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Plate Preceding Page 31 of “Apologia”: Etruscan Inventions
18th century18th century
382 x 252 mm (15 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.]
- ornament - Decorative forms that are an integral part of a building or object but are not essential to its structure. Regarding techniques of embellishment in general, use "decoration (process)." [November 1990 descriptor moved.]
- plate Dimensions: 382 x 252 mm (15 x 9.9 in.)
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778) . Plate Preceding Page 31 of “Apologia”: Etruscan Inventions, 18th century. From Diverse Maniere d’Adornare i Cammini ed ogni Altra Parte Degli Edifizi Desunte Dall’Architettura Egizia, Etrusca, Greca (Cammino che si vede nel Palazzo di Sua Ecc’za Milord Conte D’Exeter a Burghley in Inghilterra.). Etching. plate : 382 x 252 mm (15 x 9.9 in.). DAC accession number Retrospective TBD. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892).
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