Piranesi Giovanni Battista

Pi·ra·ne·si

P0327000 (pîr′ə-nā′zē, pē′rä-nĕ′-), Giovanni Battista 1720-1778. Italian artist whose etchings of Rome's ruins contributed to the revival of neoclassicism. His depictions of cavernous imaginary prisons influenced later romantic and surrealist art.
Pi′ra·ne′si·an adj.