Giovanni Paolo Panini

Giovanni Paolo Panini's paintings make Roman architecture and its visitors central subjects. Views of churches and public spaces use adjusted perspective to bring buildings, activity, and light into a coherent scene. His architectural fantasies combine recognizable monuments with imagined arrangements of ruins rather than record a single place. Paintings such as The Lottery in Piazza di Montecitorio connect this interest in the city's spaces with public events and the people gathered within them.