Capriccio (art)
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In painting, a capriccio is an architectural fantasy, placing together buildings, archaeological ruins and other architectural elements in fictional and often fantastical combinations. These paintings
Fantasy view with the Pantheon and other monuments of Ancient Rome, 1737, by Giovanni Paolo Panini
Woman and infant satyr in a landscape, from the etching series 'Capricci' by GB Tiepolo
Capriccio: St Paul's and a Venetian Canal by William Marlow, 1795
Architectural Capriccio with Christ and Disciples attributed to François de Nomé, 17th century
Carceri d'invenzione
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Carceri d'invenzione, often translated as Imaginary Prisons, is a series of 16 etchings by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 14 produced from c. 1745 to 1750, when the first edition of th
Capriccio (art)
…only partly explicated by short titles. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters is the best known. Notable capriccio artists Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Le Carceri d'Invenzione, 2nd edition, 1761, #5 The Lion Bas-Reliefs Castle by a lake (1846), an ink and watercolour capriccio by Otto Reinhold Jacobi Pietro Capelli Charles-Louis…
Title page, second edition, 1761
Pietro Labruzzi's portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1779
Detail from Plate V
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Le Carceri d'Invenzione First Edition 1750 01 Title Plate