Master Drawings Uncovered

 

A major exhibition of Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s last master works—15 exquisitely rendered drawings made in 1777 of three ancient Greek temples in Paestum, southern Italy—opens at the Cantor Arts Center on August 19. Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered, which also includes prints and rare books of the period, sheds 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. The Cantor is the only West-Coast venue for this exhibition, which originated at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London.

Source:

http://www.stone-ideas.com/2015/08/25/fascinating-views-of-the-doric-stone-temples-in-the-former-greek-colony-of-poseidonia/

http://museum.stanford.edu/news_room/piranesi.htm