Piranesi

American  

[pee-rah-ne-zee] / ˌpi rɑˈnɛ zi /

noun

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

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Piranesi British  

/ piraˈneːsi /

noun

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

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Piranesi

“And when I was there, they were still finishing up some of the big freeways.… I suddenly thought: ‘My God, this place needs its Piranesi, Los Angeles could have a Piranesi, so here I am!’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

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 lives mostly alone in the House, with its labyrinth of vast halls and thousands of statues, with tides that surge through its staircases and clouds that move through the upper rooms.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2021

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

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James