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> "Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:

>>
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%89tienne-Louis_Boull%C3%A9e_Memorial_Newton_Night.jpg)
>> you can notice some inconsistencies in the engraving. The doorway is 
>> clearly

>> only
>> be achieved with a cylindrical wall. By modelling the building I came 
>> across
>> this (and other "impossibilities").
>
> ???
>
> If I understand Boullee's design correctly, the base *is* cylindrical - or 
> isn't
> it? He just seems to have chosen a clever shape for the "sideburns" to
> complement the hemispherical top.
>
My understanding is different, from viewing the way the shadows fall on the 
wall, the apparent flaring form of the "sideburns" which is not so from the 

design of the building.

In any case, I am now also adding my own details, trying to keep the overal 
spirit. :-)

Thomas

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