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Piranesi: The Etchings
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Product Description
"An artistic homage to a genius." Frankfurter Rundschau, Franckfurt a.M.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #390910 in Books
- Published on: 2006-03-07
- Original language: German, French, English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 352 pages
Editorial Reviews
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"Piranesi was as savage as Salvator Rosa, fierce as Michelangelo, and exuberant as Rubens... he has imagined scenes that would startle geometry and exhaust the Indies to realize." --Horace Walpole"
About the Author
Luigi Ficacci studied Art History in Rome under Guilio Carlo Argan. He is curator at the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica in Rome and lectures at different Italian universities. The focal points of his research work are the issues raised by 17th and 18th century and contemporary Italian art.
