Art, Photo & Misc.Tumblr (3.0; @less-ismore)http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c57b7fa8d14d53e19ab820bc5c4be5da/tumblr_mn0h6wR9k61qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Georges Bataille</strong> in Lascaux.</p> <p>Richard White, <a href="http://www.janushead.org/11-2/White.pdf">Bataille on Lascaux and the Origins of Art</a></p> <p>Suzanne Guerlac, <a href="http://artecolonial.wikispaces.com/file/view/Bataille+in+theory.pdf">Bataille in theory afterimages (Lascaux)</a></p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50755012500http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50755012500Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:20 +0200georges bataillebataillelascauxpostraitprehistoric<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130515-belize-pyramid-destroyed-archeology-maya-nohmul-world-road/">Ancient Mayan Pyramid Destroyed in Belize</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">An archeological group says it plans to take legal action after road crews destroyed a pyramid at a site called Nohmul.</blockquote></p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50521135315http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50521135315Wed, 15 May 2013 23:24:04 +0200mayapyramidbelizelink<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e098280cbe900e30b5d58c00db5833d1/tumblr_miu9ft2h3h1qb5wbbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://androphilia.tumblr.com/post/44071266243/industrial-landscape-on-a-table-by-simon-quadrat">androphilia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.panterandhall.com/Simon-Quadrat-All-Pictures.aspx"><em>Industrial Landscape On A Table</em></a> By <a href="http://www.panterandhall.com/Simon-Quadrat-Artist-Page.aspx">Simon Quadrat</a></strong></p> </blockquote>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50250210428http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50250210428Sun, 12 May 2013 13:24:26 +0200Simon Quadratpaintingartindustrial landscape<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b21163310d22d36cf3a391a13a43c0e7/tumblr_mewd6ciZxL1qc2kcho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://spaceandshape.tumblr.com/post/37760601209">spaceandshape</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Bauhaus Weimar, Director’s Office (1924)</p> </blockquote>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50163809656http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50163809656Sat, 11 May 2013 15:31:18 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/898a47e2d4a772a27d8a81361f1ccdbd/tumblr_mmmt8tm71L1qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><a href="http://www.bugadacargnel.com/en/pages/artistes.php?name=6564"><strong>Cyprien Gaillard</strong></a>, </span>Belief in the Age of Disbelief, 2005.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50158556118http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50158556118Sat, 11 May 2013 13:29:00 +0200Cyprien Gaillardpicturesquelandscapesublimeetchingruins<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsm5nzF7cS1qbqe82o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whocaresaboutarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/11093783223/our-houses-are-such-unwieldy-property-that-we-are">whocaresaboutarchitecture</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>“Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.”</strong></p> <p><em>Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)</em></p> <p>Drew Kelly - Security Guard, Beijing</p> </blockquote>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50047496735http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50047496735Fri, 10 May 2013 01:39:53 +0200Henry David ThoreauDrew Kellybeijingphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a636e8accc6640c4ed0d0e7a80644eda/tumblr_mmj5b1pKo91qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Cornelis_van_Eesteren_and_Theo_van_Doesburg_2.jpg"><strong>Cornelis Van Eesteren</strong></a>, Schematic representation of the optimal relationship between skyscrapers and traffic, 1926.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50007428574http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/50007428574Thu, 09 May 2013 13:59:25 +0200Cornelis Van Eesterenurbanismmodernismde stijlvan eesteren<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/93a2a911c2cc65ef5d5d88e2ac8d9530/tumblr_mmbqbrIRN91qdstwzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Jake & Dinos Chapman</strong>, Arbeit McFries, 2001.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/49679512635http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/49679512635Sun, 05 May 2013 13:52:00 +0200Jake & Dinos Chapmanjake and dinos chapmanchapman brothersmcfriesmcdonaldsart<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bfeeda4ad5172c36b0866b0f30eaf02d/tumblr_mmadau7WPf1qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>J. M. W. Turner</strong>, Paestum, c. 1825.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/49609734952http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/49609734952Sat, 04 May 2013 20:13:00 +0200turnerjoseph mallord william turnerpaestumtempleruinssublime<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dbde68f3c2bca55cde054f1149cb021a/tumblr_mm3cytmMlV1qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Hans Hollein</strong>, Austrian Travel Agency, Wien, 1976.