The Pier with the Lamp
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 16 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (41.28 x 54.93 cm) (plate)
- Genre
Tags
Italy
About
The 1700s taste for the sublime—the sensation of power beyond comprehension—created an audience for dark and mysterious pictures. In our own time, it is this pleasure in terror that fuels the popularity of horror films.
![View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/0ad14811-5235-97ac-60dd-3f1201adf892/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
