#giovanni battista piranesi
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carceri d'Invenzione, 1749, etching and sulphur tint.
This etching is a part of a series of invented prisons, which include torture instruments, wandering lost prisoners and a surreal illusionistic depictions of architectural space. In such dramatic imaginative scenes as this it is not difficult to forget that Piranesi started his training as a theatrical stage designer.
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Plan of the Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella, Via Appia,Rome, Italy
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi from Le Antichità Roman - published 1756–57
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