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Digital edition & reimagination of Giovanni Piranesi’s works at USC | digitalpiranesi.org | Digital Art History | Book History | Word & Image | Architecture | 18C | Romanticism | Ruins
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Since triumphal arches have been in the news… here are some exemplary ancient commemorations of violence and oppression
Engraving of ancient Roman triumphal arch Engraving of ancient four-way Roman triumphal arch Engraving of ancient Roman triumphal arch against cloudy sky Engraving of ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
October 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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The Sublime Dreams of Piranesi, a new gallery + commentary at Romantic Circles, is up at romantic-circles.org/gallery/exhi...
An imaginary view of fantastical architecture around an ancient circus An interior architectural view if a ruined building with botanical overgrowth An imaginary prison with multiple, and impossible, staircases and levels Interior of an ancient tomb with tourists, grave-robbers, and a long caption
September 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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A Piranesi comment on the #Xodus, in Campus Martius, title pg and Rear View of Pantheon: from X to sky
Altered close-up of an “X” from title page of Piranesi’s Campus Martius, with stippled interior and horizontal etching lines as shadows Sky in background of Pantheon’s dome Sky in background of Pantheon’s dome Sky between ruins in background of a view of the Pantheon
November 20, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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Piranesi’s on the cover of the latest Studies in Romanticism, a special issue on digital humanities. The contents look just as grand!
Black snd white image on front cover of Studies in Romanticism, with one-armed statue, overgrown ruins, and smoke rising over distant columns Back cover with contents listed over darkened image, showing gesturing figures before an ancient inscription
November 19, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Piranesi’s “Gothic Arch” from Imaginary Prisons. Stairs ascend between the walls that meet, impossibly, at the arch’s point. #18c #architecture
Stairs and walkways in fantastical architecture Close-up of illusion: an arch formed by walls that can’t meet
November 13, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Piranesi’s The Well (Il pozzo), from Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d’invenzione): chatter and gesticulation among torture devices
Black and white etching of subterranean prison with staircases, torture devices, and gesturing people Close up of two sets of gesturing people
November 11, 2024 at 7:15 PM
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Prisoners on a Projecting Platform (Gruppo di prigionieri sotto un grande arco), details and full image, from Piranesi’s Imaginary Prisons
November 8, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Torture, a theme for November. The Man on the Rack from Piranesi’s Carceri d’invenzione.
Close-up of a man on the rack in black and white etching Copperplate etching of torture scene in odd architectural space. The Man on the Rack from Piranesi’s Carceri d’invenzione.
November 7, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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Happy Halloween from vol. 2 of Piranesi’s Antichità Romane.
Etching of ancient tomb with skeleton in casket
October 31, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Halloween scenes from Piranesi’s Carceri d’invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) #halloween
Etching of prison scene with torture implements Etching of prison scene with prisoner and torture implements Etching of prison scene with torture implements Etching of prison scene with torture implements, close-up
October 31, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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Sky in Piranesi’s Veduta di un Sepolcro creduto di Scipioni, Antichità Romane vol. 2.
October 28, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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More Halloween tomb-raiding from Piranesi’s Antichità Romane
Ancient Roman tomb depicted in black-and-white etching Close-up with two men pointing at human remains and architectural details Close-up with rubble and a grand tourist Close-up of a skull and other human remains
October 31, 2023 at 10:39 PM
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Happy Halloween from Piranesi & an 18c excavation of an ancient Roman tomb (Antichità Romane, vol 2) #eighteenthcentury #Rome
October 31, 2023 at 6:00 PM