Giuseppe Vasi's Rome Lasting Impressions from the Age of the Grand Tour |
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| Author:
| Tice, James T.
Harper, James G. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87114-297-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Oregon Press
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| Imprint: | Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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In a set of eight scholarly essays and more than a hundred catalogue entries and images by Vasi, his predecessors and his contemporaries, this richly illustrated volume examines the eighteenth-century printmaker Giuseppe Vasi and his world. Subject areas addressed include printmaking, patronage networks, cartography, contemporary architecture, early tourism and the Grand Tour, social history, the festival life of the papal city, and Vasi's complex relationship with his student,...
More DescriptionIn a set of eight scholarly essays and more than a hundred catalogue entries and images by Vasi, his predecessors and his contemporaries, this richly illustrated volume examines the eighteenth-century printmaker Giuseppe Vasi and his world. Subject areas addressed include printmaking, patronage networks, cartography, contemporary architecture, early tourism and the Grand Tour, social history, the festival life of the papal city, and Vasi's complex relationship with his student, Piranesi. The publication offers a comprehensive treatment of the artist and his major works, the first ever in the English language, while also elucidating the political, social, and artistic worlds in which Vasi moved.