EDIFICE COMPLEX

a-l-ancien-regime:

Detail of the Bathing Pool by Hubert Robert in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Feb. 2007 (by ElissaSCA)
The Bathing Pool

Detail of the Bathing Pool by Hubert Robert in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Feb. 2007 (by ElissaSCA)

The Bathing Pool

posted on 13.03.15

mirekulous:

Aerial view of Sacsayhuaman, Cuzco, Peru…

posted on 13.02.27

architectureofdoom:

A Mayan tomb in Copán, Honduras

(Source: itjustneverwas)

posted on 13.02.24

someonepleasetellanneboleyn:

apiphile:

essequamviderinunc:

Kailashnath Temple, also Kailash Temple or Kailasanath Temple is a famous temple dug…in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora, Maharashtra, India. It is a megalith carved out of one single rock. It was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna I.

The Kailash Temple is notable for its vertical excavation—carvers started at the top of the original rock, and excavated downward.

It is estimated that about 400,000 tons of rocks was scooped out over hundreds of years to construct this monolithic structure.

INDIAN HISTORY LITERALLY NEVER MANAGES TO BE BORING OR EVEN TBQH SHORT OF BREATH-TAKING

Ancient builders didn’t mess around damn, amazing

(Source: atavus)

posted on 13.02.23

ancientart:

The Kailashnatha Temple, the oldest temple in Kanchipuram, India. The temple is devoted to Lord Shiva, and dates to the early 8th century.

posted on 13.01.04

blackv:

(via ✧Art Board 01.13✧ / Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) Cliff Dwelling of Betatakin, Navajo National Monument, Arizona 1930)

posted on 13.01.03

landscapelifescape:

UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vat Phou, Laos

Hidden in the jungle rediscovered in 1914 (by B℮n)

posted on 13.01.03

acidadebranca:

Black & White Illustration | 3261 | source

PALACE OF SENNACHERIB.

Discovered in a mound 1850 feet long, 1145 feet wide, and 178 feet high.

posted on 12.12.25

picapixels:

Amazing picture of flooded ancient ruins (Ayutthaya) in Thailand - Imgur

posted on 12.12.16

(Source: vaacuum)

posted on 12.10.15

acidadebranca:

betonbabe:

THE PLAN OF BAGHDAD, CA. 760 A.D.

Black & White Illustration | 1242

posted on 12.10.12

alapiseira:

ARCHITECTURAL AXONOMETRY | 015 | SOURCE

Temple of Fortune, Praeneste.

posted on 12.08.04

booksnbuildings:

Detail of the antique city in the background of the Louvre St. Sebastian by Mantegna.

“The classical ruins are typical of Mantegna’s pictures. The cliffy path, the gravel and the caves are references to the difficulties of reaching the Celestial Jerusalem, the fortified city depicted on the top of the mountain, at the upper right corner of the picture, and described in Chapter 21 of John’s Book of Revelation.”

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