Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Plan of the existing buildings at Hadrian's Villa
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Collection:
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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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200063
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Title:
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Plan of the existing buildings at Hadrian's Villa
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View:
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Central section (3)
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Dates:
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1781-1789
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View Type:
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plan views; detail views
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Location:
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Europe--Italy--Lazio--Rome
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Location Type:
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Creation
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Culture:
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Italian
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Period:
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Neoclassical
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Creator:
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etcher
Piranesi, Giovanni B.
1720-1778
Italian
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Creator:
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printmaker
Piranesi, Francesco
c. 1756 - 1810
Italian
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Materials:
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paper
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Techniques:
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etching (printing process)
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Measurements:
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81.28 x 310.52 cm
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Repository:
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New York, NY, USA, Private Collection, New York
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Category:
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Villas
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Work Type:
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Etchings
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Work Type:
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Plans (drawings)
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Work Description:
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Six folio sheets, conjoined to form one vast bird's-eye view of Piranesi's reconstruction of Hadrian's Villa
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Subjects:
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Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy); Antiquarianism; Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778; Imperial (Roman); Archaeological sites; Reconstructions; Maps
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Work Notes:
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Early impression of Piranesi's vast survey of Hadrian's Villa. "The large scale of the plan (1:1000), together with Piranesi's unparalleled etching technique, permitted every component of the Villa to be delineated in great detail" (John Pinto, "Piranesi
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Rights Type:
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fair use
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