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This review is from: The Dark Brain of Piranesi: and Other Essays (Paperback)
yourcenar her usual brilliant self.the actual essay on piranesi contains erratic confusion of the term "engraving".an engraving employs a burin(graver).the carceri are etchings(aqua forte in french)and employ acid(dutch mordant or iron of perchloride or a strong solution of nitric).the burin might be emplyed to accenuate shadows(as in some of rembrandts etchings).my impression is that the french term gravure,which includes etching was translated into english as engraving.not quite the same.
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"The Dark Brain of Piranesi and Other Essays by Marguerite Yourcenar (Hardcover - June 20, 1985)
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