Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the grotteschi

"This challengin sttudy of one of the most enigmatic early works of Piranesi explores, as no other interpretation has succeeded in doing, the pivotal role of Grotteschi in the artist´s rapidly maturing vision of the past. The author´s interpretation has brought together a remarkable range of aspects offering valuable insights into the artist´s intellectual and artistic contexts which were to have such a critical impact on his development." John Wilton-Ely