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Cornerstones of the same gateway painted by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720 - 1778)
'Piranesi' again, albatross in The Lower Halls. Damn, I'd give everything to find the House
The House of Asterion, Jorge Luis Borges / Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
One of my biggest fears or even MY biggest fear since I was a child was to lose myself, my memory, my mind, but I will be ready to pay even this price for be in the world described in the book Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.
The House (not to be confused with the house) sounds absolutely beautiful and astonishing but it would be much more inviting if it didnβt sound like it would absolutely freezing. Everything would be damp and cold except for perhaps an albatross chick in a cozy nest
πππ ππππππ ππ πππ πππππ ππ ππππππππππππ; πππ ππππππππ ππππππππ.
-Piranesi
Light study I did based on the book Piranesi! I really want to draw a larger illustration of the house and all its halls in the future
I read Piranesi in little over a day. Absolutely ate it up. The most nourishing of books.
Of all the things I love about this gorgeous, grounding story, my favorite is that the protagonist sees the House through the eyes of a mystic gazing upon their Beloved. Itβs a story not of breaking from captivity to freedom, but of the loss of innocence and the life beyond. At the end, the protagonist holds both realities in his hands. Thereβs something beautiful about that.
I read somewhere that this book, with its concept, with any other character would 100% be a horror-thriller-cult story. But itβs this character, and all he sees is beauty. He takes a truly awful situation (that he doesnβt even realize is that bad half the time) and sees the beauty in it. When he leaves, after realizing the terrible card he was dealt, he still can look at the world and say, βThe Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.β
The poetry of it all. The gratitude of it all. The complete and utter acceptance that βI am the Beloved Child of the House.β I learned more about God from a book about a house with 7,000 (and counting) rooms than I have in the past eight years. This book is tattooed on my heart, and I donβt think Iβll ever be the same.
I just finished piranesi by Suzanne Clarke and wowβ¦.wow. I want another book just like that the ending made me shed a tear
The birds sit silent in the Sixth Western Hall
Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
THE BEAUTY OF THE HOUSE IS IMMEASURABLE; ITS KINDNESS INFINITE
part of a comic that i will never finish!!!!! the thing that i loved most about this book was piranesi himself, and his sense of wonder and his deep love for the labyrinthine house he lives in <3
Piranesi, Imaginary Prisons- The Gothic Arch
Mood board / dungeon inspiration of the day: Giovanni Piranesiβs Carceri dβinvenzione, Imaginary Prisons, fantasy landscapes of massive stone architecture dominated by columns and arches, stairs and bridges to nowhere, barred gates, and hanging ropes and chains (begun around 1745 and published as two versions in 1750 and 1761).Β The original designs would be difficult to map, but itβs worth incorporating some of these elements to a dungeon encounter location.Β To evoke this on a wargaming table I would omit the tall surrounding walls and build one or more central towers with stairs and balconies, placing some lower pieces around them.
When the Moon rose in the Third Northern Hall I went to the Ninth Vestibule to witness the joining of three Tides.
Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
Wylie Beckert's mock book cover for Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
huge day for whimsical bitches