![]() The first major exploration of the lives of Piranesi's books, Piranesi Unbound reimagines the full range of the artist's creativity by showing how it is inextricably bound to his career as a maker of books. It shows how, even after his books were bound, they were subject to change by Piranesi and others as pages were torn out and added. It reveals his habit of raiding the wastepaper pile for cast-off sheets upon which to draw and fuse printed images and texts. Luigi Ficacci 37 Hardcover 6 offers from 298. No guarantee discs or access codes are included. Piranesi is a fantasy novel by English author Susanna Clarke, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2020. Hardcover 20 offers from 51.98 Piranesi (TASCHEN Icons Series) Luigi Ficacci 11 Paperback 20 offers from 5.09 Giovanni Battista Piranesi Etchings of Ancient Rome and Surrealism from the Renaissance Andrew Livingston 7 Paperback 2 offers from 7.00 Piranesi, 2 Vol. ![]() ![]() While in readable condition we do not recommend gifting this item. Pages are still intact but spine may have minor creasing. The cover is clean but does show some wear. Drawing on new research, Piranesi Unbound uncovers the social networks in which Piranesi published, including the readers who bought, read, and debated his books.The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear.Piranesi Unbound provides a fundamental reinterpretation of Piranesi by recognizing him, first and foremost, as a writer, illustrator, printer, and publisher of books.įeaturing nearly two hundred of Piranesi's engravings and drawings, including some that have never been published before, this visually stunning book returns Piranesi's artworks to the context for which he originally produced them: a dozen volumes that combine text and image, archaeology and imagination, erudition and humor. Piranesi (Women's Prize for Fiction Winner) by Susanna Clarke 4.4 (33) Paperback 14.49 17.00 Save 15 BN Exclusive 23.99 Hardcover 23.99 Paperback 14.49 eBook 9.99 Large Print 18. Yet Carolyn Yerkes and Heather Hyde Minor argue that his single greatest art form-one that combined his obsessions most powerfully and that he pursued throughout his career-was the book. Why Piranesi's greatest works weren't his famous prints but rather the books for which he made themĪ draftsman, printmaker, architect, and archaeologist, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) is best known today as the virtuoso etcher of the immersive and captivating Views of Rome and the darkly inventive Imaginary Prisons.
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