In both pieces, there is a sense of cluttered and claustrophobic space, endlessly extending structures, and impossible structures. The Man on the Rack and The Pier with Chains, representative examples of I Carceri, both contain large cavities of space and gigantic pillars, buttresses, walls, and arches. 14 These pieces represented unrealistic architectural structures that have little to do with actual prisons. In I Carceri, Piranesi explored the possibilities of perspective and spatial illusion while pushing the medium of etching to its limits. A Man Leading a Woman into a Gallery of Antiquities and Decorative Arts, n.d.Piranesi created the series of convoluted prison interiors, I Carceri, after being influenced by his upbringing in the printmaking scene in Venice.Sketch of Joseph Holding the Christ Child, c.Architectural Fantasy (recto) Architectural Details (verso), n.d.Adoration of the Shepherds (recto) Three Sketches: Buildings by Canal with Boats, Landscape with Buldings on Hillside, Buildings with Portico (verso), c.Peter’s Basilica and Piazza in the Vatican, from Views of Rome, 1748 View of the Temple of Jupiter Tonans, from Views of Rome, 1750/59. The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Imaginary Prisons, 1761. Temple of Peace, plate six from Some Views of Triumphal Arches and other Monuments, 1748
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