#the invisible cities
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:40:42
An engraving from Fischer von Erlach and Johann Bernhard’s Entwurff einer historischen Architectur (1725) illustrating the ancient Greek architect Dinocrates’s proposal for a city on Mount Athos, complete with a massive depiction of Alexander the Great carved into the side of the mountain that would appear to hold the city in his hand. According to Wikipedia, the planned city was rejected as unlivable.
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This reminded me of Vincenzo del Vecchio’s anthropomorphic cities in the book Terraneo. Below, the artworks that inspired their impossible -yet fascinating- architectures.
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