Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an 18th-century Italian painter, engraver, architect, and archaeologist who represented Neoclassicism and Romanticism. He was famous for creating a lot of original etchings with images of antique architecture monuments.

Giovanni Piranesi created hundreds of drawings and drafts in which he depicted the reconstructed ruins of ancient Roman buildings. His works are still used as teaching aids in the education of architectural students in many prestigious European universities. Piranesi periodically printed voluminous books with dozens of his own engravings depicting modified ancient architectural masterpieces - "graphic fantasies". His works were in demand among professional architects, who borrowed Piranesi's original ideas for their designs.

The peak of Piranesi's career came in the 1760s when, in recognition of his merits, he became an honorary member of the Guild of St. Luke and received from the Pope the title of Knight of the Golden Spur.

More than 700 of the master's original etchings have survived, printed in scholarly works.

Date and place of birt:4 october 1720, Mogliano Veneto, Italy
Date and place of death:9 november 1778, Rome, Italy
Nationality:Italy
Period of activity: XVIII century
Specialization:Archaeologist, Architect, Artist, Engraver, Graphic artist
Genre:Cityscape
Art style:Romanticism, Classicism
Technique:Etching

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