Observations on the letter of Monsieur Mariette : with opinions on architecture, and a preface to a new treatise on the introduction and progress of the fine arts in Europe in ancient times / Giovanni Battista Piranesi ; introduction by John Wilton-Ely ; translation by Caroline Beamish and David Britt.

Main entry:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.

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Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : Getty Research Institute for the History of Art & the Humanities : Garsington : Windsor, 2002.

Description:

168 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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Texts & documents

Notes:
Translation of: Osservazioni sopra la lettre de M. Mariette aux auteurs de la Gazette littéraire de l'Europe, inserita nel supplemento dell'istessa gazetta stampata dimanche 4. novembre MDCCLIV; e parere su l'architettura, con una prefazione ad un nuovo tratto Della introduzione e del progresso delle belle arti in Europa ne'tempi antichi (Rome : Generoso Salomoni, 1765).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-170) and index.

Subject:

Italian artists.
Italian architects.
Italian etchers.
Italian engravers (printmakers)
Architecture (object genre) Italy Rome 1740-1780.
Architectural theory.
Etchings Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Added entries:

Wilton-Ely, John.
Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities.
Texts & documents.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228938
Call No.: NA44.P667.A35 2002
Status: Available

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