Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome
1776, published 1800–07 · Etching on heavy ivory laid paper · Image: 49 × 70.3 cm (19 5/16 × 27 11/16 in.); Plate: 49.5 × 71 cm (19 1/2 × 28 in.); Sheet: 51.6 × 71.8 cm (20 3/8 × 28 5/16 in.)
Piranesi, Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome, 1776, published 1800–07. Etching on heavy ivory laid paper.
The Art Institute of Chicago · Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
How to look at a Piranesi
- Find the figures first. Then look at how big the architecture has become because of them.
- Follow the gradient on the largest plane. It never bands.
- Look at his skies: broken, directional lines, never flat hatching.
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