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Piranesi’s Vedute di Roma [Views of Rome] series, begun by 1748, expanded the popular genre of the veduta or  “view.” Views traditionally offered realistic depictions of architecture or landscape, and their keys identified particular buildings and monuments. Many of Piranesi’s annotated views, though, include copious amounts of information on a single page. In addition to architectural details, archaeological interventions, and detailed measurements, some of his annotations include personal opinion, historical speculation, and first-person narrative. Piranesi said that ruins, more than the drawings of the influential Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), “spoke” to him. In his annotated views, ancient and modern architecture seems to speak, in a different way, to his viewers and readers. His annotations break the illusion of visual art, and they combine immersive, imposing images with objective information, historical detail, or aesthetic theory.  (Views from volumes 15, 16, and 17 are included below. Views also appear in virtually all of Piranesi's other major works, especially volumes 1-6, 8, and 9-11. Those views will be added below as well.)




 
 

 

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Contents of this path:

  1. Interior view of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican
  2. View of the Customs House in the Piazza di Pietra
  3. View of the Piazza della Rotonda [the Pantheon]
  4. View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian (1 of 2)
  5. View of the Piazza Navona above the Ruins of the Circus of Domitian (2 of 2)
  6. View of the Palace of the Illustrious Barberini Family on the Quirinal Hill
  7. View of the famous Vatican Basilica with its spacious Portico and adjacent Piazza
  8. View of St. Peter’s Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican
  9. View of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia
  10. Interior view of the Atrium of the Portico of Octavia
  11. View of the Small Waterfalls in Tivoli
  12. View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort in Hadrian's Villa
  13. View of the octagonal Temple of Minerva Medica
  14. View of the Piazza d’Oro in Hadrian’s Villa
  15. View of the Heliocaminus used in Winter
  16. View of the Arch of Septimius Severus
  17. Interior View of the Colosseum (1 of 2)
  18. View of the Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum
  19. Interior View of the Colosseum (2 of 2)
  20. View of the Animal Cages Built by the Emperor Domitian for the Colosseum
  21. View of the Remains of the Baths of Diocletian
  22. Interior view of Santa Maria degli Angeli
  23. View of the Baths of Diocletian at Santa Maria degli Angeli
  24. View of the Baths of Titus
  25. View of the Remains of the Buildings on the Second Floor of the Baths of Titus
  26. View of the Sepulcher of Piso Licinianus on the Ancient Via Appia
  27. View of the Ponte Lugano on the Anio
  28. View of the Tomb of the Plautius Family
  29. View of the so-called Temple of the Tosse near Tivoli
  30. View of the Temple of Concord
  31. Interior View of the Pantheon called the Rotonda
  32. View of the Capitoline Hill with the Steps leading to Santa Maria in Aracoeli
  33. View of the Tomb of Caius Cestius
  34. Pyramid of Caius Cestius
  35. View of the Capitoline Hill
  36. Side View of the Capitoline Hill
  37. View of the Roman Forum (1 of 2)
  38. View of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans
  39. Another View of the Temple of Concord
  40. View of the Roman Forum (2 of 2)
  41. View of the Site of the Ancient Roman Forum
  42. Vue des deux restes de rangs de Colonnes qui etoient au Temple de Neptune qui lateralement formoient les Portiques dans la Celle
  43. Vue des restes de la Celle du temple du Neptune
  44. Vue des restes interieurs du Temple de Neptune
  45. Temple de Neptune a Pesto
  46. Vue interieure du Temple de Neptune decrit dans la planche X
  47. Vue des restes interieurs d’un des Pronaos du Temple du Neptune qui regarde du cote de la Terre Entree a la Celle du Temple
  48. Vue des deux restes de rangs de Colonnes qui etoient au Temple de Neptune qui lateralement formoient les Portiques dans la Celle
  49. Vue des restes de la Celle du temple du Neptune
  50. Vue d’un autre temple, dans la Ville de Pesto, que l’on croit communcement avoir ete dedie a Junon
  51. Vue laterale du Temple de Junon
  52. Vüe intérieure du Temple, que l’on croit avoir été dédié à Junon
  53. Vue de ce qui reste encore des Murs de l’ancienne Ville de Pesto, appellee par les Grecs Possidonia
  54. Vue des restes d’une grande enceinte de colonnes
  55. Interior view of the Basilica of St. Peter's in the Vatican, near the Tribune
  56. Vue de quelques unes des Colonnes de la facade opposee
  57. Vue des 18 Colonnes de côté dessinées du côté opposé à celles qui sont indiquées dans la primiere planche par la lettre B
  58. Vue des restes du Pronaos de l’edifice, que l’on peut considerer comme le College des Anfictions
