Title

Different shells thought to inspire the forms of Etruscan vases, 1769. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi.

Caption

Different shells thought to inspire the forms of Etruscan vases, 1769. From "Diverse Maniere d'adornare i cammini ed ogni altra parte degli edifizi desunte dall'architettura Egizia, Etrusca, e Greca con un Ragionamento Apologetico in defesa dell'Architettura Egizia, e Toscana, opera del Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi Architetto (Diverse Ways of ornamenting chimneypieces and all other parts of houses taken from Egyptian, Etruscan, and Grecian architecture with an Apologia in defence of the Egyptian and Tuscan architecture, the work of Cavaliere Giambattista Piranesi)" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, [Rome, 1769].

Date

1769

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Reference

HRM25A05_297

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

52,8Mo (2,8Mo) / 29,7cm x 44,5cm / 3513 x 5250 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian interior natural arts country sea life book sealife shell shells spiral spirals design decoration decorative ornate location century inside interior design literature concept vase vases seashells decorated seashell marine life B&W MONOCHROME interior decoration aquatic life Indoors black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century Etruscan Etruria etching Giovanni Battista Piranesi Piranesi Giovanni Battista Royal Academy of Arts