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A Parade of Zeros, 1583: Found-Dadaist Art

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Interesting bits of unintentional art–in some of these cases, unintentional, or found, Dadaist art–can be found in unexpected places.  Here, in this parade of zeros, we find such a case, and the place it is taken is from Girolamo Maggi’s book on fortification , printed in Venice in 1583. Aside from the crowded images like the Maturation of Zeros, I like the Embigenment of Empty Space approaches as much. 

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These are beautiful images, in spite of their deadly origin. 

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