Serpent and the Stylus Essays on G. B. Piranesi

Name: Serpent and the Stylus Essays on G. B. Piranesi
Price: 80.25 USD
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ISBN: 9780472115846

ISBN-10: 0472115847

ISBN-13: 9780472115846

Edition: 2006

Authors: Heather Hyde Minor, Mario Bevilacqua, Fabio Barry

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Piranesi was an architect, engraver, antiquities restorer and dealer, draftsman, archaeologist, furniture and fireplace designer, author, and bookseller. His creations in paper and in stone garnered considerable renown in his own lifetime, allowing him to transform himself from a penniless son of a stonemason to a wealthy entrepreneur. However, despite attempts to catalogue and analyze his work, little is known about Piranesi. Since Henri Focillon published his monograph on the artist in 1918, scholars have sought to expand his interpretive strategies used to examine Piranesi and his work. This volume is a representative sampling of the contemporary scholarship on Piranesi, with each essay…

Book details

List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 4/13/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 9.00" wide x 11.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English