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Ornament

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The role of ornament was a key point of contention in eighteenth-century scholarly debates about architectural theory. Prevailing opinion in architectural circles both in Italy and across Europe was that ornament was a distraction from the nobility and soundness of the basic design of a building. Throughout his works, by contrast, Piranesi praises architectural ornament as opposed to, and often in conjunction with, form. 

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  1. Themes across Piranesi’s Works Jeanne Britton

Contents of this tag:

  1. Views of Rome Drawn and Engraved by Giambattista Piranesi Venetian Architect
  2. Interior view of Santa Maria degli Angeli
  3. View of the Arch of Titus (1 of 2)
  4. View of the Arch of Constantine
  5. View of the Temple of Concord
  6. View of St. Peter’s Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican
  7. View of the Arch of Septimius Severus
  8. Ancient Temple Commonly Called the Temple of Salus on the Via d’Albano
  9. Interior view of the Temple of Bacchus
  10. View of the Palazzo Stopani
  11. View of the Villa of Cardinal Alessandro Albani
  12. View of the Temple of Cybele in the Piazza of the Bocca della Verità