Contributions

  • John Wilton-Ely (Introduction) - Contributor
  • Caroline Beamish (Translator) - Contributor
  • David Britt (Translator) - Contributor

Publication

2002-10-08 - Getty Trust Publications: Getty Research Institute

Language

English

Word Count

42,000 words, Guess

Page Count

168 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100892366362
  • ISBN-139780892366361
  • LibraryThing2065027
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002002595
  • OCLC Control Number606899764
and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCNA2515.P57 2002
  • LCCNA2515 .P5713 2002
  • LCCNA2515 .P57 2002

Description

"The engraver and designer Giovanni Battista Piranesi published this lively three-part defense of Roman architectural "invention" in 1765, just as the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of ancient Greek art was becoming a tenet of Western aesthetics. An impassioned plea for a Roman-Style eclecticism that draws freely on all artistic forms and traditions, Piranesi's Observations anticipates the contemporary debate between devotees of a rational, minimal architecture and advocates of an architecture rich in ornament and historical references."--BOOK JACKET.

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