1722
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Prima Macchina for the Chinea of 1722: The Temple of Janus is a 1722 ink by Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This picture shows a big, fancy stage set up like a temple. At the center, a tall statue of a head sits on a pedestal with wings and flames around it. Below, people in old clothes walk, talk, and watch the scene. The buildings around it look like real palaces with many windows and columns. The tiny details in the crowd and buildings are drawn with lots of lines to create shadows. This kind of drawing is called cross-hatching. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists use lines to make shadows.
Giovanni Girolamo Frezza (1722–1722) was an artist.
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