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Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette: With Opinions on Architecture, and a Preface to a New Treatise on the Introduction and Progress on the Fine Arts in Europe in Ancient Times
By
Caroline Beamish (trans),
John Wilton-Ely,
David Britt (trans),
John Wilton-Ely (introduced by) and
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
J Paul Getty Museum Pubns
Publication date
November 7, 2002
Pages
176
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780892366361
ISBN-10
0892366362
Dimensions
0.50 by 7.25 by 10.25 in.
Weight
1.25 lbs.
Original list price
$35.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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 Étienne-Louis Boullée. 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continues over the relative merits of a rational, minimal architecture versus an architecture rich in ornament and historical references.
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9780892366361 | details & prices | 176 pages | 7.25 × 10.25 × 0.50 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $35.00
About: 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.
About: 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.
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