MALI

Check out these holy shrines in Mali. They predate Gaudi, and are made out of sun dried mud and branches. Amazing shapes. This is what a shrine should look like!
I'd like to go there...



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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 7, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    The similarities are definitely there, this is an interesting look at where he may have derived influences, though I've never seen these sort of things cited in anything about him. I agree, I'd like to visit these, the filtered lighting on the inside must be beautiful.

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  2. Amanda TealMarch 8, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    The shapes are amazing! Wouldn't mind going there myself.

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  3. Anna Della SubinMarch 8, 2010 at 6:32 PM

    Supposedly this style of building was modeled after termites nests. its creators were originally nomadic people, and when they needed to construct a permanent structure, like the mosque in the middle pic, they looked to the long, pointy towers that termites build...

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  4. jack bespokeMarch 9, 2010 at 12:05 AM

    wow the shapes are awesome, it almost doesnt seem lifesize..like at any moment gumby can come walking out

    bespok.

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