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Lädt ... The Prisons (Le Carceri : the Complete First and Second States) (1761)von Giovanni Batista Piranesi
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  Mapguy314 | Jun 10, 2020 |    ) waclements7 | Oct 27, 2015 | "Piranese's CARCERI are like nothing else of the time [1st stage 1750 & 2nd stage 1761], like nothing done before. Gigantic, monolithic, they seem as though built by giants, but house only puny humans, dwarfed by the excessive scale of an infinitude of vaults and ceilings. They are not so much prisons in a world we might recognize, but views of a world that is itself a prison. Chillingly, it is not even Hell, convention that would offer some comfort, since we would know where to situate it, but Piranesi chooses not to allow us to remove these prisons from our own sphere. Even in those engravings where a sky is visible, it holds no promise of freedom (and what was once a hint of open sky in the First State is often occluded by more arches and walls in the Second). To crawl to the top, to scale the highest wall would afford no view of the outside, only of a vaster prison. His visions do not promise a world beyond which one might flee, only more of the same. No escape."  Mary_Overton | Sep 1, 2014 | Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
The timeless Carceri etchings of Piranesi (1720-1778) represent not only spectacular artistic accomplishments but also unforgettable expressions of psychological truths. Combining the influences of Tiepolo, Bibiena, and Rembrandt, these works of architectural fantasy challenge the boundaries of perception, creating a vast system of visual provocation. Innumerable staircases, immense vaults, and other ambiguous structures are compounded with projecting beams, pulleys, rickety catwalks and gangways, dangling ropes and chains, and the occasional shadowy human figure.This full reproduction in book form of The Prisons, made directly from mint copies of original prints, presents both editions of Piranesi's work, with prints on facing pages for convenient comparison. The first edition (circa 1745) ranks among the most rare and valuable print collections in existence and abounds in a multiplicity of perspectives--an innovation that predates Cubism by two centuries. For the second (1761) edition, Piranesi reworked the plates, adding elaborate details that alter some of them almost beyond recognition. It is in the second, more emotionally challenging renditions that his masterful management of light and shadow is most evident. This edition features an informative Introduction by Philip Hofer, in addition to a Preface by John Howe, a conceptual designer on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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If you are interested in Piranesi's work there is another Dover book, "Views of Rome then and now", which has 48 Piranesi plates and current photographs of the same site in Rome. Taschen books has a 2-volume set of all thousand or so prints, although many prints are a lot smaller. There is also a Vimeo animation that will take you through the Carceri to the accompaniment of music by J S Bach. (