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ID: 500114965
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500114965
 
Record Type: Person
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778)

Note: Best known for a series of etchings, "Prisons," inspired by both his early training as a scenographer and his admiration for Roman ruins. In 1743, he published 12 plates of architectural fantasies, ideal structures, and imaginary scenes of ruins, intended to improve the state of architecture and advance the potential use of antique ruins in contemporary design. He preferred borrowings from Roman rather than Greek architecture in the 18th century; his work had a lasting impact on contemporary tastes in architecture and the decorative arts, primarily in Britain where he influenced architects such as Robert Adam. In 1744, he was influenced by works of Tiepolo, transforming from his exacting early style to one of bold, fluid lines and dramatic chiaroscuro. Piranesi was in contact with practicing architects, most notably French and British throughout the 1750s, but in the 1760s, he received his first architectural and design commissions from Pope Clement XIII Rezzonico and members of his family. Although with the influence of the Rezzonico family waned with the Pope's death in 1769, Piranesi's work achieved widespread popularity throughout Europe.

Names:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian-P,NA)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (V,display)
Piranèse, Giovanni Battista (V)
Piranesi, Giambattista (V)
Piranesi, Gian Battista (V)
Piranesi, Giovan Battista (V)
Piranezi, Dzhovanni Battista (V)
Giambattista Piranesi (V)
Piranesi, G. B. (U)
Piranèse (U)
פיראנזי, ג'יובני בטיסטה (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)
Le Piranaise (LU,U)
Peranisi (LU,U)
Perinisi (LU,U)
Piranese (LU,U)
Piranesi (LU,U)

Nationalities:
Italian (preferred)
Roman

Roles:
artist (preferred)
designer
draftsman
architect
printmaker
engraver (printmaker)
etcher
printer
publisher
painter
theorist
archaeologist
interior designer
sculptor
interior decorator
furniture designer
decorative painter
art theorist
author
conservator

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Mogliano Veneto (Treviso province, Veneto, Italy) (inhabited place)
Died:  Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   1745-1778  Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy) (inhabited place)
active:   1720-1740  Venice (Venezia province, Veneto, Italy) (inhabited place)
active:   1743-1744  Naples (Napoli province, Campania, Italy) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:
apprentice of ....  Lucchesi, Matteo  
........................  (Italian architect, 1705-1776) [500001210]
child of ....  Piranesi, Angelo  
..............  (Italian mason, ca.1684-1755) [500033658]
nephew/niece of ....  Lucchesi, Matteo  
............................  (Italian architect, 1705-1776) [500001210]
parent of ....  Piranesi, Francesco  
................  (Italian printmaker, architect, ca. 1756 -1810) [500018927]
parent of ....  Piranesi, Laura  
................  (Italian draftsman, engraver, 1755-1785) [500117929]
parent of ....  Piranesi, Pietro  
................  (Italian printmaker, born 1773) [500032347]
student of ....  Scalfarotto, Giovanni Antonio  
..................  (Italian architect, ca. 1695-1764) [500033614]
student of ....  Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista  
..................  (Venetian painter, 1696-1770) [500018523]
student of ....  Valeriano, Giuseppe  Piranesi studied stage design with Giuseppe and his brother Domenico
..................  (Italian painter and architect, 1542-1596) [500007375]
student of ....  Vasi, Giuseppe  
..................  (Italian printmaker, archaeologist, 1710-1782) [500018222]
student of ....  Zucchi, Carlo  
..................  (Italian architect and printmaker, 1682-1767) [500027587]
student of ....  Zucchi, Carlo (Il Vecchio)  
..................  (Italian engraver (printmaker), 1682-1767) [500543792]
teacher of ....  Cassini, Giovanni Maria  
..................  (Italian engraver, draftsman, and geographer, 1745-ca. 1824) [500098064]
teacher of ....  Piranesi, Laura  
..................  (Italian draftsman, engraver, 1755-1785) [500117929]

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (I)

