Della Magnificenza e dArchitettura de Romani (On the Grand

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Della Magnificenza e d'Architettura de'Romani was a contribution to the debate as to whether Greek art and architecture is superior to that of Rome. In the 1750s, intellectual circles were increasingly in favor of Greece. Piranesi had completed Le Antichit Romane in 1756-1757 and when Julien-David Le Roy published Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece in 1758, Piranesi responded with Della Magnificenza. In Della Magnificenza, Piranesi argues in favor of Roman architectural ornament by drawing comparisons with specific examples from Le Roy's text. This is why many of the plates in this volume contain visual and textual references to Le Roy.Also in this volume is Piranesi's response to the French critic Mariette. In 1794, Mariette wrote a pointed article in the Gazette Littéraire de l'Europe, in which he argues against the ideas expressed in Della Magnificenza. Mariette considered Roman art to have Greek origins. Piranesi's response to this article was published in 1765, in which he again defends the artistic originality of the Romans.

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