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• 1 2019-02-15T17:23:57-08:00 Interior view of the Temple of Bacchus 21 Veduta interna dell’antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di Sant' Urbano due miglia distante da Roma fuori di porta San Sebastiano. Le pareti interiori di questo Tempio sono le uniche, che conservano l’antica loro Architettura, benche spogliate in parte de’ suoi ornamenti di Stucco. plain 2023-06-20T12:07:07-07:00 Title: Veduta interna dell’antico Tempio di Bacco in oggi Chiesa di Sant' Urbano due miglia distante da Roma fuori di porta San Sebastiano. Le pareti interiori di questo Tempio sono le uniche, che conservano l’antica loro Architettura, benche spogliate in parte de’ suoi ornamenti di Stucco. Key: A Pitture de’ tempi bassi. B Avanzi di antichi Trofei di stucco. C Avanzi di Lacunarj di Stucco parimente antichi. D Altare moderno. E Ara antica di Bacco. F Scala, per la quale si scende ad una stanza sotterranea. Signature: Cavalier Piranesi diseg(nò). ed incise Title: Interior View of the Temple of Bacchus, today the Church of Sant’Urbano two miles from Rome outside the Porta San Sebastiano. The interior walls of this Temple are the only ones that preserve their ancient Architecture, even though they have been stripped of some of their ornaments made of Stucco. Key: A Paintings of the low times. B Ruins of the ancient Trophies made of stucco. C Ruins of Coffers made of Stucco that are also ancient. D Modern altar. E Ancient Altar of Bacchus. F Stairs, on which one descends into the subterranean room. Signature: Designed and engraved by Cavalier Piranesi. From the previous view, which shows the exterior of this temple, this image leads us into its shadowy interior and, following its annotations, towards its architectural and decorative details. A shaft of light illuminates the floor and two human figures near the ancient altar in the foreground that features visually and verbally in the previous image. Francesco devoted a significant portion of his study of ancient temples, Raccolta de’ Tempj Antichi, to this structure, depicting it in numerous views, an elevation, and a cross-section as well as providing studies of its details, such as the altar. Although the authorship of that volume has been contested, it is fair to follow the attribution of the images below to Francesco. While Giovanni’s atmospheric view of the interior resembles Francesco’s spaccato, or cross-section, in its visual subject and its verbal annotations, more specifically, Giovanni’s methods for presenting information through annotation more resolutely combine visual and verbal evidence.
  Francesco’s cross-section casts light into the otherwise darkened interior, clearly delineating the medieval images and ancient details that both he and his father label with annotations. In contrast to the crisp lettering throughout Francesco’s cross-section, Giovanni’s annotations are practically invisible in the shadowy temple, lost in the deeply-etched details of its walls. Viewers are encouraged to look, though, and also to read, by staffage figures whose postures seem to amplify the indexical function of the annotations. Two staffage figures—one standing on the left, the other seated on the right—gesture in parallel towards the center of the image and into the recesses of the temple. Other figures engage with almost all of the image’s annotated elements: two men look and walk down the stairs (F), and another two lean and apparently read on the altar (E). From these ground-level details, we are encouraged to look carefully as our eyes move higher and deeper in the image, where the walls are, the caption tells us, the only ones that preserve their ancient architecture, though they have been stripped of their stucco ornaments. In contrast with Francesco’s illusion of the cut-away cross-section, Giovanni employs the illusion of the immersive interior that is dotted with informative annotations in order to combine a more realistic experience of the present with an educated portrayal of the past. (JB)
  
  To see this image in the Vedute di Roma, volume 16 of Piranesi’s Opere, click here.