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View of Flavian Amphitheater, Called the Colosseum, from Views of Rome

Date

1776

Creator

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

In his Views of Rome, Piranesi depicts the Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, four times, offering a different perspective of the monument in each view. Two of these etchings, dating from 1757 and 1776, demonstrates Piranesi's response to the needs of his patrons. The Grand Tourists, the greatest patrons of the Views, expected these prints to provide a souvenir of their scholarly journey; Piranesi concerned himself with reflecting this intellectual culture in his Views. Adapted from Sullo, The World of Piranesi: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Learning beyond the Classroom through Italian Language and Culture (Notre Dame, 2010)

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In his Views of Rome, Piranesi depicts the Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, four times, offering a different perspective of the monument in each view. Two of these etchings, dating from 1757 and 1776, demonstrates Piranesi's response to the needs of his patrons. The Grand Tourists, the greatest patrons of the Views, expected these prints to provide a souvenir of their scholarly journey; Piranesi concerned himself with reflecting this intellectual culture in his Views. Adapted from Sullo, The World of Piranesi: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Learning beyond the Classroom through Italian Language and Culture (Notre Dame, 2010)
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  • In his Views of Rome, Piranesi depicts the Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, four times, offering a different perspective of the monument in each view. Two of these etchings, dating from 1757 and 1776, demonstrates Piranesi's response to the needs of his patrons. The Grand Tourists, the greatest patrons of the Views, expected these prints to provide a souvenir of their scholarly journey; Piranesi concerned himself with reflecting this intellectual culture in his Views. Adapted from Sullo, The World of Piranesi: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Learning beyond the Classroom through Italian Language and Culture (Notre Dame, 2010)
  • In his Views of Rome, Piranesi depicts the Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, four times, offering a different perspective of the monument in each view. Two of these etchings, dating from 1757 and 1776, demonstrates Piranesi's response to the needs of his patrons. The Grand Tourists, the greatest patrons of the Views, expected these prints to provide a souvenir of their scholarly journey; Piranesi concerned himself with reflecting this intellectual culture in his Views. Adapted from Sullo, The World of Piranesi: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Learning beyond the Classroom through Italian Language and Culture (Notre Dame, 2010)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720 - 1778)
1776
Prints
Etching on laid paper
2006.008.019
architecture
intaglio prints
ruins
Not on view, please request access
21 1/2 x 29 3/4 in. (54.61 x 75.57 cm)
Gift of Harvey and Rica Simmons Spivack

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