Colin Holden on Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Portrait
Colin Holden notes how this portrait of Piranesi as an ancient Roman reflected Piranesi's values.
23 Mar 2014 Duration: 03:07
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Colin Holden on Piranesi's 'Outlet of Lake Albano'
Colin Holden explains how Piranesi’s exaggerated scale celebrates the ancient Romans’ engineering work.
23 Mar 2014 Duration: 03:01
Colin Holden on Piranesi's 'View of two churches near Trajan's Column'
Colin Holden highlights details from everyday life in this print from Piranesi's Vedute di Roma.
23 Mar 2014 Duration: 03:21
Colin Holden on Piranesi's 'Ruins in a Villa of Domitian'
Colin Holden discusses how the ruined villa in this print by Piranesi represents the folly of unrestrained power.
23 Mar 2014 Duration: 02:51
Colin Holden on Piranesi's 'View of the Customs House'
Colin Holden provides insights into the activities of the people portrayed in this Piranesi print.
23 Mar 2014 Duration: 03:27
Colin Holden on Piranesi's 'View of the Quirinal Palace Square'
In this video, Colin Holden suggests that classical and 18th-century worlds are compared in this print by Piranesi.
23 Mar 2014 Duration: 03:56
Colin Holden on Printmaking in Piranesi's time
Colin Holden outlines the skill and artistry Giovanni Battista Piranesi brought to his printmaking.
23 Mar 2014 Duration: 12:22
Sarah Bodman presents the work of book artists
Enter the always creative and sometimes strange world of the book artist with Senior Research Fellow Sarah Bodman.
8 May 2012 Duration: 41:07
Richard Ovenden on book arts in the 21st century
Danger, book alert! In the age of the iPad, eBook and Kindle, are books dead?
15 Feb 2011 Duration: 55:28