Elizabeth Cropper

Featuring stunning color photographs throughout

Written and illustrated by Leo Politi

and artistic centers of this innovative period

Spyros Iakovides

Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette Greece Elizabeth CropperWith Opinions on Architecture, and a Preface to a New Treatise on the Introduction and Progress of the Fine Arts in Europe in Ancient Times Giovanni Battista Piranesi Introduction by John Wilton Ely Translation by Caroline Beamish and David Britt Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Osservazioni is an impassioned defense of the superiority of Roman architectural invention over the beautiful and noble simplicity of ancient Greece. In this