In January 2013, beneath layers
of architectural ruins in Rome's Palatine Hill, Jansen examined something of a treasure among toilets: a chamber likely to be the loo that slaves in Nero's palace would have frequented 2,000 years ago.
Not exact matches
Among them were the massive foundations
of the first Iron Age sanctuary, numerous monumental
architectural fragments
of the Roman main temple, but also the extensive
ruins of an important Byzantine monastery which was built by followers
of the Christian faith after the fall
of the ancient sanctuary.
It is simply a cool action movie and while the movie is not without its faults (I particularly missed the
architectural fetishism
of the Tim Burton movies and some fight scenes are shot up real close so that you can't always see just what the heck is happening) it is like seeing your favourite comic book title being written and drawn by some guys with an understanding
of the character involved for a change after seeing it being
ruined by some talentless hacks.
Siem Reap offers the magnificent Temples
of Angkor, ancient
ruins that are a display
of architectural complexity and grandeur unlike anything else in the world.
There are many
architectural ruins that you will pass by, before reaching the cliff - edge that gives you the breathtaking views
of the Playa Paradiso.
I enjoyed admiring the incredible
architectural design
of El Castillo, before we moved on to explore more
ruins.
It will cover the
architectural and historical highlights
of this colonial city with a behind - the - scenes look at some
of the
ruined churches, convents and cathedrals.
This tour will cover the
architectural and historical highlights
of this colonial city with a behind - the - scenes look at some
of the many
ruined churches, convents and cathedrals.
The structures within the
ruins site consist
of a variety
of interesting and unique
architectural styles (my favourite is the detailed Puuc - style which can be seen on the Iglesia and the Monastery structures).
And so, like Crystal Palace's «
architectural» dinosaurs they stand, amongst metal
ruins of another time, not as representations, but symbols, both creatures and artefacts all at once.
In Arrival
of the Ram King - Paradise Lost II zebra centaurs cavort within
architectural ruins beneath a sunset
of dazzling intensity.
Combining elements
of the found, the photographic, the cinematic, the
architectural, and the social, Gaillard provokes visual or associative connections between ancient
ruins and neglected contemporary spaces, attempting to recuperate the past in the name
of a devalued present.
These imagined
ruins, restored memory and archaeological (re) creation are made
of various materials, from bas - reliefs, to monumental
architectural sculptures evoking the doors and structures
of the subterranean, here constructed in polystyrene, polished aluminium, plaster and cement.
The Primitives Series, first seen at the Venice
Architectural Biennial in 2010, draw on the facade
of ruined landscapes; with rocks piling up and falling apart to create a series
of unique yet similar chairs and tables.
Her work has the structural appeal
of crisp
architectural blueprints but is permeated by the aesthetic allure
of a rusted
ruin.
His quasi-apocalyptic landscapes — finely rendered paintings which border on
architectural schematic — travel through time into recent and distant futures, and imagine the inevitable collapse
of global infrastructures into
ruin.
The hotel in question, a neighbor to the
ruins of the Mayan city Palenque, becomes a subject
of jargon - filled
architectural dissection: a contemporary
ruin transported to the University
of Utah via slide projection and Smithson's voice.
Recent work interweaves
ruins,
architectural ornaments and botanical forms, focusing the subjects on loss, extinction and the beautiful tenacity
of nature.
There, we learn from the exhibition's opening wall text, the two amassed a large collection
of pre-Columbian artifacts and studied the geometric volumes
of the
architectural and sculptural
ruins of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.
Architectural ruins was a common subject for 18th - and 19th - century artists and an especially favored theme among the Romanticists; Farm Security Administration photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange are known for documenting the effects
of the Great Depression; and most recently, an obsession with photographing urban decay has sparked an entire genre dubbed «
ruin porn.»
The environment comprises a number
of floating
architectural platforms linked by long braids
of dark hair and what might be umbilical cords; these at once evoke postindustrial
ruins and Matrix-esque constructions.
Vermont - based Sage Lewis painstakingly constructs
architectural models and then crushes them, photographing the
ruins from various vantage points in order to show divergent views
of the same structure.
Her exhibit, «The Alien's Guide to the
Ruins of Washington, D.C.,» at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art offers a glimpse into a version
of the future where the human race has long been extinct, the Earth is populated only by
ruins, and aliens interested in the «
architectural legacy
of the Earth's former inhabitants» can take a tour
of what was once the capital
of the United States.
In a sort
of private system
of reconstruction, Peris juxtaposes found stones, debris,
ruins of architectural structures — both ancient and modern — in order to construct his poetical megaliths (Dolmen), with their graceful levity compensating the gravity and weight
of their material
of origin.
Following her
architectural projects she continued working on a large scale, creating dramatic displays in the midst
of ancient
ruins.
AMPA has a concession over a 145,000 hector forest on foothills
of the Amazon prized for its biological diversity and
architectural ruins.