Giovanni Battista Piranesi | Genius of Italian Baroque Printmaking
October 1, 2015 – January 10, 2016
Prolongation to 17. 1. 2016
Archdiocesan Museum in Olomouc | Gallery
Giovanni Battista Piranesi is one of the greatest figures of Italian art from the 18th century. He was a man of many professions. He wanted to assert himself as an architect and a scientist, but he has been recorded in history primarily as an extraordinary graphic artist. He started out on the Venetian art scene, but his life and work, however, were inherently linked with Rome and its ancient monuments. The exhibition will present all Piranesis graphic art in its diversity of topic and expression. Besides the famous Roman vedute and prints from numerous graphic cycles devoted to ancient monuments, it will also present etchings of unique architectural fantasies and fascinating scenes from the Carceri (Dungeons) album.
Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Stator, from the Antichità Romane de Tempi della Reppublica, 1747-1748, etching, Archbishopric Olomouc - Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum
Flavian Amphiteater, called the Colosseum, from the Antichità Romane de Tempi della Reppublica, 1747-1748, etching, Archbishopric Olomouc - Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum
Arch of Pola in Istria, from the Antichità Romane de Tempi della Reppublica, 1747-1748, etching, Archbishopric Olomouc - Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum
View of the Atrium of the Portico of Ostavia, from the series Vedute di Roma, 1750-1751, etching, National Gallery in Prague
Another view of the Sibylline temple at Tivoli, from the series Vedute di Roma, 1750-1751, etching, National Gallery in Prague
St. Peter´s and the Piazza of st. Peter´s, from the series Vedute di Roma, 1750-1751, etching, National Gallery in Prague
View of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, from the series Vedute di Roma, 1750-1751, etching, National Gallery in Prague
Drawbridge leaf from the cycle Carceri (Dungeons); 2nd Edition, (1749-1761), etching, engraving, paper
