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Giovanni Battista Piranesi "The Prisons"
National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Prisons [Carceri d'invenzione] print series was made by the major 18th century Italian print artist, Giovanni Battista Piranesi. These imaginary prisons were created with his impressive and powerful line work and bold compositions. With the beginning of the 19th century and the rise of Romanticism, these prints stimulated the imagination of many writers. In the intervening decades and centuries, these prints have continued to exert an influence architecture, novels and film. This exhibition presents the first state of the series, along with the second state, which involved considerable reworking of the first plates, plus two additional prints.
[Image: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Round Tower 2nd edition, 1st Publication:1761 G.1987-425]
[Image: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Round Tower 2nd edition, 1st Publication:1761 G.1987-425]
Schedule | Mar 6 (Tue) 2012-May 20 (Sun) 2012 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥500; University Students ¥250; High School Students and Under, Seniors 65 & Over, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free; Special Exhibition Fees are charged separately. | ||||
| Venue | National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo https://www.nmwa.go.jp/en/  | ||||
| Location | 7-7 Ueno-Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007 | ||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from the Koen exit of JR Ueno Station, 7 minute walk from the Main exit of Keisei Ueno Station on the Keisei line. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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