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
- Exhibition Title
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