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Title: Selected etchings by Piranesi, series 2
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Editor: Sir C. H. Reilly
Release date: July 23, 2023 [eBook #71256]
Language: English
Original publication: United Kingdom: Technical Journals, Ltd, 1910
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SELECTED ETCHINGS BY PIRANESI, SERIES 2 ***
Transcriber’s Note: Italic text is enclosed in _underscores_; boldface
text is enclosed in =equals signs=.
Transcriber included the plate numbers in their captions.
Selected Etchings
by
PIRANESI
With an Introduction
by
C. H. REILLY, M.A., F.R.I.B.A.,
Roscoe Professor of Architecture, The University of Liverpool.
SERIES II.
TECHNICAL JOURNALS, LTD.
CAXTON HOUSE :: WESTMINSTER
LIST OF PLATES
1. Medallion Portrait of Piranesi.
2. Trophy of Arms.
DESIGNS.
3. Design for a Bridge.
4. Design for a Forum.
5. A Roman Hall.
6. Imaginary Prison Interior.
7. Ditto.
8. Ditto.
VIEWS OF ROMAN BUILDINGS AND SITES.
9. View of the Campo Vaccino (Forum Romanum).
10. Temple of Concord.
11. Arch of Titus.
12. Ditto.
13. Arch of Constantine.
14. Arch of Trajan at Ancona.
15. Tomb of Cecilia Metella.
16. The Ponte Salario.
17. The Ponte Lugano.
18. Temple of Ceres.
19. Forum of Nerva.
20. Ditto.
21. Temple of Bacchus.
22. Temple of Minerva Medica (now considered part of the Baths of
Gallienus).
23. Part of the Colosseum.
24. Basilica of S. Lorenzo.
25. Basilica of St. Paul.
26. Basilica of S. Sebastian.
27. The Trevi Fountain.
28. Fountain of Pope Paul V.
29. The Felice Fountain.
30. The Palazzo Laterano.
31. The Palazzo Barbarini.
32. The Palazzo Quirinale.
VASES, PEDESTALS, &C.
33. The Nave of St. Peter’s.
34. The Interior under the dome of St. Peter’s.
35. The Interior of St. John Lateran.
36. Pedestal from the Borghese Collection.
37. Offertory Box from the “Vasi Candelabri.”
38. Urn from ditto.
39. Ditto.
40. Vase from ditto.
41. Ditto.
42. Ditto.
43. Ditto.
44. Ditto.
45. Ditto.
46. Ditto.
47. Ditto.
48. Chimneypiece from the “Diverse Maniere.”
49. Ditto.
50. Ditto.
INTRODUCTION
The demand which followed the issue of the first series of small
reproductions of Piranesi’s etchings has tempted the Publishers to put
forth a further selection. The mine is, indeed, inexhaustible, but all
the etchings, though of great individual interest, are not of equal
value to architects. For them Piranesi serves two main purposes: the
first, a stimulus to the imagination; the second, a store of rich and
expressive detail. In this selection, to assist in the first purpose,
are included a few of his own architectural designs. These do not,
however, in reality exhibit his great imaginative qualities so well as
his interpretations of actual buildings. Although Piranesi was careful
to see that he was always styled “Venetian Architect,” we have no very
reliable evidence that he ever composed a building except on paper,
and such paper plans as he published do not suggest great practical
qualities. It is in his drawings of the ruins of ancient Rome that
he gives us something at once more rare and more valuable than any
ordinary architectural achievement. In them he shows us the inherent
romance buried deep in Roman construction. Through him we learn the
spiritual character of this construction when stripped of all its
worldly ornament. It is true that in his drawings the buildings have
another sort of decoration--a decoration of trees and foliage. In the
eighteenth century the ruins had not yet been cleaned and docketed
into museum specimens, but the romance which Piranesi reveals in arch,
vault, and dome is something deeper than a mere picturesque contrast
with foliage and figures. The romance he shows us is the romance of any
enduring monument. It is the monumental quality of Roman construction
which makes it akin to the great works of Nature, and the trees and
vegetation in Piranesi drawings only help to demonstrate this kinship.
The gesticulating figures serve a similar purpose. They are the men of
a lesser generation gibbering over the work of ancestors they only half
comprehend.
The other and more prosaic service which Piranesi can still render to
architects, and especially in these days of neo-Classic detail, is by
means of his careful drawings of antique ornaments and vases from his
own and his friends’ collections. Here he not only provides us with an
immense fund of detail, but he draws that detail in a way which gives
us at once the very essence of its character. It is a character all may
not love, but few can avoid feeling how suitable it is to the age in
which we live.
C. H. R.
[Illustration: Plate 1:
Medallion Portrait of Piranesi.]
[Illustration: Plate 2:
Trophy of Arms.]
[Illustration: Plate 3:
Design for a Bridge.]
[Illustration: Plate 4:
Design for a Forum.]
[Illustration: Plate 5:
A Roman Hall.]
