1691-1765 Italian Giovanni Paolo Pannini Galleries Italian painter. After gaining fame for his fresco painting, he specialized in Roman topography and became the foremost artist in that field in the 18th century. His real and imaginary views of ancient Roman ruins embody precise observation and tender nostalgia and combine elements of late classical Baroque art with incipient Romanticism. His work was popular both with tourists and his peers: he was admitted to the Acad??mie Française in 1732 and became its professor of perspective.  Related Paintings of Giovanni Paolo Pannini :. | Views of Ancient Rome | Rome, The Piazza and Church of Santa Maria Maggiore | Interior of St Peter s Rome | Roman Capriccio | Roman Ruins with Figures |
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