Retrato de Giovanni Battista Piranesi
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi

1720–1778 · República de Venecia · 51 obras

Giovanni Battista Piranesi fue un arqueólogo, investigador, arquitecto y grabador italiano, famoso principalmente por esta última faceta. Realizó más de 2000 grabados de edificios reales e imaginarios, de estatuas y relieves de la época romana así como diseños originales para chimeneas y muebles.

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En qué trabajaba

neoclasicismo

1760–1830 · 51 obras suyas aquí

El término Neoclasicismo surgió en el siglo XVIII para denominar al movimiento estético que venía a reflejar en las artes los principios intelectuales de la Ilustración, que desde mediados del siglo XVIII se venían produciendo en la filosofía y que consecuentemente se habían transmitido a todos los ámbitos de la cultura. Aunque, coincidiendo con la decadencia de Napoleón Bonaparte, el Neoclasicismo fue perdiendo adeptos en favor del Romanticismo.

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1740 – 1749

a los 20–29 años · 29 obras

Antiquities of Rome: The Appian Way · 1740 · a los 20

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Iscrizioni de Liberti e Servi · 1740 · a los 20

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The Skeletons · 1740 · a los 20

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Views of Rome: Forum of Nerva · 1740 · a los 20

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Foro di Augusto · 1743 · a los 23

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Tempio di Giove Tonante · 1743 · a los 23

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Avanzo del Tempio di Minerva Medica · 1745 · a los 25

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The Monumental Tablet · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Lofty Arch with a Frieze · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Perspective of Arches with a Smoking Fire · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Perspective of Colonnades with Zig-Zag Staircase · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Perspective of Roman Arches, with Two Lions Carved in Relief on Stone Slabs in the Foreground · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Prison Door · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Series of Galleries with Crane-Like Erection of Beams · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Vast Interior with Trophies · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Vaulted Building with a Central Column with Barred Window · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: A Wide Hall with Lanterns · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: An Arched Chamber with Posts and Chains · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: An Architectural Medly, with a Man on the Rock in the Foreground · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: An Immense Interior with a Drawbridge · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: Colonnaded Interior with a Broad Stair · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: Round Arches Springing from a Square Column · 1745 · a los 25

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The Prisons: Title Page -- Interior of a Prison · 1745 · a los 25

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The Triumphal Arch · 1745 · a los 25

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The Tomb of Nero · 1747 · a los 27

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Tempio di Diana · 1748 · a los 28

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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, Plate 10 · 1749 · a los 29

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41 × 54 cm

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The Prisons: A Perspective of Arches with a Smoking Fire in the Center · 1749 · a los 29

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1750 – 1759

a los 30–39 años · 9 obras

Sacrificial Offering in a Temple · 1750 · a los 30

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14 × 9 cm

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Veduta dei muri che investivano le falde del Monte Celio · 1750 · a los 30

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Veduta dell'Arco di Gallieno · 1750 · a los 30

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Veduta dell'avanzo dell'Anfiteatro Castranse · 1750 · a los 30

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Avanco del Tempio della Concordia · 1756 · a los 36

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Veduta degli Avanzi, o sia del termine degli Archi che conducevano l'Acqua Giulia · 1756 · a los 36

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Views of Rome: Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli · 1756 · a los 36

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Views of Rome: Temple of Cybele · 1758 · a los 38

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Views of Rome: The Temple of Portunus(?) · 1758 · a los 38

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1760 – 1769

a los 40–49 años · 6 obras

Views of Rome: The Pantheon · 1761 · a los 41

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Views of Rome: The So-called Tempio della Tosse, near Tivoli · 1763 · a los 43

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Prospettiva della Scala dela coserva d' acqua de' gia detti alloggiamenti, accennata in pianta nella Tav XIII con la lett. G. · 1764 · a los 44

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Title Page of Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi da Cento detto il Guercino · 1764 · a los 44

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Views of Rome: Rovine del Sisto o sia della gran sala delle Terme Antoniniane · 1765 · a los 45

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Views of Rome: Remains of the Temple of Apollo near Hadrian's Villa · 1768 · a los 48

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1770 – 1779

a los 50–59 años · 5 obras

Views of Rome: The Aquaduct of Nero · 1775 · a los 55

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Views of Rome: The The Isola Tiberina · 1775 · a los 55

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Views of Rome: The Arch or Titus · 1776 · a los 56

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Views of Rome: The Colosseum · 1776 · a los 56

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Views of Rome: The Tomb, called La Connocchia · 1776 · a los 56

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Mandolin · 1785 · a los 65

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Overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)

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Mandoline · 1785 · a los 65

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