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  The Prisons (Le Carceri : The Complete First and Second States) (Paperback) By (author) Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Volume editor Philip Hofer

  

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  Short Description for The Prisons Full reproduction of Carceri: 30 etchings depict rickety catwalks, iron rings, faceless humans, innumerable staircases, immense vaults, projecting beams, pulleys, wooden ladders, iron rings imbedded in walls, faceless humans and more.
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  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
  • Published: 01 October 1973
  • Format: Paperback 30 pages
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  • Categories: Prints | Architecture | Society & Culture: General | Penology & Punishment
  • ISBN 13: 9780486215402 ISBN 10: 0486215407

Full description for The Prisons

• 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.