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A Paper Archaeology: Piranesi’s Ruinous Fantasias

Wednesday 9 February 2022 at 11:19

From the vast confines of his imaginary prisons to the billowy scenes that comprise his grotteschi, the early works of Giovanni Battista Piranesi wed the exacting details of first-hand observation with the farthest reaches of artistic imagination. Susan Stewart journeys through this 18th-century engraver-architect’s paper worlds.

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