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Piranesi
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Pi·ra·ne·si  (pîr-nz, prä-n-), Giambattista 1720-1778.
Italian architect and artist. His etchings of Rome and its ruins contributed to the revival of neoclassicism.
Pira·nesi·an adj.
Piranesi (Italian) [piraˈneːsi]
n
(Biographies / Piranesi, Giambattista (1720-1778) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: etcher, ARCHITECTURE: architect) Giambattista (dʒambatˈtista). 1720-78, Italian etcher and architect: etchings include Imaginary Prisons and Views of Rome
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The narrow wing of the library and meeting rooms is placed along Via Roentgen, separated from the offices by a long, top-lit Piranesian stairwell bisected by bridges, landings and breakout spaces.
Ground and sky: Grafton Architects' building for Milan's Bocconi ... by Slessor, Catherine / The Architectural Review
The results look like Piranesian flowcharts that suggest that society may be beyond visualization, throwing the usefulness of diagrammatic representation in doubt.
"After Neurath": Stroom by Lutticken, Sven / Artforum International
Taniguchi has admirably fulfilled the desire of his clients to provide a building that puts the original spirit of MOMA in its place by impressing the viewer as a kind of contemporary, white-walled Piranesian no-place.
The new criterion on art by New Criterion
 
 
 
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