Rome Lost and Found: [Rezension von: Piranesi and the Campus Martius : the missing corso ; topography and archaeology in eighteenth-century Rome = Piranesi e il Campo Marzio : il corso che non c'era / Joseph Connors. With preface by Walter Geerts. - Milano : Jaca Book, 2011]

Joseph Connors’ study of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Campus Martius (1762) is a lively and wide-ranging study in a small package. The primary focus is the centerpiece of Piranesi’s volume: his famous Ichnographia or plan-map of the Campus Martius in Rome, a grand and intricate foldout etching that...

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1. Verfasser: Maier, Jessica (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 13 Jun 2013
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Zusammenfassung:Joseph Connors’ study of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Campus Martius (1762) is a lively and wide-ranging study in a small package. The primary focus is the centerpiece of Piranesi’s volume: his famous Ichnographia or plan-map of the Campus Martius in Rome, a grand and intricate foldout etching that has long fascinated scholars. Connors demonstrates that personal observation and archaeological research fed Piranesi’s imagination rather than being at odds with it. In the process, he furnishes a singular glimpse into the mind and thought process of this most alluring of paper architects.
ISSN:2050-5833
DOI:10.5334/ah.am

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