Published: 2021-12-01

Veduta dell’Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Abstract

In this article, Barbara Trygar analyses Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s The Veduta dell’Anfiteatro Flavio drawing detto il Colosseo. The Colosseum is one of world’s greatest buildings and for centuries it has inspired artists all over the world. This symbolic place reminds man about the drama of life: the fight between “to be” and “not to be” and the struggle for the values of freedom, truth, and the good. The drawing (engraving) by the Italian printmaker is a provoking reflection on the axiological and metaphysical dimensions of human life.

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Trygar, B. (2021). Veduta dell’Anfiteatro Flavio detto il Colosseo of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Wieki Stare I Nowe, 16(21), 93–105. https://doi.org/10.31261/WSN.2021.21.06

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Vol. 16 No. 21 (2021)
Published: 2021-12-30


ISSN: 1899-1556
eISSN: 2353-9739

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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