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/49312479928http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/49312479928Wed, 01 May 2013 01:23:00 +0200hans holleinArchitecturepostmodern“Spirit in will to express<br/> can make the great sun seem small<br/> The sun is<br/> Thus the Universe<br/> Did we need Bach<br/> Bach is<br/> Thus music is<br/> Did we need Boullée<br/> Did we need Ledoux<br/> Boullée is<br/> Ledoux is<br/> Thus Architecture is.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://archpaper.com/uploads/kahn_in_venice_03.jpg"><strong>Louis I. Kahn </strong></a></em>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/48426049091http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/48426049091Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:09:00 +0200boulléeLouis KahnkahnquoteledouxbachArchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4cd05a30bf603bd38d225f22a580b445/tumblr_mkrzm1Kyb01qdstwzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Le Corbusier visiting some ruins</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/47181440909http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/47181440909Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:27:00 +0200Le Corbusierruinsportrait<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f0ae0abd52d96f172351b2bc1864d98/tumblr_mkq45zCtpH1qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.pietromotisi.it/"><strong>Pietro Motisi</strong></a>, Cemento, 2012.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/47096815956http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/47096815956Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:10:47 +0200pietro motisilandscaperuinscementoconcrete<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7gy2jRiDi1r2mxkoo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Warsaw, 1946</p> <p><strong>Reginald Kenny</strong></p> </blockquote>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46763810948http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46763810948Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:50:27 +0200Reginald Kennyphotographywarsaw<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv6qig0Xf51qdcsdfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://booksnbuildings.tumblr.com/post/13462961481/louis-jean-desprez-1743-1809-project-for-a">booksnbuildings</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Louis-Jean Desprez</strong> (1743-1809): project for a pantheon in the form of a pyramid</p> </blockquote>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46763511590http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46763511590Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:46:00 +0200Louis-Jean Desprezpyramidpantheonarchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22jjxxDi11qe0nlvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://archiveofaffinities.tumblr.com/post/20598063156/roy-lichtenstein-pyramids-iii-1969">archiveofaffinities</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Roy Lichtenstein</strong>, Pyramids III, 1969</p> </blockquote>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46626582082http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46626582082Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:09:00 +0100roy lichtensteinpyramidpop art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a474e2c695aada80bd1dab5a83ce9042/tumblr_mkdmk6qQzT1qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GWDgG8DOw1U/T-1sye2LxnI/AAAAAAAAA7I/cSR4vYKt0Ac/s1600/Portrait+of+Gerhard+Richter+1966.jpg"><strong>Gerhard Richter</strong></a>, <em>Stadtbild Ha</em> (Townscape Ha), 1968. From his <a href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/paintings/photo_paintings/category.php?catID=24">Townscape series</a>. </p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46509409567http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/46509409567Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:19:00 +0100Gerhard Richtertownscapeartcitypainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63d067f7dfcc5d7c6046d2ae5739583d/tumblr_mk1ap0lzNT1qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Lara Almarcegui, </strong>Wastelands Map Amsterdam. A guide to the empty sites in the city, 1999.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/45947979643http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/45947979643Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:31:48 +0100Lara Almarceguiamsterdam<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9vpy84rGk1r7g1jxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://drawingdetail.tumblr.com/post/30934206314/micheal-graves-temples-of-juno-and-neptune">drawingdetail</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Micheal Graves</strong>, <em>Temples of Juno and Neptune, Paestum</em>, 1961.</p> </blockquote>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/45133743000http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/45133743000Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:12:00 +0100michael gravespaestumdesignarchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d0e147d06f929babd9c63caeb76df73/tumblr_mjififogif1qdstwzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.photography.at/"><strong>Reiner Riedler</strong></a>, “Window of the World, China”, from Fake Holidays, 2004.</p> <p>China, Shenzhen, Themepark Window of the World, Wedding couple in front of Egyptian Pyramides.</p>http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/45123859572http://less-ismore.tumblr.com/post/45123859572Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:01:27 +0100reiner riedlerchinaphotographysimulacrumwedding