Piranesi

American

[pee-rah-ne-zee] / ˌpi rɑˈnɛ zi /

noun

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

Piranesi British

/ piraˈneːsi /

noun

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

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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

British author Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for her second novel Piranesi.

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

The man who has understood Rome best, in this respect, is Piranesi.

From The Spirit of Rome by Lee, Vernon

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