedotto sotterraneo Rivo sotterraneo, porzionario delle acque Circonferenza delle Regioni antiche di Roma Nota delle Vie antiche Le rimanenti note son dichiarate o nella Tavola, o nella Spiegazione consecutiva della medesima Piedi Antichi Romani "
Inset are technical drawings of aqueduct mechanisms. This is the plate XXXVIII of tome I of Antichità Romane, first edition by the French publisher Bouchard and Gravier in 1756. A great impression, printed with brown ink on contemporary laid, strong, paper with “double encircled fleur-de-lys with letter CB” watermark (Robison 33), with margins, perfect conditions.
Literature
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Wilton-Ely, 352; Focillon 217
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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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Wilton-Ely, 352; Focillon 217
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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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