[Illustration: Plate 6:
Imaginary Prison Interior.]
[Illustration: Plate 7:
Imaginary Prison Interior.]
[Illustration: Plate 8:
Imaginary Prison Interior.]
[Illustration: Plate 9:
View of the Campo Vaccino (Forum Romanum).]
[Illustration: Plate 10:
Temple of Concord.]
[Illustration: Plate 11:
Arch of Titus.]
[Illustration: Plate 12:
Arch of Titus.]
[Illustration: Plate 13:
Arch of Constantine.]
[Illustration: Plate 14:
Arch of Trajan at Ancona.]
[Illustration: Plate 15:
Tomb of Cecilia Metella.]
[Illustration: Plate 16:
Ponte Salario.]
[Illustration: Plate 17:
Ponte Lugano.]
[Illustration: Plate 18:
Temple of Ceres.]
[Illustration: Plate 19:
Forum of Nerva.]
[Illustration: Plate 20:
Forum of Nerva.]
[Illustration: Plate 21:
Temple of Bacchus.]
[Illustration: Plate 22:
Temple of Minerva Medica.]
[Illustration: Plate 23:
Part of the Colosseum.]
[Illustration: Plate 24:
Basilica of S. Lorenzo.]
[Illustration: Plate 25:
Basilica of St. Paul.]
[Illustration: Plate 26:
Basilica of S. Sebastian.]
[Illustration: Plate 27:
Trevi Fountain.]
[Illustration: Plate 28:
Fountain of Pope Paul V.]
[Illustration: Plate 29:
Felice Fountain.]
[Illustration: Plate 30:
Palazzo Laterano.]
[Illustration: Plate 31:
Palazzo Barbarini.]
[Illustration: Plate 32:
Palazzo Quirinale.]
[Illustration: Plate 33:
Nave of St. Peter’s.]
[Illustration: Plate 34:
Interior under the dome of St. Peter’s.]
[Illustration: Plate 35:
Interior of St. John Lateran.]
[Illustration: Plate 36:
Pedestal from the Borghese Collection.]
[Illustration: Plate 37:
Offertory Box from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 38:
Urn from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 39:
Urn from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 40:
Vase from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 41:
Vase from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 42:
Vase from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 43:
Vase from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 44:
Vase from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 45:
Vases from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 46:
Vases from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 47:
Vases from the “Vasi Candelabri.”]
[Illustration: Plate 48:
Chimneypiece from the “Diverse Maniere.”]
[Illustration: Plate 49:
Chimneypiece from the “Diverse Maniere.”]
[Illustration: Plate 50:
Chimneypiece from the “Diverse Maniere.”]
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_Selected Etchings by Piranesi._
LIST OF PLATES OF VOLUME I.
1. Title-page to the “Vedute di Roma.” (_Pub. Rome_ 1751.)
2. Composition of Ruins.
3. Bas-relief from the Portico of the Church of the Apostles,
Rome.
4. Antique bas-relief from Naples.
5. Trophy of Arms.
DESIGNS.
6. Design for a Grand Staircase.
7. Design for a Sculpture Gallery.
8. Design for the Mausoleum of a Roman Emperor.
9. Sketch Design.
10. Composition.
VIEWS OF ROMAN BUILDINGS.
11. Pyramid of C. Cestius, Appian Way.
12. Temple of Hercules, Cora.
13. Basilica of Maxentius, Rome.
14. The Capitol, Rome.
15. Ditto.
16. The Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, Rome.
17. The Colosseum.
18. Tomb of Hadrian (Castle of St. Angelo).
19. Ponte Molle, Rome.
20. The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli.
21. Interior of the Pantheon.
22. Gallery in Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli.
23. Ponte St. Angelo.
24. Temple of Concord, Rome.
25. Interior of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
26. Piazza Navona, Rome.
27. View of the Churches of the Madonna di Loreto and Santa
Maria, by Trajan’s Column, Rome.
28. Piazza of St. Peter’s, Rome.
29. Antique Equestrian statues (Castor and Pollux) on the
Quirinal, Rome.
30. The Quirinal, Rome.
IMAGINARY ROMAN PRISONS.
31. Etching from the series of imaginary Roman Prisons.
32. Ditto.
VASES, TRIPODS, &C.
33. Vase from “Vasi Candelabri.” (_Pub. Rome_, 1778.)
34. Vase from ditto.
35. Vase from ditto.
36. Vase from ditto.
37. Vase and tripod from ditto.
38. Vase and pedestal from ditto.
39. Tripod from “Vasi Candelabri.”
40. Tripod and bas-relief from ditto.
41. Tripod from ditto.
42. Lamp from ditto.
43. Vases from ditto.
44. Altar from ditto.
CHIMNEYPIECES.
45. Design for Chimneypiece from “Diverse Maniere.”
46. Ditto.
47. Ditto.
48. Ditto.
49. Ditto.
50. Design for a Chimneypiece and clock from “Diverse Maniere.”
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