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piranesi
Emil Kaufmann

1955
"Giambattista Piranesi" in Architecture in the Age of Reason

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247. Piranesi, Opere varie, pi. 22 (Focillon, Catalogue, no, 121).

The Plan of a great college (Pianta di ampio magnifico Collegio) is noteworthy for its composition. Formed by about a dozen concentric circles²⁴⁷ it resembles the strictly geometrical arrangements which became common in France after 1760.

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