Inhabited fried egg (ceramic)Luigi Serafini
Luigi Serafini is an italian artist whose works all tend to be unusual. He has had works presented
in several exhibitions, whitch works include paintings, sculpture and curious objects like this ceramic.
L. Serafini wrote and illustrated the famous Codex Seraphinianus during the late 1970's.
The Codex is a lavishly produced book that purports to be an encyclopedia for an imaginary world in a parallel universe, with copious comments in an incomprehensible language. It is written in a florid script, entirely invented and completely illegible, and illustrated with watercolor paintings.
in several exhibitions, whitch works include paintings, sculpture and curious objects like this ceramic.
L. Serafini wrote and illustrated the famous Codex Seraphinianus during the late 1970's.
The Codex is a lavishly produced book that purports to be an encyclopedia for an imaginary world in a parallel universe, with copious comments in an incomprehensible language. It is written in a florid script, entirely invented and completely illegible, and illustrated with watercolor paintings.
The Codex is divided into a number of sections (each with its own table of contents, the page numbers are in base-21 or base-22!) on subjects such as plants, animals, inhabitants, machines, clothing, architecture, numbers, cards, chemical analyses, labyrinth, Babel, foods... There are panoramic scenes of incomprehensible festivals, and diagrams of plumbing!
The Codex is to that imaginary world what Diderot's Encyclopedia is to ours. Obviously, Serafini was not just attempting to create a consistent alternate world. Rather, the Codex is sort of an elaborate parody of the real world.
The Codex Seraphinianus is a real exciting and amazing book !
Really cool
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