by Mauro Battocchi

From August 19th to January 2016, a major exhibition of Venetian master Giovanni Battista Piranesi's drawings will be on display at Stanford's Cantor Arts Centre located at 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. Fifteen exquisitely rendered drawings made in 1777 of three ancient Greek temples in Paestum, southern Italy will be featured.

The Entitled Piranesi's Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered also includes prints and rare books of the period, that shed new light on this celebrated 18th-century artist's working method and on the considerable impact of his oeuvre on 18th- and 19th-century architectural taste.

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Source: http://sanfranciscoitaly.com/