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Ruined bridge
1media/Carceri.detailRUINEDbridge_thumb.jpg2021-07-24T13:37:14-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68f228497plain2021-07-24T13:48:43-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fIn Plate VIII, Piranesi's destroyed bridge is a symbol of the disconnection between the ancient past and eighteenth-century minds. A similar structure had been depicted in Plate V, in the detail reproduced below.
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1media/piranesi-2M-vol08-008_thumb.jpg2021-07-18T13:41:29-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fCarceri plate VIII1media/piranesi-2M-vol08-008.jpgplain2021-07-18T13:41:29-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68f
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12021-07-18T14:03:26-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68fPlate VHelen B. Kampmann Marodin19"The Lion Bas-Relief"plain2021-07-22T07:13:13-07:00Helen B. Kampmann Marodin057612e7fc4f8728b1dcdf23e7ab160b2ebfb68f