![]() ![]() Pushing against the limits of both the printed page and the bound book, his multi-plate engravings become elaborate foldouts in bound volumes, and the references in his maps and indices direct users through unnumbered pages and between different publications. He soon began producing architectural fantasies and increasingly larger views, and he not only added engraved textual keys to these views but also supplied typeset indices, prefaces, and essays in his published volumes. Piranesi’s earliest works were individual engravings of Roman ruins marketed towards visitors on the European grand tour. A developing project at USC aims to make this rare material accessible in a complete digital collection, found here, and, in the pages at “ The Digital Piranesi,” to make it visible, legible, and searchable in ways that the original works are not. The Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of South Carolina holds a rare complete set of his posthumous Opere (1837-9), which consists of twenty-nine elephant-folio volumes that include over 1000 images and assemble all of his individual publications. Fountain in foreground.', 1748įrontispiece, with statue of Minerva.Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) was an innovative graphic artist who is most known for architectural studies of Rome and his imaginary prisons. 'St Peter's, with forecourt and colonnades. 'St Peter's, interior with the nave.', 1748 'St Peter's, from the Piazza della Sagrestia.', 1748 Giovanni in Laterano, main façade, with palace and Scala Santa on the right.', 1749 Maria Maggiore with the column from the Basilica of Constantine in the foreground.', 1749 Maria Maggiore with the obelisk in the Piazza dell'Esquilino.', 1749 'The Piazza del Quirinale, with the statues of the horse tamers in side view.', 1750 'The Piazza della Rotonda, with the Pantheon and Obelisk.', 1751 Maria di Loreto and Santissimo Nome di Maria.', 1762 'The Palazzo dell'Academia di Francia (The Palazzo Salviati).', 1752 'The harbour and quay, called the Ripa Grande.', 1753 'The smaller harbour, called the Porto di Ripetta.', 1753 'The Ponte Lucano, with the tomb of the Plautii.', 1763 'The tomb of the Plautii, near the Ponte Lucano.', 1761 'The Hadrianeum (once used as a custom house) in the Piazza di Pietra.', 1753 Teodoro in middle distance, and Monte Aventino in the distance.', 1757 ![]() 'A corner of the Forum Romanum, with the temple of Castor and Pollux, and S. 'The Forum of Augustus (erroneously called Forum of Nerva).', 1757 Giovanni e Paolo (formerly called the Curia Hostilia).', 1757 'Substructure of the Temple of Claudius at the Church of SS. 'The so-called Temple of Fortuna Virilis (now Church of S. 'The so-called Temple of Bacchus, now the Church of S. 'The Temple of Portunus (?) (the round temple near S. 'The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina.', 1757 'The Temple of Venus and Roma (erroneously called Temple of Sol and Luna).', 1757 'The Egyptian Obelisk in the Piazza di S. 'The Arch of Septimius Severus, with the Church of S. 'The Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum.', 1757 'The so-called Temple of Salus, on the road to Albano.', 1757 ''The Portico of Octavia: The Entrance Porch, exterior.', 1757 'The Portico of Octavia: the entrance porch, interior.', 1757 'The Baths of Caracalla, interior of the central hall.', 1757 'The Pantheon, interior of the portico.', 1757 'The Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli, with another temple right, once used as Church of S. 'The so-called Temple of Minerva Medica.', 1757 'Entrance door to part of the villa called the 'Sette Bassi' on the road to Frascati.', 1757 The Arch with a Shell Ornament, early 1770s Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, early 1770s Vue des restes interieurs du Temple de Neptune, Vue de ce qui reste encore des Murs A de l'ancienne Ville de Pesto, 'Vue A de quelques unes des Colonnes de la façade.', 'Vue des restes d'une grande enceinte de colonnes.' 'Vüe interieure du Collége supposé des Anfictions', 'Autre Vüe interieure des restes du Collége supposé des Anfictions, ''Vüe des restes interieures d'un des Pronaos du Temple de Neptune', ''Vüe des restes du derriere du Pronaos du Temple de Neptune', ''Vüe des restes de la Celle du temple de Neptune.', 'Vüe d'un autre temple, dans la Ville de Pesto.', 'Vüe intérieure du Temple, que l'on croit avoir été dédié à Junon', Works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi in the RA Collection 186 results ![]()
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