ID: 700009347 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009347	Record Type: Conceptual
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Title Plate (etching (print); Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian printmaker, architect, 1...; 1749-1750)

Note: Title plate for all editions, plate 1 of 2nd ed 2nd issue and all subsequent issues.

Titles:

Title Plate (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: multiples

Work Types:

etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: 1749-1750

Creator Display:

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) [preferred]

printmaker Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian printmaker, architect, 1720-1778) [500114965]

Locations:

Not Applicable:

Display Materials: etching, engraving, sulphur tint or open bite; ink on paper

	etching (printing process) [300053241]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	engraving (printing process) [300053225]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)

	open biting [300179734]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing techniques, printing surface preparation techniques, biting techniques)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: plate: 553 x 419

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,description)

Specific Subjects:

	frontispiece (illustration) [300083021]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, layout features, <images and ornament for layout features>, illustrations (layout features), <illustrations by form>) (AAT)

	prisons (buildings) [300006460]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, correctional institutions (buildings)) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Title reads: INVENZIONI / CAPRIC DI CARCERI / ALL ACQVA FORTE / DATTE IN LVCE / DA GIOVANI / BVZARD IN / ROMA MERCANTE / AL CORSO. By state 2, "BVZARD" was changed to "BOUCHARD." In state 3, changed to read: CARCERI / D'INVENZIONE / DI G. BATTISTA / PIRANESI / ARCHIT. / VENE. Signed bottom left margin in state 5.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Carceri d'Invenzione

Sources and Contributors:
Title Plate	........ [VP]
	........ Robison, Piranesi: the early architectural fantasies: a guide to the exhibition (1978)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Robison, Piranesi: the early architectural fantasies: a guide to the exhibition (1978) 142 ff.