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
Elevation of the ruins of the Beautiful Riverbank, with the outlet of the Cloaca Maxima
12020-11-22T09:41:13-08:00Avery Freemanb9edcb567e2471c9ec37caa50383522b90999cba228491from Volume 07 of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Opereplain2020-11-22T09:41:13-08:00Internet Archiveimagepiranesi-ia-vol7-005.jpgAvery Freemanb9edcb567e2471c9ec37caa50383522b90999cba
1media/7 Title page.jpg2020-11-22T09:49:02-08:00Avery Freemanb9edcb567e2471c9ec37caa50383522b90999cbaOn the Magnificence and Architecture of the Romans; Observations on the Letter of Monsieur MarietteJeanne Britton9Della Magnificenza ed Architettura De'Romani; Osservazioni sopra la Lettre de Monsieur Marietteimage_header2021-04-03T13:46:33-07:00Jeanne Brittone120651dde677d5cf1fd515358b14d86eb289f11
This is sample text to determine potential display methods for our animations of Piranesi’s layered or composite images. These images include multiple layers of paper, stone, or other material arranged in ways that call attention to media and materiality in what are often some of his most technically specific images. In this image, he layers paper against a background of the outlet of the Cloaca Maxima: ostensibly, they are informative, detailing elements of the construction, but, aesthetically, they have different effects.
