In his famous Vedute (Views), the Colosseum or the Appian Way looms larger than life, shrouded in dramatic, Rembrandtesque darkness. But it is his series of fourteen prints, Imaginary Prisons (1750), that cemented his name as an artist of the sublime.
After her acclaimed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell , Clarke returned with a quieter, more philosophical fantasy: . It won the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Piranesi
The word “Piranesi” acts as a literary and artistic Rorschach test. Ask ten people what it means, and you will get two very different, yet equally passionate, answers. In his famous Vedute (Views), the Colosseum or