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Still life advertising photographer Andy Rudak has recently embarked on a more personal project, creating a series of cityscapes made entirely from cardboard.

Visit his work here awesome!

http://andyrudak.com/personal.html

Quote by Vartan Gregorian

Our aim has also been to find a design that will begin to repair both the

wounded cityscape and our wounded souls, to provide a place for the

contemplation of both loss and new life,

Facts

From the first century A.D. dates a fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

at the Baths of Trajan

Baths of Trajan

The Baths of Trajan were a massive thermae, a bathing and leisure complex, built in ancient Rome starting from 104 AD and dedicated during the Kalends of July in 109...

in Romedepicting a bird's eye view of an ancient city. In the Middle Ages cityscapes appeared as a background for portrait

Portrait

thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...

s and biblical

Bible

The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...

themes. From the 16th up to the 18th century numerous copperplate prints and etching

Etching

Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...

s were made showing cities in bird's eye view

Aerial landscape art

Aerial landscape art includes paintings and other visual arts which depict or evoke the appearance of a landscape from a perspective above it—usually from a considerable distance—as it might be viewed from an aircraft or spacecraft. Sometimes the art is based not on direct observation but on aerial...

. The function of these prints was to provide a map-like overview.

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Cityscape

Tip

Cityscapes are beautiful in pictures taken at dusk when the sky is deep blue rather than black.

Learn how to conquer cityscapes with these great tips.

http://www.olympusamerica.com/crm/oneoffpages/crm_cityscapes.asp

Recipe

Caramel Apple Popcorn Balls

http://utah.todaysmama.com/2012/09/20/chewy-caramel-apple-popcorn-balls/

Crafts & tutorials

How to make Chunky Book tutorial gorgeous cityscape

http://www.lilblueboo.com/2009/07/making-composition-book-art-journal.html