Biographies:
(Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) ..... [BHA]
(Italian architect, artist, draughtsman, engraver, etcher, and publisher, born Mogliano (Italy), 1720; died Rome (Italy), 1778) ..... [CCA]
(4.X.1720-9.XI.1778; Architect, Artist, Printmaker, Napoli, Roma, Venezia) ..... [FDA]
(Italian architect and printmaker, 1720-1778) ..... [GRLPA]
(Italian, 1720-1778) ..... [JPGM]
(Italian artist, 1720-1778) ..... [WCP]
(Italian architect, 1720-1778) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(Italian artist, 1720-1778) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Italian architect, 1720-1778) ..... [AVERY]
(Italian etcher, 1720-1778) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1720-1778) ..... [GRL]
(artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]
(Italian artist, 1720-1778) ..... [PROV]
(Italian draftsman, 1720-1778) ..... [IMJ]
(Italian architect, 1720-1778) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
פיראנזי, ג'יובני בטיסטה ........ [IMJ]
............................................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
Giambattista Piranesi ........ [AVERY, VP]
............................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Giovanni Battista Piranesi ........ [GRISC, PROV, VP]
.....................................................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
.....................................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
.....................................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Le Piranaise ........ [PROV]
..........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Peranisi ........ [PROV]
...................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Perinisi ........ [PROV]
...................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Piranèse ........ [GRL]
...................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79006767
Piranese ........ [PROV]
...................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Piranèse, Giovanni Battista ........ [VP]
.......................................................  GRI Library, author records (1998-)
Piranesi ........ [PROV]
...................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Piranesi, G. B. ........ [GRL, PROV]
...............................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79006767
...............................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
Piranesi, Giambattista ........ [AVERY Preferred, CCA, GRL, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP]
..............................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..............................................  GRI Library, author records (1998-)
..............................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..............................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 5 Feb 2003
..............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79006767
..............................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
..............................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63659
Piranesi, Gian Battista ........ [CCA, GRL]
...............................................  GRI Library, author records (1998-)
...............................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79006767
Piranesi, Giovan Battista ........ [CCA, GRL]
...................................................  GRI Library, author records (1998-)
...................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79006767
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista ........ [AVERY, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, FDA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, IMJ Preferred, JPGM Preferred, NGA-US, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
.......................................................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
.......................................................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
.......................................................  GRI Library, author records (1998-)
.......................................................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
.......................................................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 5 Feb 2003
.......................................................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
.......................................................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
.......................................................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
.......................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79006767
.......................................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 79006767; 88128529; 88128530
.......................................................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
.......................................................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
.......................................................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
.......................................................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
.......................................................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
.......................................................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63659
.......................................................  Witt Library, Authority files
Piranezi, Dzhovanni Battista ........ [CCA, GRL]
.........................................................  GRI Library, author records (1998-)
.........................................................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 79006767

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CCA, CL-Courtauld, FDA, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, IMJ, JPGM, PROV, RKD, VP, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  Batsford, Rome and Paestum by Piranesi (1913)
....................  Bolaffi, Dizionario dei pittori italiani (1972-1976)
....................  Campbell, Piranesi: The Dark Prisons (1988)
....................  CCA Authority File (1980-)
....................  Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (1931-1939)
....................  Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (1949-1951)
....................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n79006767
....................  GRI Library, author records (1998-)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) acccessed 24 June 2002; accessed 5 Feb 2003
....................  Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................  His Piranèse, c1974 (1980 printing):
....................  His Vedute di Roma, c1991:
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem database
....................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n79006767
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 79006767; 88128529; 88128530
....................  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects (1982)
....................  McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art (1969)
....................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
....................  National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 (1968-1981)
....................  New Encyclopaedia Britannica (1984)
....................  Osborne, Oxford Companion to Art (1970)
....................  Petit Robert 2: Noms propres (1989)
....................  Piranesi, Die Tempelruinen von Paestum (1973)
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................  RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 63659
....................  Samuel, Piranesi (1912)
....................  Scott, Piranesi (1975)
....................  The decline and fall of the Roman Empire, 1946:
....................  Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986) v.25
....................  Webster's New Biographical Dictionary (1988)
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q316307
....................  Wilton-Ely, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1978)
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CL-Courtauld, GRL, PROV, VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
.......... Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists (2000) 541
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