<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The 18th-century Italian printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi achieved fame for his etchings of real and imaginary buildings: Roman ruins, baroque cityscapes, and fantastical prisons. This retrospective reassesses his life and his art, as well as the complex world of his son, Francesco, whose promotion of his father’s work was overshadowed by allegations of espionage. The book also reveals the story of Australian collectors of Piranesi’s work and his influence on Australian artists, from Russell Drysdale to Rick Amor and Marco Luccio.