To write this post, I am inspired because the last time I read Taschen’s book about Piranesi.
The 18th-century engraver and architect is famous for his architectural views of Rome and his imaginary prisons. His architectural imagination was unbelievable. Piranesi declared to his assistants and pupils that he had a fundamental need to produce great ideas. The famous Italian artist was convinced that if he were ever commissioned to design a new universe, he would be mad enough to accept the challenge. When I read it, I was merely astonished and awe-struck. How is this possible that geniuses possess such kinds of thoughts? After reading these sentences, I knew I was dealing with an artist on the level of Leonardo da Vinci or Salvador Dali.
Before I bought Taschen’s book about his artistic legacy, I did not know about Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s artworks.
I wonder why Polish kids do not learn about such people in their schools. In one of my previous posts, I have already mentioned that the schoolbooks should possess such quality as Taschen’s book. We can find astonishing pictures and complete information about the artists in those albums. I hope that someday it will become a standard for the best-quality books to be broadly available in Polish schools worldwide. Not just good teachers are essential for little ones to consume new knowledge. I believe that high-quality books also provide a new level of education.
Moreover, if those best-quality books told stories about people like Piranesi, the world would become a little more inspiring place. I have no doubts.
Ok, then. I am finishing writing this post and will get back to analyze Piranesi’s engravings. After this, I will consider how to design a new Universe. Creating a new world would be a grand challenge. Undoubtedly, someone (or something) who had already formed our world was the artist on the highest, divine, and universal level.
