Art & Architecture Symposium: “Piranesi, Paestum, and Soane” | Stanford

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Join in on an art and architecture symposium, as part of the programming for the Cantor’s special exhibition, “Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered.”

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian artist famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric “prisons.” Piranesi’s prints and drawings reveal his talent for combining dramatic perspectives and architectural fantasies.

The presenters are:
• Heather Hyde Minor (University of Notre Dame), “Piranesi and the Art of History”
• Maarten Delbeke (University of Ghent), “Ornament and Crime, Piranesi on the Primitive”
• Mark Rakatansky (Columbia University), “‘His conduct is Mischievous:’ Piranesi and Soane”
• Mario Bevilacqua (University of Florence), “Piranesi in Eighteenth-Century America: Ancient Models for the New Nation”

Sponsored by the Stanford’s Department of Art and Art History

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