Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette (Texts & Documents)

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"The engraver and designer Giovanni Battista Piranesi published this lively three-part defense of Roman architectural "invention" in 1765, just as the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of ancient Greek art was becoming a tenet of Western aesthetics. An impassioned plea for a Roman-Style eclecticism that draws freely on all artistic forms and traditions, Piranesi's Observations anticipates the contemporary debate between devotees of a rational, minimal architecture and advocates of an architecture rich in ornament and historical references."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Architecture,  Early works to 1800,  Aesthetics,  Architectural criticism,  Classical Architecture,  History,  Architecture, early works to 1800,  Ouvrages avant 1800,  Architecture antique,  Esthétique,  Critique d'architecture,  Histoire,  Antiquités,  Architectuurtheorieën,  Eclecticisme

People: Pierre Jean Mariette (1694-1774)

Places: Europe

Times: 18th century