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From Piranesi to Schuiten: The Hypertrophy of Style

By: Luis Miguel Lus-Arana

Another essay by Luis Miguel Lus-Arana about François Schuiten and Les Cités Obscures.

Bramante felt that he couldd not do without it: It was a tool which stimulated his imagination to produce the invenzione (…) it was able to extend the real into the illusory as moving “artistic” creation.

Arnaldo Bruschi in 'Bramante'

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