Carceri 14.
Title |
Carceri 14. |
Creator |
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian draftsman, architect, and etcher, 1720-1778) |
Date |
1750? |
Cultural Context |
Italian European Western European |
Style/Period |
Romantic (modern European styles ) |
Subject |
Fantastic architecture Dungeons Prisons Detention facilities Interiors Stairways Fantasy Despair |
Description |
Etching, second state. |
Measurements |
Approx. 1' 4" x 1' 9" |
Technique |
Etching (printing process) Printing (process) Printmaking Intaglio printing |
Work Type |
Etchings Prints Intaglio prints |
Repository |
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, England, United Kingdom) |
Source |
Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 11th ed. Forth Worth: Harcourt, 2001. (fig.28-34, p.863) |
Rights |
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. |
Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
Format |
image/jpeg |
Digital File Name |
VRC 503-27.jpg |
Rating |
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