This annotation was created by Michael Andrew Gavin.
The Digital PiranesiMain MenuAboutThe Digital Piranesi is a developing digital humanities project that aims to provide an enhanced digital edition of the works of Italian illustrator Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778).Works and VolumesGenres, Subjects, and ThemesBibliographyGlossary
Open skies
12021-07-02T14:16:55-07:00Michael Andrew Gavined74a11860d5f5eedf6744c94c4ef7d6e8390e76228492plain2021-07-02T14:22:32-07:00Michael Andrew Gavined74a11860d5f5eedf6744c94c4ef7d6e8390e76Piranesi almost dissolves the view of the open skies into the architecture in the second edition of Carceri d'Invenzione (1761). In the previous Invenzione capric di Carceri, the firmament contrasted with elements such as bridges and archways.
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1media/piranesi-2M-vol08-001_thumb.jpg2021-07-02T14:12:12-07:00AnonymousCarceri Title Page1media/piranesi-2M-vol08-001.jpgplain2021-07-02T14:12:12-07:00Michael Andrew Gavined74a11860d5f5eedf6744c94c4ef7d6e8390e76