Print on handmade Amalfi paper Size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges Frame: light brown beech wood and wood pulp, handmade
Topographical map by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Dedicated to Cardinal Alessandro Albani, it records with truly spectacular precision the principal sites of the city of Rome of the time, from Palazzo Altemps to the Quattro Fontane, from Palazzo Albani to Palazzo Colonna.
Piranesi is an eclectic and versatile artist whose creative talent cannot easily be categorised within a scheme based on artistic styles or movements. With twin cultural roots in Venice and Rome, Piranesi presents a complex artistic identity that can be divided into three fundamental components.
Piranesi's art is rooted in the Rococo tradition, of which he is considered one of the last exponents. The influence of the Rococo shows not only in the quality of his drawings, which are nuanced and evocative, but above all in the very nature of his works. These works are conceived as fanciful inventions, as the frontispiece of the Carceri emphasises. With this quintessentially Rococo term, Piranesi meant to highlight the imaginative and unusual character of his creations.
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