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The Serpent and the Stylus: Essays on G. B. Piranesi (Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome)
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Description for The Serpent and the Stylus: Essays on G. B. Piranesi (Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome)
Hardcover. Serves as a representative sampling of the contemporary scholarship on Piranesi, with each essay scrutinizing a particular aspect of his oeuvre. By engaging with material found in eighteenth-century manuscripts, as well as texts and images Piranesi produced, this work offers a portrait of Piranesi's life and work. Editor(s): Bevilacqua, Mario; Minor, Heather Hyde; Barry, Fabio. Series: Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Num Pages: 300 pages, 172 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AFF; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1166.
This volume is a representative sampling of the contemporary scholarship on Piranesi, with each essay scrutinizing a particular aspect of his oeuvre. By engaging with material found in eighteenth-century manuscripts and printed materials, as well as texts and images Piranesi produced, the nine esteemed contributors add the expanding, glittering mosaic of Piranesi's life and work. As perhaps the most crucial intermediary between Rome and the modern era, ""Piranesi"" appeals to many audiences, including archaeologists, architects, art and architectural historians, classicists, and historians of the graphic arts and book design.
This volume is a representative sampling of the contemporary scholarship on Piranesi, with each essay scrutinizing a particular aspect of his oeuvre. By engaging with material found in eighteenth-century manuscripts and printed materials, as well as texts and images Piranesi produced, the nine esteemed contributors add the expanding, glittering mosaic of Piranesi's life and work. As perhaps the most crucial intermediary between Rome and the modern era, ""Piranesi"" appeals to many audiences, including archaeologists, architects, art and architectural historians, classicists, and historians of the graphic arts and book design.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472115846
SKU
V9780472115846
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About
Mario Bevilacqua is Associate Professor at the University of Florence, Italy. Heather Hyde Minor is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Fabio Barry is Assistant Professor at the American University of Rome, Italy.
Reviews for The Serpent and the Stylus: Essays on G. B. Piranesi (Supplements to the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome)
The contributors offer a fresh view of Piranesi, one that not only serves to capture an ephemeral 'state of the question,' but should also redirect subsequent research in new and productive channels. - John Pinto, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University