Minneapolis Institute of Art
View of Flavian Amphitheater, called the Colosseum
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Date
- 1776
- Medium
- Etching and engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Gladiator combats, wild-animal hunts, executions—all manner of spectacle took place inside the Colosseum, which could hold up to 80, 000 people. It was even filled with water to hold mock naval battles. After Rome’s decline, the Colosseum was seen as a ready source of building materials, and people plundered its great façade and interior. The quarrying was stopped in Piranesi’s time by Pope Benedict XIV, who mistakenly believed that the place was a site of Christian martyrdom. Italy, Europe
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