…some sexy walls, particularly nice to look at after the last post. these are the walls of the ark of bukhara, uzbekistan [view on google maps], and sacsayhuaman fortress, peru [view on google maps].
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2010/05/26 • 12:34 0
lalibela solid void
…courtesy of mark “indiana jones” jarzombek. these churches are cut. into. the f’ing rock. i mean they are all one solid piece of rockness. and that is just the beginning, there is a crazy water tables story involved. the whole thing is insane. you can read about it here.
ps. people that would have enjoyed this way too much [other than me]: colin rowe, rudolf arnheim. which is odd, if you think of this [sorry—jstor link, login required—link goes to mmj’s article on wolfflin in assemblage 23].
also, reminds me of giambattista nolli. speaking of which, check out the interactive nolli map of rome from the university of oregon.
