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Veduta interna del Sepolcro di S. Costanza from Le Vedute di Roma (View of the I 1756 18th Century 16 1/4 in. x 21 3/4 in. (41.28 cm x 55.25 cm) Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome) Primary Object Type: Print Medium and Support: etching (Hind 37, iii) Credit Line: Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. James Guthrie, Camden, Arkansas. 2003.020.004 Accession Number: 2003.020.004 Comments: Santa Costanza is one of the oldest churches in Rome. It was built as a tomb for the daughters of the emperor Constantine in the 3rd century. It then became a baptistery-a space for baptisms-and in 1254, a church. The vaults of the striking circular interior are covered in colorful mosaics in geometric patterns. Scenes from the lives of Jesus and of S. Costanza encircle the frieze above the ring of double columns. These are thought to be the oldest and most beautiful mosaics in Rome. This etching is executed in a slightly different style from most of Piranesi's etchings. The straight-lined hatching is much more even, like engraving (which involves cutting grooves directly into the metal plate). The figures are larger, more formal, and certainly better dressed than many of the characters that lurk in other Vedute.

Keywords:

• Italian
• etching

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• Old Master Prints
• Introduction to Collection: Prints

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• Class:Fine Arts:drawing:Mediterranean:Italian
• Class:Fine Arts:print:intaglio:etching

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