18th-Century Rome
Students enrolled in Art and Architecture of the European Enlightenment (ARTH 259, Spring 2017) created these exhibits, all of which explore the artistic, cultural, and social milieu of Giovanni Battista Piranesi in the 18th century. Their analyses consider Roman antiquity as it was understood and represented by 18th-century audiences and participants of the Grand Tour.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi: The Venetian Who Defined Rome's Image
18th-Century Urban Life in Italy
Giovanni Paolo Panini: Viewmaker of Ancient and Modern Rome
Hubert Robert: Painter of Ruins
Johann Joachim Winckelmann and the Birth of Art History
The Discovery of Pompeii and Herculaenum