The Well

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

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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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