Giovanni Battista Piranesi (4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778)

Giovanni Piranesi, Appian Way 1756.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi was an Italian architect, archaeologist and 

publisher of prints depicting his own fantasy world of architecture.

His drawings were not feasible in reality due to technical difficulties, so 

despite the huge number of drawings he constructed few buildings, which is 

why his name is associated with the term "Paper Architecture".

Giovanni Piranesi, Frontispice (From the Collection of Ancient 

Temples) 1780.

Giovanni Piranesi, Trevi Fountain.

Giovanni Piranesi, Pyramid of Caius Cestius 1756.

Giovanni Piranesi, Frontispiece, with Statue of Minerva, c. 1748.

Giovanni Piranesi, View of D'Elio Adriano's Mausoleum (Now Called 

Castle of the Holy Angel) 1748-1778.

Giovanni Piranesi, Appian Way 1756.

Giovanni Piranesi, Roman Antiquities 1756.

Giovanni Piranesi, Hadrian's Villa: The Canopus c. 1769.

Giovanni Piranesi, Foundation of the Angel 

Castle in Rome 1756.

Giovanni Piranesi, Demonstration of 

Various Ornaments of the Temple of Vesta 1780.

Giovanni Piranesi, Antiquities of Albano and 

Castel Gandolfo.

Giovanni Piranesi, Tomb on the Via 

Tiburtina Near Ponte Lugano 1756.

Giovanni Piranesi, Demonstration of 

the Prospectus of the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli.

Giovanni Piranesi, Temple of Sybil 1780.