trains in cinema, or fludd's memory system

new train film by matthew swiezynski: fludd's memory systemavailable for a brief preview here (all titles from frances a. yates' fine book the art of memory)related images from robert fludd's the macrocosm, 1617 & 1618:the great darknessthe appearance of lightthe division of the waterslet there be lightanselm kiefer: fur robert fluddfor more information on robert fludd, see joscelyn godwin's book

abstractions, monochromes and minimalism, part 1

a small list of considerations for a chronicle of visual abstraction, with examples from music, photography, painting, film, video, and literature.including minimalism and the monochrome.this is not an all-inclusive list, but only concerned with examples of beauty or the sublime.this list is mostly centered around books and music from the library of herr schinkel / m. swiezynski, and related