![]() In 1748–1774 he created a long series of vedute of the city which established his fame. He then returned to Rome, where he opened a workshop in Via del Corso. After his studies with Vasi, he collaborated with pupils of the French Academy in Rome to produce a series of vedute (views) of the city his first work was Prima parte di Architettura e Prospettive (1743), followed in 1745 by Varie Vedute di Roma Antica e Moderna.įrom 1743 to 1747 he sojourned mainly in Venice where, according to some sources, he often visited Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. He resided in the Palazzo Venezia and studied under Giuseppe Vasi, who introduced him to the art of etching and engraving. His brother Andrea introduced him to Latin and the ancient civilization, and later he studied as an architect under his uncle, Matteo Lucchesi, who was Magistrato delle Acque, a Venetian engineer who specialized in excavation.įrom 1740 he was in Rome with Marco Foscarini, the Venetian envoy to the Vatican. Piranesi was born in Mogliano Veneto, near Treviso, then part of the Republic of Venice. Giovanni Battista (also Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian: 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'Invenzione). "From the pomp and architecture of the Romans " » First part of the architectures and perspectives " Sequel to "The ancient buildings of Rome "įirst part of the architectures and perspectives, frontispiece Sequel to "The Field of Mars in ancient Rome " ![]() " Ancient buildings of Albano and Castel Gandolfo "Īncient Roman buildings from the time of the Republic and the first Emperor, sheet 6, The Arch of Titus Study sheet, figures of two men, a foot study ![]() Reconstruction of the Circus Maximus in Rome ![]()
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