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

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Rudolf Stingel (1956)
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Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli (1573 - 1625)
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1573 - 1625
Francesco Robba (1698 - 1757)
Francesco Robba
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Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979)
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Antonio Canova (1757 - 1822)
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 Sallust (87 BC - 35 BC)
Sallust
87 BC - 35 BC
Silvestro Lega (1826 - 1895)
Silvestro Lega
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 Maestro Dell'Osservanza (1423 - 1450)
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Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (1386 - 1466)
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Theodor Martens (1822 - 1884)
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Gianfilippo Usellini (1903 - 1971)
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Jacopo Vigneri ()
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Pietro Longhi (1701 - 1785)
Pietro Longhi
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Maurice Hagemans (1852 - 1917)
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Alessandro Magnasco (1667 - 1749)
Alessandro Magnasco
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Creators Classicism

Emile-Rene Menard (1862 - 1930)
Emile-Rene Menard
1862 - 1930
Charles Ernest Butler (1864 - 1933)
Charles Ernest Butler
1864 - 1933
Thomas Sutherland (1785 - 1838)
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1785 - 1838
Jean Bernard Duseigneur (1808 - 1866)
Jean Bernard Duseigneur
1808 - 1866
Euphrosine Beernaert (1831 - 1901)
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1831 - 1901
Francesco Gnecchi (1847 - 1919)
Francesco Gnecchi
1847 - 1919
Henry James Holiday (1839 - 1927)
Henry James Holiday
1839 - 1927
Francesco Didioni (1839 - 1895)
Francesco Didioni
1839 - 1895
Jacques Stella (1596 - 1657)
Jacques Stella
1596 - 1657
Anton Mikhailovich Legashov (1798 - 1865)
Anton Mikhailovich Legashov
1798 - 1865
Joseph Andreas Weiss (1814 - 1887)
Joseph Andreas Weiss
1814 - 1887
Achille Vertunni (1826 - 1897)
Achille Vertunni
1826 - 1897
Eduard Gaertner (1801 - 1877)
Eduard Gaertner
1801 - 1877
Theodor Blätterbauer (1823 - 1906)
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1823 - 1906
Alexander Vasilievich Gine (1830 - 1880)
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1830 - 1880
Gustav Friedrich Keleti (1834 - 1902)
Gustav Friedrich Keleti
1834 - 1902
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