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Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette (Texts & Documents)
by Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Binding: Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Getty Publications
List Price: USD $35.00
Weight: 121
Dimension: H: 0.52 x L: 9.52 x W: 7.52 inches
ISBN 10: 0892366362
ISBN 13: 9780892366361
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Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Osservazioni is an impassioned defense of the superiority of Roman architectural 'invention' over the 'beautiful and noble simplicity' of ancient Greece. In this three part polemical masterpiece, the famed engraver and designer not only contends that the Etruscans not the Greeks were the artistic mentors of the Romans but also argues for a Roman inspired exuberance in design that draws freely on all forms and traditions of ancient art. Although Piranesi's essentially Baroque vision set him at odds with the austere Neoclassicism of his contemporaries, his ideas were inspirational to such gifted eighteenth century architects as Robert Adam, John Soane, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and Etienne Louis Boullee. Today, Piranesi's lively plea for imaginative eclecticism remains topical, as the debate continues over the relative merits of a rational, minimal architecture versus an architecture rich in ornament and historical references.

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