29 August 1778 Saturday
Etching of the Circus Maximus plan is almost at completion, but there was work-stopping-pain and major discomfort from mid-afternoon till almost midnight.
Artifacts of the Bianconi vs Piranesi 'Circus of Caracalla' affair 1772-1789
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47 y.o. Francesco Piranesi 1805
Le Antichità della Magna Grecia Parte II
View of the gate of the enclosure of the Temple of Isis; we see the interior part of the wing of the Atrium corresponding to the door of the Temple of the City of Pompeii.
Drawn by G.B. Piranesi
Engraved by F. Piranesi Year 13 (1805)
29 August 1812 Saturday
The Committee of the Turnpike Road whom P.S.D. and myself came hither to meet on the 27th not having[?] appeared and having finished what other business of my own I could now do, I have endeavored all day yesterday to find a conveyance homeward. The Duskane[?] Boats pass from hence to Trenton in about 7 hours, They are without awnings, but an umbrella protects from the sun and there are houses at very short distances in all the course at which entertainment may be had, and at which the boatmen stop always at night. Not thinking it safe to proceed in the dark, I have been everyday at the shore to seek a boat that would go at a suitable time to take us, but they are all down as yesterday. 13 in number and the earliest cannot be expected till tomorrow when they cannot load cargo down till Monday PM, which will not enable me to reach home on that day. I therefore conclude to go by stage Monday by land. I finished my business with GL and in the office today. Dined in ordinary. Spent two or three hours PM with WP. Returned to bed early. Wind SW all day.
29 August 1977
Stayed in bed most of the day. I wasn't really sick, just ill at ease. In retrospect, I probably just needed to decompress.
29 August 2003
Re: FW: Evolutionary theory and architecture
Alex: I agree. Any theory must be universally applicable. I am just using examples of the architecture that I happen to know. The Chinese will do the same for theirs.
Steve: So far, you have not used any examples of architecture (at least not within your posts here). There's lots of talk about (the science of) evolution, but relatively none about (specific) architecture. What are the "example of architecture that you happen to know?" Likewise, what are the architectural styles that you happen to know? Is it at least safe to say that you know close to nothing about Chinese architecture?
Jennifer Bloomer, when she wrote Architecture and the Text: The (S)Crypts of Joyce and Piranesi, demonstrates that she knows lots about Joyce/Finnegans Wake (probably because there is much already written on Joyce) and relatively nothing about Piranesi (except for what Tafuri had already [erroneously in the case of the Campo Marzio] written. The point being, know your architecture foremost before relating it to some other medium/system. I think it would actually help your theoretical investigation if you did take the time to list/categorize the architecture/styles you know. Of course, it will not be a complete set, but at least it will be the start of a set against which to work.
29 August 2005
Hi, Gorgeous. Haven't I Seen You Somewhere?
There are old memories and there are new memories, but every memory by default is a reenactment.
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Acropolis of Contemporary Art
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