Piranesi's lost words / Heather Hyde Minor.

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Minor, Heather Hyde, 1971- author.

Title & Author:

Piranesi's lost words / Heather Hyde Minor.

Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

Description:

xiv, 248 pages ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-237) and index.
Reading Piranesi in the twenty-first century -- Reading Piranesi in the eighteenth century -- How Piranesi made a book out of fragments of ancient texts and buildings -- How Piranesi made a book out of fragments of modern texts and images -- How Piranesi made a book that questions it all -- How Piranesi's words got lost -- How Piranesi's words got found.

Summary:

"Examines the writings of eighteenth-century Italian engraver and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi"--Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780271065496 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0271065494 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 Written works.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture Italy Rome.
Architecture Italie Rome.
21.60 architecture: general.
Antiquities
Architecture
Authorship
Arkitektur.
Antika fornlämningar.
Rome (Italy) Antiquities.
Rome (Italie) Antiquités.
Italy Rome
Italien Rom.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291675
Call No.: BIB 235439
Status: Available

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