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Speaking Ruins: Piranesi and the Legacy of Ancient Rome


2005

Throughout the eighteenth century, vestiges of classical Roman structures not only sparked Piranesi's imaginative genius, they drove him to record and celebrate them with the accuracy and fervor of an archaeologist, and to defend the culture that created them through graphic works of emotive force.

Curated by Marnie Stark

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Speaking Ruins: Piranesi and the Legacy of Ancient Rome

Date

2005

Curated by

Marnie Stark

Begin Date

2005-09-03

End Date

2005-12-11

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