  59. Autre Vue de la Facade du Pronaos, dessine et decrit dans la planche V
  60. Vue interieure du College suppose des Anfictions
  61. Autre Vue de l’interieur du Pronaos
  62. Autre Vue interieure des restes du College suppose des Anfictions
  63. Vue des restes du derriere du Pronaos du temple de Neptune dessine dans les deux planches precedentes
  64. Cross-Section of the interior of the Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura
  65. Interior view of the so-called Temple of the Tosse near Tivoli
  66. Interior View of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano
  67. Interior View of the Villa of Maecenas
  68. Another Interior View of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli
  69. Interior View of the Pronaos of the Pantheon
  70. Interior View of the Pantheon
  71. Perspective View of the Trevi Fountain
  72. Ruins of a Sculpture Gallery in Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli
  73. Egyptian Obelisk
  74. Two Churches Near the Column of Trajan
  75. Temple, commonly called the Temple of Janus
  76. Column of Trajan
  77. Ancient Temple Commonly Called the Temple of Salus on the Via d’Albano
  78. Theater of Marcellus
  79. Remains of a Covered Portico, or Cryptoporticus, in a Villa of Domitian
  80. Arch of Septimius Severus
  81. Ruins of the Antonine Baths
  82. Ruins of the Xystus, or the Grand Hall of the Antonine Baths
  83. Tomb of Cecilia Metella
  84. Remains of an Ancient Tomb, today called La Conocchia
  85. Remains of the Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli
  86. Remains of a Room Belonging to the Praetorian Fort at Hadrian’s Villa
  87. Meeting Hall in Hadrian’s Villa
  88. Remains of the Temple Said to Be of Apollo in Hadrian’s Villa
  89. Remains of the Temple of the God Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli
  90. Villa Pamphili
  91. Remains of the Aqueduct of Nero
  92. View of the Fountain and the Grotto of Egeria Outside the Porta Capena
  93. View of the Temple of Hercules in the City of Cori
  94. View of the Temple of Camenae
  95. View of the Temple of Cybele in the Piazza of the Bocca della Verità
  96. View of the Temple of Bacchus
  97. View of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis
  98. Interior view of the Temple of Bacchus
  99. View of the Ponte Salario
  100. View of the Ancient Foundations Built by Tarquinius Superbus called the Bel Lido
  101. View of the Milvian Bridge over the Tiber Two Miles outside Rome
  102. View of the Tiber Island
  103. View of the Mausoleum of the Emperor Hadrian, now called Castel Sant’Angelo
  104. View of the Bridge and Castel Sant’Angelo
  105. View of the Palace of the Academy on the Via del Corso, established by Louis XIV, King of France for French students of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
  106. View of the Port of Ripa Grande
  107. View of the Monument Erected by the Emperor Titus Commemorating His Restoration of the Aqueducts of the Anio and Claudia
  108. View of the Port of the Ripetta
  109. View of the Villa d'Este in Tivoli
  110. View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Giulia
  111. View of the Villa of Cardinal Alessandro Albani
  112. View of the Palazzo della Consulta on the Quirinal housing the Papal Secretariat
  113. View of the Palazzo Farnese
  114. View of the Palazzo Odescalchi
  115. Column of Marcus Aurelius
  116. View of the Palazzo di Montecitorio
  117. View of the Palazzo Stopani
  118. View of the Trevi Fountain
  119. View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Paola
  120. View of the Fountainhead of the Acqua Felice
  121. View of the Piazza and the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano
  122. View of the Façade of the Basilica of San Giovanni Laterano
  123. View of the Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura, built by Constantine the Great
  124. View of the Pantheon
  125. View of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman Forum
  126. View of the Tablinum of Nero’s Golden House (1 of 2)
  127. View of Two Dining Rooms Belonging to Nero’s Golden House, taken erroneously for the Temples of the Sun and Moon, or of Isis and Serapis
  128. View of the Tablinum of Nero’s Golden House (2 of 2)
  129. View of the Arch of Titus (2 of 2)
  130. View of the Arch of Constantine
  131. View of the Arch (in the City) of Benevento in the Kingdom of Naples
  132. View of the Colosseum (2 of 2)
  133. View of the Remains of the Forum of Nerva (1 of 2)
  134. View of the Colosseum (1 of 2)
  135. View of the Arch of Titus (1 of 2)
  136. View of the Remains of the Forum of Nerva (2 of 2)
  137. View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli
  138. Another View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli (2 of 2)
  139. Ruins of One of the Soldiers’ Barracks in Hadrian’s Villa
  140. View of the Waterfall of Tivoli
  141. Another View of the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli (1 of 2)
  142. Interior of the Temple of the God Canopus at Hadrian’s Villa