Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 – 1778)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778): Italian master of etching famed for dramatic Roman architecture, fantastical 'Carceri' prisons & detailed cityscapes. A Neoclassical visionary.
About this artwork
- Title: The Roman antiquities, t. 3, Plate LIV. Way in which they were raised big travertine, marble and other produce in the large tomb of Cecilia Metella.
- Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Baroque
- Main color: Gray
- Keywords: construction scene , linear drawing , roman engineering
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
- Perceived brightness: balanced
