Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Interior View of the Family Tomb of Lucius Arruntius
Etching (detail)
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Interior View of the Family Tomb of Lucius Arruntius
Etching (detail)
View of the Piranesi: Perspectives on Rome exhibition in the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1980
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View of the Piranesi: Perspectives on Rome exhibition in the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1980
Source unknown
This exhibition is now closed
An unusual combination of talents made Giovanni Battista Piranesi one of the most remarkable artists of the 18th century He made a signal contribution to art, architecture, archaeology and civil engineering by producing over one thousand large etchings depicting the vestiges of Roman art and architecture that were still existing in his day. exhibition of etchings is presented in three sections:
Architectural and Perspective
lmaginery Architecture
Roman Vedute
('Piranesi – Perspectives on Rome', Bulletin, No.9, May/June 1980, p.3)
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Date:
6 June – 3 August 1980 -
Location:
Robert McDougall Art Gallery - main gallery -
Exhibition number:
243
Related
Bulletin 9
May/June 1980
Contents include:
p.1
Annual Subscriptions
Gallery Bicycle
Exhibitions and Works from the Collection:
'Landskip' from Own Locale May 3 - June 17
Ronald Kowalke: Dante's Inferno May 3 - June 3
Olivia Spencer Bower exhibition May 3 - June 6
Non Figurative May 3 - June 17
All at Sea May 3 - June 2
Neil Dawson: Seascape, John Panting: Untitled V May 3 - June 17
p.2
Early New Zealand Painted May 3 - June 8
Petrus van der Velden May 3 -
Contenances from the Past May 3 - June 8
Expatriate Painters May 3 -
Margaret Stoddart June 21 - July 27
p.3
Piranesi: Perspective on Rome June 6 - August 3
From Foreign Shores June 21 - July 27
John Weeks: Cubist Related Works June 26 - July 27
Exhibition News Flashes
p.4
Free Flight Workshop
p.5
Outreach Programme
South Canterbury Field Trip
p.5
May School Holiday Programme
Acquisitions March - April 1980