Displeasure of ruins: Piranesi and the monuments of ancient Rome: Piranesi's depictions of the ruins of ancient Rome had enormous influence, but they have been widely misunderstood. As Lola Kantor-Kazovsky argues, they were not intended to provoke pleasurable reflections on the effects of time: they are instead tragic images of the wheel of fortune.(Giovanni Battista Piranesi)(Critical essay)

Apollo | September 1, 2007| | Copyright

A recurring dilemma in Piranesi studies is the question whether the artist is best understood in his contemporary international context or in that of the local traditions from which he grew. The problem is that although in Rome he was in direct and close communication with artists who generated neoclassical taste in Europe, Piranesi cannot simply be understood in the context of neoclassicism, to the formation of which he contributed so much.

The representation of ruins is a case in point. It was once claimed that Piranesi's passion for Roman ruins makes him part of ...

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