Piranesi's Paestum Saturday Tours
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December 5, 2015 – December 26, 2015
11:00 am
See details below for exact dates and times.
Cantor Arts Center (meet in Main Lobby) Map
Sponsored by:
Cantor Arts Center
Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered
The exhibition presents 15 stunning drawings by the celebrated Italian printmaker, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778). Regarded as landmarks of 18th-century Italian drawing, this suite of large-scale renderings constitutes Piranesi’s most extensive body of work devoted to a single topographical site. The drawings depict the three ancient Greek temples, originally dedicated to Poseidon, Hera, and Athena, at Paestum, south of Naples.
If you are visiting as a group of over 10 people, please click here to request a private tour or register a self-guided tour at least 6 weeks in advance of your desired tour date.
IMAGE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, 1720–1778), Paestum, Italy: Basilica and Temple of Neptune, 1777. Black and red chalk, pencil, brown and grey washes, pen and ink. Sir John Soane’s Museum
- When:
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Ongoing every week from December 5, 2015 through December 26, 2015.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm - Admission:
FREE
Tours will also occur on Thursdays at 2 pm.
- Tags:
- Audience:
- General Public, Faculty/Staff, Students, Alumni/Friends, Members
- Contact:
- 723-3469, michelleho@stanford.edu
- More info:
- Visit this website