![]() ![]() ![]() Most striking in this print is Piranesi’s presentation of the Forum in its earlier, pre-Renaissance state, the “cow pasture” comparison with the Nolli map of Rome (1748) confirms that by the 18th century, the Roman Forum had been organised as a defined space, rather than an open - if monumental - field, through works that took place in the 16th and 17th centuries. Other ancient architectural features are visible in the background of the print, which becomes successively lighter, until the Colosseum in the top right of the vista virtually blends into the hills that trace the horizon. The Column of Phocas looms almost in the centre, with the slope of the Palatine suggested beyond it to the right. To the left, the central arch and dedicatory inscription of the Arch of Septimius Severus stands half-buried, while tiny figures digging surround it. They are situated artificially close to the columns and remains of the Temple of Saturn (Piranesi’s Temple of Concord). In the darker foreground of the right-hand side the Corinthian columned corner of the Temple of Vespasian, identified by Piranesi here as the Temple of Thundering Jupiter (Giove Tonante), emerges from a pile of architectural ruins. The monumental ruins are depicted in an unexcavated landscape, in which the radically raised ground level has obscured their foundations. Perhaps one of Piranesi’s best-known prints, the Veduta di Campo Vaccino records a view of the Roman Forum from the Capitoline Hill. Avanzo di due Triclinj della detta Casa aurea. Avanzi del Tablino della Casa aurea di Nerone. Vestigie del Palazzo de’ Cesari nel Palatino. ![]()
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