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Sentry boxes
12021-07-20T14:18:09-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68f228493plain2021-07-26T13:53:58-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fSentry boxes are common elements in the iconography of the Carceri series. They are ambiguously depicted as to also imply torture machines such as vergine di ferro (iron maidens) or instruments of solitary confinement.
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1media/piranesi-2M-vol08-003_thumb.jpg2021-07-18T13:39:25-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fPlate III2media/piranesi-2M-vol08-003.jpgplain2021-07-18T14:02:02-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68f