This annotation was created by Michael Andrew Gavin. The last update was by Helen B. Kampmann Marodin.
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Pointing figures
12021-07-05T08:15:07-07:00Michael Andrew Gavined74a11860d5f5eedf6744c94c4ef7d6e8390e76228495plain2021-07-20T12:06:46-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fPiranesi depicts a multitude of human figures pointing to many different directions. They seem to be looking out and discussing alternative exits, entrapped in the dead ends Piranesi dispersed throughout the plate.
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