The ruins that appear in Piranesi's engravings can be seen as the metaphor for a social system which has disappeared but remains visible in its ruins. The ruins may epitomize the Roman juridical system upon which all subsequent juridical systems have been rooted. This symbolic passage is metaphorized by the Gothic picturesque garden.

"The Gothic Picturesque Garden and the Historical Sense"

CARPI, Daniela
2013-01-01

Abstract

The ruins that appear in Piranesi's engravings can be seen as the metaphor for a social system which has disappeared but remains visible in its ruins. The ruins may epitomize the Roman juridical system upon which all subsequent juridical systems have been rooted. This symbolic passage is metaphorized by the Gothic picturesque garden.
2013
gothic novel; garden; picturesque; Piranesi
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