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Encyclopedia Ichnographica 0.1

Encyclopedia Ichnographica
a turn-of-the-millennium documentation of the greatest plan ever redrawn

written and illustrated by
Stephen Lauf

Piranesi's ICHNOGRAPHIA CAMPI MARTII, the large plan within the archeological text Il Campo Marzio dell'antica Roma, has inspired numerous architects since its first printing in 1757, yet the Encyclopedia Ichnographica is the first full-scale analysis of the plan's composition, meaning, and message. While representing a 'reenacted' plan of ancient Rome's Field of Mars, Piranesi ingeniously delineates two narratives--that of pagan Rome and that of Christian Rome--and at the same time offers an unprecedented lesson in urban design.

Presented here as a work-in-progress, the Encyclopedia Ichnographica will address every detail of Piranesi's plan through an ongoing delivery of descriptive and analytical texts along with computer generated illustrations of the plan redrawn.

CONTENTS

Death and the Triumphal Way
a dedication

Fathoming the Unfathomable
an introduction

The Ichnographia Redrawn

Encyclopedia Ichnographica

Annotated Bibliography

Index

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