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Piranesi's Grandest Tour: From Europe to Australia
Colin Holden
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Description for Piranesi's Grandest Tour: From Europe to Australia
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 300 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1701.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742233949
SKU
V9781742233949
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About Colin Holden
Colin Holden is a social historian and has curated exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria and Geelong Art Gallery. He was awarded a Redmond Barry Fellowship by the State Library of Victoria and the University of Melbourne to research this book and the associated exhibition.
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