The Drawbridge, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)
Item
Title
The Drawbridge, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)
Creator
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Date Created
1749
Type
Artwork
Description
Trained as an architect, the master printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi, created his Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d’invenzione) series in the mid to late 18th century. This series of darkly foreboding interior scenes, which depict over-lapping archways and stairways that seem to lead nowhere, influenced the work of Lord Byron, Escher’s impossible geometries, as well as Poe 's classic tale of horror, The Pit and the Pendulum.
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Fine Art
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Source
Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)
