Finishing piranesi has tempted me to look at strange and norrell again. This from the second page is such delightfully realistic academic speak (contextually, the society members have been asked why nobody has been able to do magic for centuries)
I see #nubs and (Great) Pyramid-like casing stones on top of wooden poles...Whatever I'm seeing, this is one heck of a foundation -> Title: 'View of part of the foundations of the Theater of Marcellus'/ 1756, Rome, 🇮🇹. Colorized version of an etching by G.B. Piranesi (1720-1778).
In 1806-1815, the first excavations began on the site of Pompeii with the efforts of nearly 700 workers.
Piranesi's 1788 engraving 'View of the Temple of Isis in the City of Pompeii' shows a small, inconspicuous well with access to the Fontana waterway (there are captions to the…
i don't wear shoes like these so i always imagined piranesi's shoes to be more boot like but for the first time i paid attention to the description of the shoes ... girl he's been roaming around in sea green converse
My friend lent me their copy of Piranesi and said 'If any pages fall out, just put them back in.' So I thought I was borrowing a well-loved, falling to pieces book. Not quite what I expected inside, but I did enjoy their drawings.
