Piranesi's Candelabra and the Presence of the Past: Excessive Objects and the Emergence of a Style in the Age of Neoclassicism
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Near the end of his life, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) created three colossal candelabra mainly from fragments of sculpture excavated near the Villa Hadriana in Tivoli, two of which are now in the Ashmolean Museum, and one in the Louvre. Although they were among the most sought-after and prestigious of his works, and fetched enormous prices during Piranesi's life, they suffered a steep decline in appreciation from the 1820s onwards, and even...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0192845667
ISBN13:9780192845665
Release Date:May 2023
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 7.8" x 9.4"
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