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Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d'invenzione)

Imaginary Prisons (Carceri d'invenzione)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

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Sixteen etchings from Piranesi’s Carceri d’invenzione — impossible prisons of vast, vertiginous architecture that prefigure Escher, Borges, and cyberpunk.

artetchingsarchitectureGiovanni Battista PiranesiCarceriItalian art18th centuryimaginary architecture
PublisherKafka, Kafka Originals
LanguageEnglish
Source
Wikimedia CommonsPublic domain museum collections

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