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PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 638 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA , See also:Italian engraver of See also:ancient architectural subjects, was See also:born in the earlier See also:half of the 18th See also:century, and studied his See also:art at See also:Rome. The See also:great remains of that See also:city kindled his See also:enthusiasm and demanded portrayal. His See also:hand faithfully imitated the actual remains of a fabric; his invention, catching the See also:design of the See also:original architect, supplied the parts that were wanting; his skill introduced See also:groups of vases, altars, tombs; and his broad and scientific See also:distribution of See also:light and shade completed the picture, and threw a striking effect over the whole. One See also:engraving after another was executed with much brilliancy; and, as the See also:work went on, the zeal of the artist only waxed stronger. In course of See also:time it was found necessary to See also:call in the aid of all his See also:children and of several pupils. He did not, in fact, slacken in his exertions till his See also:death in 1778. The plates of Piranesi, in which the severity of burin work is largely supplemented by the freer lines of the See also:etching-See also:needle, were collected and preserved by his son and coadjutor See also:Francesco. They were published, to the number of about 2000, in 29 vols. fol. (See also:Paris, 1835-1837).

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