Show Notes: s2e40 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (part two)
Here's part two of our discussion on Piranesi, all about the Imaginary Prisons.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. First plate (Title Page) of the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 546 x 414 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. First plate (Title Page) of the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 546 x 414 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Man on the Rack, plate 2 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 560 x 415 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Round Tower, plate 3 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 545 x 415 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Round Tower, plate 3 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 545 x 414 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Grand Piazza, plate 4 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 545 x 414 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Grand Piazza, plate 4 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 542 x 412 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Lion Reliefs, plate 5 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. Sheet: 767 x 536 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 545 x 414 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Smoking Fire, plate 6 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 545 x 414 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Drawbridge, plate 7 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 547 x 411 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Drawbridge, plate 7 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 547 x 411 mm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 545 x 414 mm. Art Institute of Chicago.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Staircase with Trophies, plate 8 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 545 x 414 mm. Art Institute of Chicago.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 545 x 414 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 410 x 540 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, plate 10 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 414 x 545 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 505 x 414 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Arch with a Shell Ornament, plate 11 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 505 x 414 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Sawhorse, plate 12 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 412 x 555 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Sawhorse, plate 12 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 412 x 555 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Well, plate 13 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 406 x 548 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Well, plate 13 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 406 x 548 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 494 x 638 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 494 x 638 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 410 x 544 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Pier with a Lamp, plate 15 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 410 x 544 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from the first edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1750. Etching. 408 x 548 mm. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Pier with Chains, plate 16 from the second edition of Le Carceri d’Invenzione, 1761. Etching. 408 x 548 mm. Princeton University Art Museum.
Francesco Piranesi (Italian, 1758/59–1810) and Louis-Jean Desprez (French, 1743–1804). L'Illumination de la Croix du Careme, 1787. Etching (Piranesi) with hand coloring (Desprez). 690 x 465 mm. Bassenge.
Laura Piranesi (Italian, 1755–1799). View of the Pantheon in Rome. Etching. Plate: 139 x 200 mm (5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Laura Piranesi (Italian, 1755–1799). View of the Temple of Antoninus, now the Land Customs Office. Etching. Plate: 125 x 198 mm (4 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
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Show Notes: s2e39 Giovanni Battista Piranesi (part one)
