The drawings are very close to the finished prints and are accomplished examples of Piranesi’s topographical observation. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much. They depict views of the three Doric temples in the former Greek colony of Paestum, located on a plateau near the coast of the Gulf of Salerno. The temple at Paestum is one of artworks by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Piranesi visited the site in 1777 and his drawings were intended for a set of engravings. For the first time, the powerful drawings are shown together in a focused exhibition that examines them as great works of art in their own right that also revolutionised architects’ and artists’ understanding of early Greek Classical architecture. A rare collection of drawings of Ancient Greek temples in Paestum by 18th-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi is on show at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London.Ĭalled ‘Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered’, the show features preparatory drawings by Piranesi that he produced for his last great graphic project ‘Différentes vues de Pesto’ (Different Views of Pesto) published posthumously in 1778.
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