This artist supposedly remarked "If I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it" according to a biography of him by Giovanni Bianconi.
This artist supposedly remarked "If I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it" according to a biography of him by Giovanni Bianconi. This artist was often patronized by Cardinal Rezzonico, who is the dedicatee of the prefatory essay in his book Diverse maniere, which contains this artist's fireplace designs. In one work by this artist, numerous arched bridges are seemingly unaffected by the title "Smoking Fire." That work is part of a series that includes The Round Tower and The Pier with a Lamp, and was made by brushing sulfuric acid onto plates. Etchings of the (*) Pyramid of Gaius Cestius and the Ruined Gallery of the Villa Adriana at Tivoli comprise his vedute series of ancient Rome. Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater recounts how Coleridge told the author about this artist's dream-like works, which feature catapults, cables and pulleys in an impossible architectural capriccio. For 10 points, name this artist who made etchings of imaginary prisons in his Carceri d'invenzione series.
This artist supposedly remarked "If I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it" according to a biography of him by Giovanni Bianconi.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi