1755
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Avanzo del Tempio di Minerva Medica is a 1755 by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, a Baroque work, depicting Ruins, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows ancient ruins in a landscape. It's an old temple, with crumbling walls and columns. The artist drew this place in a lot of detail, which makes it interesting - it looks like he really cared about getting the architecture right. He likely drew this from a real place, maybe even from life. This kind of drawing was pretty common back then, as artists liked to sketch old buildings. You can learn more about this style by looking up the technique: chiaroscuro.
Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: ; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his…
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