ID: 700009346 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009346	Record Type: Conceptual

Carceri d'Invenzione (etchings (prints); Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker; Giovanni Bouchard, p...; First edition, 1749-1750; last...; Italy (Europe, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy))

Note: Series of 16 etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. All depict enormous subterranean vaults with stairs and machinery; in genre of architectural fantasies. First Edition, 1749-1760: First published by G. Bouchard as 14 prints in generally lighter and more sketchy states. first issue, 1749/1750; second issue, 1750-ca. 1758. Second Edition, 1761-1778: published by Piranese himself as 16 prints in generally darker and more detailed states; first issue, 1761; second issue, early to mid 1760s; third issue, mid 1760s-early 1770s; fourth issue, mide to late 1770s. Third edition, 1778-1799: No state difference from previous issue, thus edition is distinguished by watermarks, printing, etc. Fourth edition, 1800-1809. Fifth Edition, 1835-1839. Sixth Edition, 1839-ca. 1940.

Titles:

Carceri d'Invenzione (preferred,C,U,English,,N,Italian,U,N)

The Prisons (C,U,TR,English,U,U)

Invenzioni capric di carceri (C,U,PB,Italian,U,U,English,U,U)

Imaginary Prisons (C,U,English,T,U)

Carceri (C,U,BT,Italian,U,U)

Catalog Level: series

Work Types:

etchings (prints) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

architectural fantasies (depictions) [300343855]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, drawings (visual works), <drawings by function>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

architecture

Creation Date: First edition, 1749-1750; last edition 1839-ca. 1940

Creator Display:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, printmaker; Giovanni Bouchard, publisher [preferred]

Creator: unavailable [,BWR]

printmaker Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) [500114965]

publisher Bouchard, Giovanni (Italian publisher, printer, ca. 1716-1795) [500353817]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Not Applicable:

Current: Italia [1000080] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: Italy

Current: Roma [7000874] Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: +41.9,+12.4833; Rome, Italy

Display Materials: etchings, ink on paper

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: various

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description,undetermined)

Specific Subjects:

	prisons (buildings) [300006460]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, correctional institutions (buildings)) (AAT)

	capricci (visual works) [300015441]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

Sources and Contributors:
Carceri d'Invenzione	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3787108; BWR3786330
The Prisons	........ [VP]
	........ Marchesano, Invenzioni capric di carceri (2010)
Invenzioni capric di carceri	........ [VP]
	........ Marchesano, Invenzioni capric di carceri (2010)
Imaginary Prisons	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Carceri	........ [VP]
	........ Robison, Piranesi: the early architectural fantasies: a guide to the exhibition (1978)

Subject: ....... [VP,BWR]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786330

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3786330

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 29740

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) Record created: 3/2/1999 By: Designer Record modified: 9/30/2013 By: williams Export To VIA Date: 6/12/2004

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Marchesano, Invenzioni capric di carceri (2010)
	..... Robison, Piranesi: Early Architectural Fantasies, Catalogue Raisonné (1986) 139
	..... Robison, Piranesi: the early architectural fantasies: a guide to the exhibition (1978)
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3786330