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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
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from J Paul Getty Museum Pubns (November 7, 2002)
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.