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Carceri d'invenzione, often translated as Imaginary Prisons, is a series of 16 etchings by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 14 produced from c. 1745 to 1750, when the first edition of the set was published. All depict enormous subterranean vaults with stairs and mighty machines, in rather extreme versions of the capriccio, a favourite Italian genre of architectural fantasies; the first title page uses the term. The series was started in 1745, when Piranesi was already well known for more conventional prints of the ancient and modern buildings of Rome. The first state prints were published in 1750 and consisted of 14 etchings, untitled and unnumbered, with a sketch-like look. The original prints were 16" x 21". Piranesi reworked the prints a decade later, giving them second states.[1] For the second edition in 1761, all the etchings were reworked and numbered I–XVI (1–16),[2] with numbers II and V new etchings in the series. Despite being intensely personal imaginative cre

Carceri d'invenzione - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Series of prints by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Title page, second edition, 1761 Carceri d'invenzione , often translated as Imaginary Prisons , is a series of 16 etchings by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi , 14 produced from c. 1745 to 1750, when the first edition of the set was published. All depict enormous subterranean vaults with stairs and mighty machines, in rather extreme versions of the capriccio , a favourite Italian genre of architectural fantasies; the first title page uses the term.

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