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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by BeamBrain@hexbear.net to c/art@hexbear.net

Nothing quite like the simultaneous awe and dread of looking at a construction so gargantuan that you feel like an ant on the floor of a cathedral

Pic is by Étienne-Louis Boullée. Also if you're into this kind of stuff, check out the work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Also have a look at the short film The Centrifuge Brain Project.

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[-] mechwarrior2@hexbear.net 4 points 22 hours ago

Hugh Ferriss

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No one wants to imagine 500 meter tall neoclassical architecture anymore. It's all orbital, dyson sphere, and ringworld now. kitty-birthday-sad

edit: Alex Jay Brady for more original gigantic scifi structures https://xcancel.com/AlexJayBrady https://www.artstation.com/boac

[-] Tervell@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

Fan Wennan does basically this but for socialist realism

(I had one more I wanted to post but it seems like I hit some kind of rate-limit and it's not expiring after a few minutes of waiting, so I'll just link it: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/g8qe0x)

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Nice, an intersection of two of my favorite things!

[-] Luna@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago

Awe is a very accurate descriptor here :niko-wonderous:

[-] Philosophosphorous@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

yea i love it, an amazing kind of liminal vibe with the impossible architecture. others in this thread already mentioned the game Naissance, but i also have to recommend the game Lorn's Lure, a game about being a cyborg/android and climbing very similar kinds of spaces. also there was an episode of Off the Air on adult swim that had a segment towards the end with a flythrough of a 3d fractal that had marble architecture aesthetics that remind me of this.

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

I recommend the manga Blame! which takes place in a world entirely composed of one massive abandoned megastructure.

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

I remember learning about that one from a Jacob Geller video!

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago
[-] regul@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago
[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

I'm intrigued. Is it possible to find these comics online?

[-] LeZero@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Just checked, you can find them in Soulseek you-want-my-treasure

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Awesome, thanks!

[-] regul@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Possibly? I've never had much success. Even finding them in print is tough.

[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

Nothing quite like the simultaneous awe and dread of looking at a construction so gargantuan that you feel like an ant on the floor of a cathedral

Yes, I've played dark souls. This looks cool as hell in it's own way

[-] Tervell@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

a few by John Martin:

Belshazzar's Feast, c. 1821

John Martin, Pandemonium, 1841

Satan Presiding at the Infernal Council, c. 1823–1827

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ooh, I've seen these before, and I love them. Pre-modern ones hit especially hard for me, probably because the less advanced construction techniques make their impossibility stand out even more.

[-] LeZero@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago
[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

Nice, gives me Akira vibes.

[-] LeZero@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

That's where it's from! I love the architectural shots in this movie, especially from the ground, the city looks so alien

[-] Babs@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

I'm afraid of being inside really tall buildings cause I keep worrying gravity is gonna suddenly reverse and I'll plummet to the ceiling.

[-] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago

You might love the visuals in the movie "Last and First Men". It's just 70 minutes of cool B&W shots of the anti-fascist monuments in former Yugoslavia with Tilda Swinton narrating a sci-fi story about the humanity's future.

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

I've always been fascinated by the Spomenik! Will definitely have to watch this.

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You might like Naissance

edit: oh shit I didn't realize it's straight-up free now, even better

[-] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

I was going to recommend that too, it's a good (if unforgiving) game and definitely strikes the feeling BeamBrain is looking for.

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Have you seen the YouTube video called Monumentality? I think by solar sands or Jacob geller I can't remember, it'll knock your socks off

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 1 day ago

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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