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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Piranesi, Giovanni Battista Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Roman Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1720 - 1778 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Giovannia Battista Piranesi Title: Side table View: front Creation Start Date: 1766 Creation End Date: 1770 Creation Date: about 1768 Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Furniture Materials and Techniques: gilt oak, limewood, marble Dimensions: H.35 x W.59 x D.29 in. (with top) AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ID Number: 64.70 Credit Line: The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html Context: This table is one of the few pieces of Giovanni Piranesi's furniture to survive. Piranesi, a printmaker, archaeologist, architect, and designer, greatly contributed to Europe's renewed interest in the ancient world through his numerous etchings of Roman ruins. In 1769, he published Diverse Manners of Ornamenting Chimneys and All Other Parts of Houses, a collection of imaginative designs for clocks, vases, chimneypieces, and even coaches. This table, illustrated in the book, was one of two made for the Roman state apartments of Cardinal Giovanni Battista Rezzonico, nephew of Pope Clement XIII. Its companion is in Amsterdam at the Rijksmuseum. For the pair, Piranesi used several ancient designs. He modeled the legs, carved like winged chimeras (part-lion, part-goat mythological monsters), after bronze tripods that were found at Pompeii and Herculaneum. He based the ox skulls on Roman funerary motifs, and the palmettes, also on the frieze, on Greek decorations. Related Multimedia Description: Antenna Audio: Permanent Collection Tour Link to Multimedia: MIA_.AA200101.23.mp3 AMICA ID: MIA_.64.70 Component Measured: overall Measurement Unit: in AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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