BAROQUE ROME IN THE ETCHINGS OF GIUSEPPE VASI

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Web Name: BAROQUE ROME IN THE ETCHINGS OF GIUSEPPE VASI

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What's New!Detailed SitemapAll images by Roberto Piperno, owner of the domain. Write to romapip@quipo.it. Text edited by Rosamie Moore.Page revised in January 2011.Baroque Rome in the etchings of Giuseppe Vasi(above) Thumbnail images of Piazza Navona and Palazzo Farnese; (below) Romans enjoying themselves at Porta CastelloGiuseppe Vasi was born in 1710 in Corleone, Sicily. He published between 1746 and 1761 ten books of etchings showing the monuments of Rome. At that time, with the completion of Fontana di Trevi, of Porto di Ripetta and of the Spanish Steps, the whole period of Baroque in Rome was coming to an end. In a few years a wave of neoclassical revival will progressively criticize and despise the works of Bernini, Borromini and their followers. Giovan Battista Piranesi, who started working with Vasi, privileged the views of the Roman ruins, but Vasi was perfectly happywith "modern" Rome. An architect himself he paid attention to all the details of the churchesand the palaces he showed in his etchings.The Booksare organized by subjects (gates, churches, palaces, villas, etc). You can reach the etchings also by consulting aMap Vasi published in 1781. Vasi shows all the details of Baroque Rome, but also most of the monuments of Ancient Rome, Medieval Rome, Renaissance Rome and Mannerist Rome. The etchings are shown together with images of today's Rome.

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