piranesi

View of the remains of the arches that led the Aqua Claudia onto the Aventine.

View of the remains of ancient factories on the slopes of the Aventine on the road known as Marmorata.

Wall along the bank of the Tiber securing the orifice of the Cloaca Massima.

Remnant of the Temple of Cybele.

Monument of the Antoninian conduit, under whose arch the Via Appia passed.

Plan, elevation, cross-section and details of the Muro Torto

Porta S. Lorenzo di Aureliano, and its details.

Portrait of G. B. Piranesi by F. Piranesi.

Trying to comprehend the improbable is hard enough. Taking it to a different level would be trying to understand the impossible. The known level of technology in the mid-18th century is refusing to support advanced engineering presented on the below Piranesi engravings. Piranesi's engravings...

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (Le Carceri d'Invenzione). He was a so called Cappricio artist. In other words, contemporary interpretation of his creations is that it...