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41497
Type
conference item
Titre
The Building of a Symbolic Image: The Juxtaposition of Giambattista Piranesi’s Vedute di Roma with Photographs Taken 250 Years Later
Langues
English
Auteurs
Langenbach, Randolph
Date
2008
Pages
10 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
spirit of place / photographs / photographic surveys / historic buildings
Pays mentionnés
Italy
Monuments et sites
Roma, Italy
Personnalités
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista
Résumé en anglais
This paper discuss the making of, The Piranesi Project, aStratigraphy of Views of Rome, a slide-video showing the engravings
of Giambattista Piranesi juxtaposed with photographs of the sameviews today. When artists interpret and present views of historic sites
in their works, the best of them can contribute to the “spirit of place”experienced at the sites themselves if their work becomes known and
endures over time. Piranesi is indisputably such an artist. Thecreation of digital photographs of the same views as Piranesi’s
famous Veduta revealed a great deal about how Piranesi composedhis images in ways that can be difficult to see any other way –
showing both his uncanny accuracy in rendering the monumentalruins, while also showing how he managed both to isolate and
highlight the essence of each place – essentially creating a singleimage that so fully captured each place that this image has often
remained imbued on people’s consciousness across generations.
of Giambattista Piranesi juxtaposed with photographs of the sameviews today. When artists interpret and present views of historic sites
in their works, the best of them can contribute to the “spirit of place”experienced at the sites themselves if their work becomes known and
endures over time. Piranesi is indisputably such an artist. Thecreation of digital photographs of the same views as Piranesi’s
famous Veduta revealed a great deal about how Piranesi composedhis images in ways that can be difficult to see any other way –
showing both his uncanny accuracy in rendering the monumentalruins, while also showing how he managed both to isolate and
highlight the essence of each place – essentially creating a singleimage that so fully captured each place that this image has often
remained imbued on people’s consciousness across generations.
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