Colin Holden on Piranesi's 'Outlet of Lake Albano'
Colin Holden explains how Piranesi’s exaggerated scale celebrates the ancient Romans’ engineering work.
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Colin Holden explains how Piranesi’s exaggerated scale celebrates the ancient Romans’ engineering work.
Colin Holden highlights details from everyday life in this print from Piranesi's Vedute di Roma.
Colin Holden discusses how the ruined villa in this print by Piranesi represents the folly of unrestrained power.
Colin Holden provides insights into the activities of the people portrayed in this Piranesi print.
Colin Holden points out the visitors Piranesi brings to life in his print of this pilgrimage church.
In this video, Colin Holden suggests that classical and 18th-century worlds are compared in this print by Piranesi.
Colin Holden outlines the skill and artistry Giovanni Battista Piranesi brought to his printmaking.
Enter the always creative and sometimes strange world of the book artist with Senior Research Fellow Sarah Bodman.
Danger, book alert! In the age of the iPad, eBook and Kindle, are books dead?
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