Close by is a shrine, not a splendid temple of marble and gold, but a timber structure, set in the shade of an ancient wood.
Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8 CE
All these memories, following one after another, were condensed into a single substance, but had not so far coalesced that I could not discern between the three strata, between my oldest, my instinctive memories, those others, inspired more recently by a taste or ’perfume,’ and those which were actually the memories of another, from whom I had acquired them at second hand–no fissures, indeed, no geological faults, but at least those veins, those streaks of colour which in certain rocks, in certain marbles, point to differences of origin, age, and formation.
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Anish Kapoor, Imminence, 2000 (via benefits)
Source: lafilleblanc
How many representations of aliens have been modeled after this face?
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Ruins of the Anfiteatro Flavio, Pozzuoli, Italy, c. 100 CE (via polychroniadis)
Nick Kahler, A Selection of Monuments at the Capitol Building, Atlanta, GA, 2013
- Thomas C. Watson
- Statue of Liberty
- Richard B. Russell
- Eugene Talmadge
- Benjamin Harvey Hill
Leo Caillard, Hipster Statues, c. 2013
