I think a lot about the architecture ideas drawn by Étienne-Louis Boullée
They're sketches from the 1780s and they look like the end of the fucking universe
#yesss yesssss foaming at the mouth#these are like. different sides of the same coin to John Martin with that realization of scale and THOSE are people???#like. it feels apocalyptic in the sense that they seem hostile to human existence#but in this deeply neo classical sterile way. it’s not like being swallowed up by destruction but by indifference. youre an ant#like his designs all feel like this whether they’re forts or theaters but the cenotaph for newton is on another level from them#the fact that day and night are reversed inside. the fact that theres a tiny monument for newton at the base#where the actual person becomes insignificant to the concept of what they embody post french revolution…#queue
