Unfolding Rome: Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Le Antichità Romane, Volume I (1756)
In this thesis I argue that Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) composed the first volume of Le Antichità Romane (1756) to emphasize his expertise and knowledge of ancient Rome's monuments and topography. My study questions the objectivity of the volume's visual and textual components....
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| Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-2887 |