His technique and vision influenced generations of artists, from Goya to modern surrealists.
Piranesi’s vision of the world as a ruin has become a dominant aesthetic of our time. Film directors, particularly those of the genres, have turned directly to his plates for inspiration. The towering, claustrophobic cityscapes of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and the "hive-like" megastructures of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis owe a massive debt to Piranesi’s engraver's needle. Piranesi