Piranesi's Carceri etchings represent not only spectacular artistic accomplishments but also unforgettable expressions of psychological truths. Reprinted from rare, expensive first and second editions, this version presents side-by-side renderings of original and extensively revised drawings. Includes a new Preface by John Howe, a conceptual designer on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Wonderful and intricate, this series of Renaissance prisons is becomes a prison of the mind. You go into the art and you do not escape easily. A dungeon of the mind.
Enjoyable large reproductions that haunt the imagination. Good publication