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Guess the Architecture 6/30/12

Posted June 29, 2012 4:00 PM by Mizuti
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This weeks piece of architecture:

It's a snapshot of Capitoline Hill!

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06/29/2012 7:26 PM

Sixteen minutes. It took you sixteen minutes to provide another image from a different perspective. If you did this once or twice I'd accept that it was a coincidence.

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06/29/2012 11:21 PM

The next one will be changing in terms of structure. At it's current juncture, this blog kind of hits a wall a little too fast

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06/30/2012 4:00 AM

Oi! You!
Get your beedin' orse off of my plinth, I've just cleaned that!
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06/29/2012 11:39 PM

Buckminster Fuller chalk work on street idea of strong design. And panic the locals.

What block to park in?

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06/30/2012 2:55 AM

Shelob's Crosswalk--just try and stay within the lines!

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06/30/2012 5:40 AM

It looks like a palace courtyard in Italy somewhere, or even maybe France - just guessing!

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06/30/2012 6:26 AM

I don't know where, but it's the same aliens that make crop circles and played in Nazca.

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06/30/2012 6:29 AM

Here is some OT fun.

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06/30/2012 7:04 AM

Great stuff...

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06/30/2012 7:18 AM

The link I couldn't find was from a recent TV show. A competition (that attracts international competitors) for sand art, The tide goes out, and they use rakes/spades to construct the most amazing art (very similar to crop circles), It can only be seen from a clifftop or helicopter, and all is gone when the tide comes up. With little time, and no fancy survey kit, the people made the most amazing designs. Hopefully one of the other Brits may recall the show - it's well worth a look.

Glad you enjoyed the other stuff . You may enjoy Art Attack if you have time to follow the links. Very much in the tradition of a show hosted by Rolf Harris, and another by Tony Hart. Very quick and improvized art. Let me know if you want some links (it would be a joy for me to find that stuff again). Closer to home, you can find Del's picture of a cat.....

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06/30/2012 1:52 PM

The 12 pointed star is a symbol of the zodiac.....So the design has deeper meaning...imo

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06/30/2012 2:52 PM

Not troubled by Ophiuchus ?

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06/30/2012 2:56 PM

No. My doctor gave me some ointment, Guv.

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06/30/2012 3:03 PM

Your name is also on zee 'owe me coffee' list ! pmsl

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06/30/2012 3:40 PM

To borrow the words somewhat of the little Wharvey gal when responding to her paterfamilia, It's just not bona fide....

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06/30/2012 3:43 PM

.....I can never resist throwing a spanner in the works .

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06/30/2012 5:29 PM

Looks like a diamond cut pattern...

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06/30/2012 6:21 PM

Aw, repost that but 'on-topic'. It's cool.

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Redesign...

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OK, fess-up, you did it !

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The original design was done by Renaissance artist Michelangelo back in the 1530's, by commission of Pope Paul III, but the Pope altered the design thinking it less than christian perhaps...It was not until 1940 that the design you see now, the original design, was installed by order of Mussolini...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Hill

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This engraving done by Étienne Dupérac shows the complete concept...You may notice that the courtyard pattern we have had some fun with, is actually egg shaped....

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07/02/2012 12:29 AM

Roma, Piazza del Campidoglio, by Michelangelo

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07/02/2012 12:32 AM

Roma, Piazza del Campidoglio, by Michelangelo.

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