Piranessi

1. What does Pinanessi use to do?
Pinanessi use to do technology of the engraving. Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. Theresult may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper asprints or illustrations; these images are also called engravings.

2. Where was he born?
He born in Mogliano Veneto near Treviso on 4 of octubre of .1720

3. Which culture was he inspired by?
Hewas inspired in the ancient thing, and more concretely for the Roman thing.

4. Which themes did he depict?



5. What’s the meaning of etching?
Etching is the thing that Pinanessi use to doher masterpiece. The paper as prints is cleaning wich this.
6. Give the title of 10 engravings.
The ten engraving more importants there are:
 1743: Prima parte di Architettura e Prospettive
1756: Capricci Decorative Romane
 Le Vedute di Roma
 1761: Rovine dell castello dell'Acqua Giulia
 Lapides Capitolini e il Campo Marcio dell'antica Roma
 1763: Descrizione dell'emissario del LagoAlbano
 1764: Antichitá di Cora
 1765: Parere sull'Architettura
 1769: Diverse Maniere d'adornare i camini
 Ragionamento apologetico in difesa dell'architettura egiziana e toscana
 DellaMagnificenza ed Architettura de Romani

7. Describe your favorite engraving.
The work that I like is the imaginary prisons. Roman prisons reflect the place that considered as an end and with manystairs . His work and this also in especial are very dark, he want to express his coldness. We can also observe small and many people lying on the ground to reflect the pain and cruelty. Always he used aperspective based to see the bigger things and interesting.
8. Which painters were influenced by Piranessi’s work?
Piranessi `s work was influenced in the work of Hubert Robert

9. Which other...