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Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette: With Opinions on Architecture, with a Preface to a New Treatise on the Introduction and Progress of the Fine Arts in Europe in Ancient Times

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Osservazioni is an impassioned defense of the superiority of Roman architectural invention over the beautiful and noble simplicity of ancient Greece. In this three-part polemical masterpiece, the famed engraver and designer not only contends
that the Etruscans-not the Greeks-were the artistic mentors of the Romans but also argues for a Roman-inspired exuberance in design that draws freely on all forms and traditions of ancient art. Although Piranesi's essentially Baroque vision set him at odds with the austere Neoclassicism of his
contemporaries, his ideas were inspirational to such gifted eighteenth-century architects as Robert Adam, John Soane, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, and �tienne-Louis Boull�e. Today, Piranesi's lively plea for imaginative eclecticism remains topical, as the debate continues over the relative merits of a
rational, minimal architecture versus an architecture rich in ornament and historical references.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Release: November 07, 2002

ISBN 13: 9780892366361

Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette: With Opinions on Architecture, with a Preface to a New Treatise on the Introduction and Progress of the Fine Arts in Europe in Ancient Times

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

0/5 ( ratings)

Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Osservazioni is an impassioned defense of the superiority of Roman architectural invention over the beautiful and noble simplicity of ancient Greece. In this three-part polemical masterpiece, the famed engraver and designer not only contends
that the Etruscans-not the Greeks-were the artistic mentors of the Romans but also argues for a Roman-inspired exuberance in design that draws freely on all forms and traditions of ancient art. Although Piranesi's essentially Baroque vision set him at odds with the austere Neoclassicism of his
contemporaries, his ideas were inspirational to such gifted eighteenth-century architects as Robert Adam, John Soane, Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, and �tienne-Louis Boull�e. Today, Piranesi's lively plea for imaginative eclecticism remains topical, as the debate continues over the relative merits of a
rational, minimal architecture versus an architecture rich in ornament and historical references.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Release: November 07, 2002

ISBN 13: 9780892366361

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