Sujet

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

Légende

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

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM25A05_298

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,6Mo (3,7Mo) / 30,3cm x 45,1cm / 3584 x 5327 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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