Piranesi
Author(s):
Penny, Nicholas
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 7 - 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Good |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Books |
| Publication Year: | 1988 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 042148 |
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| Categories: | Architecture , Art, Criticism & History of Art |
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96pp, generously illustrated in black and white. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. 4to. Cloth is a little pushed in and rubbed at the tips of the spine, and the upper text block edge is a little dust dulled, else volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original, glossy dust wrapper, slightly shelf worn but not price clipped.
Nicholas Penny documents every stage of the restless career of Giovanni Piranesi, the Venetian classical archaeologist, artist and architect (1720-1778), famous for his etchings of Rome and fictitious, atmospheric 'prisons'.
Keywords:
Art
Architecture
Classical World
Etchings
History of Art
Individual Artists
Giovanni Piranesi
