Piranesi's Lost Words

by Heather Hyde Minor

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was one of the most important artists eighteenth-century Europe produced. But Piranesi was more than an artist; he was an engraver and printmaker, architect, antiquities dealer, archaeologist, draftsman, publisher, bookseller, and author. In Piranesi's Lost Words, Heather Hyde Minor considers Piranesi the author and publisher, focusing on his major publications from 1756 to his death in 1778. Piranesi designed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271065494
• ISBN13: 9780271065496
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 10.3"