Piranesi's grandest tour : from Europe to Australia
Holden, Colin2014
Book
The majestic works of eighteenth-century Italian printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi have never ceased to inspire artists, printmakers and architects. Piranesi is famous for his etchings of real and imaginary buildings - Roman ruins, baroque cityscapes and fantastical prisons. Here, his life and art is reassessed, along with the complex world of his son, Francesco, whose promotion of his father's work was overshadowed by allegations of espionage. The book also reveals the story of the Australian collectors of Piranesi's work and his influence on our artists, from Russell Drysdale to Rick Amor and Marco Luccio.
Main title:
Piranesi's grandest tour : from Europe to Australia / Colin Holden.
Author:
Holden, Colin, author
Imprint:
Sydney, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2014.©2014
Collation:
221 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 25 x 31 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781742233949 (hardback)
Dewey class:
709.4563
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
269281