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

Creators Italy

Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (1598 - 1669)
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1598 - 1669
 L'Ortolano (1480 - 1525)
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Roman Opalka (1931 - 2011)
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Girolamo Massei (1530 - 1614)
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1530 - 1614
Gae Aulenti (1927 - 2012)
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1927 - 2012
Andrea Scacciati (1642 - 1710)
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1642 - 1710
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 - 1666)
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri
1591 - 1666
Luca Saltarello (1610 - 1655)
Luca Saltarello
1610 - 1655
Achille Lucien Mauzan (1883 - 1952)
Achille Lucien Mauzan
1883 - 1952
Gabriella Porpora (1942)
Gabriella Porpora
1942
Giovanni Battista Busiri (1698 - 1757)
Giovanni Battista Busiri
1698 - 1757
Franco Fontana (1933)
Franco Fontana
1933
Torello Ancillotti (1843 - 1899)
Torello Ancillotti
1843 - 1899
Andrea Bianchi (1612 - 1640)
Andrea Bianchi
1612 - 1640
Manuel Ortiz de Zárate Pinto (1887 - 1946)
Manuel Ortiz de Zárate Pinto
1887 - 1946
Ugo Carpi (1480 - 1532)
Ugo Carpi
1480 - 1532

Creators Classicism

Richard William Hubbard (1816 - 1888)
Richard William Hubbard
1816 - 1888
Jacob Gerritsz. van Bemmel (1628 - 1673)
Jacob Gerritsz. van Bemmel
1628 - 1673
Charles Lacroix (1869 - 1953)
Charles Lacroix
1869 - 1953
Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Georges Bizet
1838 - 1875
John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
John Ruskin
1819 - 1900
August Köllner (1813 - 1906)
August Köllner
1813 - 1906
Mathieu Geslin (1829 - 1893)
Mathieu Geslin
1829 - 1893
Moritz Friedrich Schlegel (1865 - 1937)
Moritz Friedrich Schlegel
1865 - 1937
Ernest Braems (1883 - 1965)
Ernest Braems
1883 - 1965
Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
Thomas Hardy
1840 - 1928
Benjamin Barker (1776 - 1838)
Benjamin Barker
1776 - 1838
Pietro Gabrini (1856 - 1926)
Pietro Gabrini
1856 - 1926
Kapiton Alekseevich Zelentsov (1790 - 1845)
Kapiton Alekseevich Zelentsov
1790 - 1845
Giovanni Antonio Grecolini (1675 - 1725)
Giovanni Antonio Grecolini
1675 - 1725
Johannes Franciscus Spöhler (1853 - 1923)
Johannes Franciscus Spöhler
1853 - 1923
Pierre Jean Hellemans (1787 - 1845)
Pierre Jean Hellemans
1787 - 1845