View of Ponte Molle, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1762, Graphic Art, Etching, Dramatic is the word to be applied to this view of the Ponte Molle, the bridge which, according to the text accompanying Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s etching, crosses the Tiber 'due miglio lontan a Roma', or two Roman miles – about 3 kilometres – from Rome. The dramatic effect derives partly from the fact that Piranesi has created his view of the bridge as though it is seen completely from below, in a 'worm’s eye view'

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