Following the official opening on 25.02.2014 of the exhibition on Piranesi
L'Istituto Italiano di Cultura
has great pleasure in inviting you to
Piranesi e Roma: immagini di ieri e di oggi
conferenza in italiano del Dott. Luigi Ficacci
(talk in Italian by Dr Luigi Ficacci)
Giovan Battista Piranesi: St. Peter's, with Forecourt and Colonnades, fountain in foreground.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
Elm Tree House
233 Domain Rd, South Yarra
Monday 3 March 2014
6.30pm
In Italian
Dr Luigi Ficacci, art historian, works for the Office of Conservation of Italian Artistic Patrimony (Ministry of Cultural Heritage). Since 2008 Dr Ficacci has been the Superintendent of Fine Arts in Bologna, Ferrara and in the Provinces of the Romagna Region.
From 1984 until 2004 he was the chief Conservator at the Istituto Nazionale della Grafica (National Institute for the Graphic Design) in Rome where he developed a profound appreciation of the work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and published the definitive catalogue of etched engravings: Giovan Battista Piranesi. Complete Etchings
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Piranesi e Roma: immagini di ieri e di oggi is in association with Rome: Piranesi's vision, presented by the SLV in partnership with the Library of University of Melbourne.
All students of Italian (Intermediate and Advanced levels) are warmly invited to attend.
