JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
Part of the series on the History of Blank, Empty, and Missing Things
These interesting images of fortifications–protective of nothing, staffed by no one, generally in no landscape–are very lonely design representations found in Pietro Cataneo’s I Quattro Primi Libris di Architettura, and printed in 1654. They are forts that protect and capture nothing, at least in this book–they are simply perspectives for fortification design. They float beautifully in the text, lifted somewhat from the pages unencumbered by any human detail.
