Ioannis-Baptistae Piranesii antiquariorum regiae societatis Londinensis socii De Romanorum magnificentia et architectura

Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778 · 1761 · Romae : [publisher not identified] · 27 pictures

Piranesi's 1761 folio De Romanorum magnificentia et architectura, published in Rome, presents engraved studies of ancient Roman architecture and ornament for an audience of antiquarians and architects. The plates show capitals, cornices, brackets, and carved friezes drawn in dense, shadowed etching, giving designers a catalogue of classical moldings and decorative motifs such as acanthus scrolls, grotesque masks, and fluted shafts.

Clement XIII, Pope, 1693-1769 · Architecture · Architecture, Roman · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Clement XIII, Pope, 1693-1769 -- Portraits · Architecture -- Italy -- Rome · Architecture, Roman -- Etruscan influences -- Early works to 1800 · Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800 · Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Rome · Antiquities · Architecture -- Orders · Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800 · Italy -- Rome · Rome (Empire)

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