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Piranesi

American  
[pee-rah-ne-zee] / ˌpi rɑˈnɛ zi /

noun

  1. Giambattista or Giovanni Battista 1720–78, Italian architect and engraver.


Piranesi British  
/ piraˈneːsi /

noun

  1. Giambattista (dʒambatˈtista). 1720–78, Italian etcher and architect: etchings include Imaginary Prisons and Views of Rome

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If the scale suggests Piranesi, its reductive geometry is that of Minimalist sculpture, like something that Donald Judd might have made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

And the 2021 winner is Susanna Clarke, with her second novel "Piranesi."

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

Piranesi, a mystery about a man living alone in a labyrinthine house, beat five other books to the £30,000 prize.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2021

It is a revelatory and moving performance in which Ejiofor’s Piranesi is both the explorer and the territory explored.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2021

It is his etching, not his labour as an architect, that will make Piranesi immortal.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James

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