The Prisons [Le Carceri]: The Complete First and Second Stat

ISBN: 0486215407

Author: Giovanni Batista Piranesi

Condition: new

Full reproduction of Carceri: 30 etchings depict rickety catwalks, iron rings, faceless humans, innumerable staircases, immense vaults, projecting beams, pulleys, wooden ladders, hanging ropes and chains, iron rings imbedded in walls, faceless humans and more. All create a system of visual frustration beyond ordinary perception and understanding.