Observations on the Letter of 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 (Texts & Documents)

Observations on the Letter of 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 (Texts & Documents)

by JohnWilton-Ely (Introduction), David Britt (Introduction), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Author), Caroline Beamish (Introduction)

Synopsis

Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Osservazioni" is an impassioned defence of the superiority of Roman architectural "invention" over the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of Ancient Greece. This is an English translation of Piranesi's three-part polemical work.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Getty Research Institute,U.S.
Published: 01 Aug 2002

ISBN 10: 0892366362
ISBN 13: 9780892366361