Observations on the letter of monsieur mariette
Auteur :
Piranesi, .
Éditeur :
Getty Trust Publications
ISBN :
9780892366361
Date de publication :
7 nov. 2002
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,9 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
548 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Osservazioni" is an impassioned defence of the superiority of Roman architectural "invention" over the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of Ancient Greece. This is an English translation of Piranesi's three-part polemical work.