
Minneapolis Institute of Art
The Well
Giovanni Battista PiranesiLinkedCulture matchlcp-4ee1b5daa952
- Date
- c. 1761
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 52618
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
The 1700s are known as the Age of Enlightenment, but a strong undercurrent of irrationality persisted. These conflicting impulses caused a collision between the international humanitarian call for prison reform and those architects who drew from Piranesi their inspiration for ever more intimidating institutional buildings. Italy, Europe
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- Credit line
- The Martha T. Wallace Memorial Fund, 1930
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