This Plate Contains Detailed Illustrations of Two Columns with Their Capitals, Architrave, Frieze and Cornice; Which Support the Internal Arches of the Mausoleum of Costanza… (Nella Tavola presente in parte si dimostrano due Colonne… [see full title])
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This Plate Contains Detailed Illustrations of Two Columns with Their Capitals, Architrave, Frieze and Cornice; Which Support the Internal Arches of the Mausoleum of Costanza… (Nella Tavola presente in parte si dimostrano due Colonne… [see full title])
18th century18th century
348 x 252 mm (13.7 x 9.9 in.)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)
- architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
- columns (architectural elements) - Use for cylindrical, upright masonry members, usually either giving support or appearing to give support and usually comprised of three sections: a base, capital, and shaft; common also on furniture, especially as decorative elements. Use also for all uprights in steel frame or concrete frame structures. For square or rectangular members, either in masonry construction or classically treated, and for massive uprights in Medieval architecture, use "piers (supporting elements)"; for wooden square uprights, use "posts." [January 1995 related term added. March 1993 descriptor changed, was 'columns'; alternate term changed, was 'column'; descriptor moved. July 1991 scope note changed.]
- death
- friezes (entablature components) - Middle horizontal members of a classical entablature, above the architrave and below the cornice; for horizontal decorated bands in general, found on architecture and furniture, use "friezes (ornamental bands)." [April 1993 related term added. March 1993 descriptor moved. June 1991 scope note changed.]
- Italy - TGN 1000080
- mausoleums
- Rome - TGN 7000874 (standard English name used here for this well-known city)
- plate Dimensions: 348 x 252 mm (13.7 x 9.9 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . This Plate Contains Detailed Illustrations of Two Columns with Their Capitals, Architrave, Frieze and Cornice; Which Support the Internal Arches of the Mausoleum of Costanza… (Nella Tavola presente in parte si dimostrano due Colonne co’loro Capitelli, Architrave, Fregio, e Cornice; le quali stanno sotto agli Archi interni del Mausoleo di Costanza…), 18th century. From Roman Antiquities (Le Antichità Romane). Etching. plate : 348 x 252 mm (13.7 x 9.9 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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