GIOVANNI В ATT I S TA

PIRANESI
BY
A. HYATT MAYOR

135 reproductions on 129 plates, 48 pages

In his Views of Rome, Piranesi cre

ated the most dramatic portrait ever
made of any city. But until now we
have not had a real portrait of their
creator, that quarrelsome, passionate
genius. A. Hyatt Mayor has written
the most comprehensive study of all
the varied facets of Piranesi's extra

ordinary life and career.

Mr. Mayor is curator of prints at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York. His interest in Italian art and
his contagious love of the Baroque
have been responsible for his well-
known illuminating books on The
Bibiena Family and Baroque and
Romantic Stage Design. The same
vital enthusiasm has now produced
what promises to be the definitive
work on Piranesi.
The 135 reproductions illustrate
Piranesi's work as an etcher, draughts

man and architect. Many drawings

and photographs of architecture are
here published for the first time.

H. BITTNER AND CO. Publishers

NEW YORK 19, N. Y.