JF Ptak Science Books LLC Picture Dump
I've made a number of references to the great French visionary architect, Jean-Jacque Lequeu, throughout this blog, here. (Included are a number of Lequeu's unusual self-portraits...)
Recent Posts
- On Getting "E=mc^2" Wrong, Twice in 1.5 Square Inches
- Colossus in the Colosseum
- Birds and Human Flight
- Cross-Section of an Arctic-Exploring Balloon, 1890
- The Goubet Submarine, 1886
- A Monumental and Fantastically Bad Idea: Lowering the Mediterranean (1929)
- Two Uncommon Crowd Scenes, 1932 and 1945.
- Mathematical Exercises and Found Art
- Bridges Never Built: the Hudson River Bridge (Midtown) 1896
- An Episode in Antiquarian Depiction of Upside Down Things (1506)
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That's a great scream. Edvard Munch, move over.
Posted by: Jeff Donlan | 12 April 2010 at 09:20 PM
Yell, scream, yawn. I like the eye-pokey-outy the best, myself./
Posted by: John F. Ptak | 15 April 2010 at 07:24 PM