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Continuous Cities - Study Detail

Date : 1988
Materials : Pen, Ink, on Fabriano Paper
Dimensions : 9.625" in. x 13.00" in (244m x 330mm)

Continuous Cities - Study Detail for Continuous Cities Frontispiece


…I should begin by describing the entrance to the city. You no doubt imagine seeing a girdle of walls rising from the dusty plain as you slowly approach the gate, …Until you have reached it you are outside it; you pass beneath an archway and you find yourself within the city; its compact thickness surrounds you; carved in its stone there is a pattern that will be revealed to you if you follow its jagged outline.

'Le citta invisibili' Invisible Cities quoted text is translated from the Italian, by William Weaver, in the English translation copyright © 1974 by Harcourt Brace & Company.

Paul Haigh, is an English born architect, designer and artist. Following graduation from Leeds Polytechnic and the Royal College of Art he immigrated to the United States. The FineArtAmerica collections are selections of sketch book drawings, watercolors, collages and professional drawings. These works, on paper, are a record of moments, places and experiences. Inclusion was based on a commonality of inherent spatial concepts and drawing technique. Watercolor, acrylic and crayon are the primary media, the additive and reductive techniques they embody, enable works that are multi-layered, translucent and transparent in visual depth. Architectural notions of placement, juxtaposition, figure/ground relationships and implied form...