Buy the Original Mixed Media
Price
$3,700
Dimensions
17.620 x 26.750 x 1.500 inches
This original mixed media is currently for sale. At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the Neighborhood Gallery of Boynton Beach secure checkout system. Please contact the gallery directly to inquire about purchasing this original.
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Title
Santa Maria Maggiore
Artist
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Medium
Mixed Media - Etching On Heavy Ivory Paper
Description
He was a major Italian printmaker, architect and antiquarian. The son of a Venetian master builder, he studied architecture and stage design, through which he became familiar with Illusionism*.
During a visit (1740) to Rome, which was then emerging as the center of European Neoclassicism*, Piranesi began his lifelong obsession with the visual diversity of the city's architecture.
He was taught (1740-44) etching*, the art form for which he remains best known, by Giuseppe Vasi. Piranesi then began to etch views of Roman architecture that reflected his deeply felt emotional response to the surviving remnants of ancient grandeur.
Piranesi's etchings, executed from the 1740s onward, are technically masterful evocations of ancient buildings that are simultaneously scholarly inquiries and fanciful essays in space, light, and scale. When collected and published (1756) in Antichita Romane (Roman Antiquities) the 135 etchings created a sensation throughout Europe. Equally stimulating are the superb architectural fantasies depicted in his Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons, begun c.1745, reworked 1761). This is a limited edition lithograph depicting architectural design by the artist . It is in good condition.
The Neighborhood Gallery on Fine Art America is offering this original framed lithograph which measures. 20.375 " x 30.125" in height. It is signed at center in plate. Additional photos are available upon request. It has been recently appraised and all documentation will be forwarded to the buyer. For more information or to arrange an in person viewing call Richard Beau Lieu at 561-736-8181 or email: beaulieustudios@aol.com
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October 22nd, 2021
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