Wonderful post! My favorite functional art is the 19th and early 20th century cathedrals called railroad stations all over the world. Alas, they have to be subsidized nowadays but worse art is subsidized, too.
Wonderful post! My favorite functional art is the 19th and early 20th century cathedrals called railroad stations all over the world. Alas, they have to be subsidized nowadays but worse art is subsidized, too.
One of them shows up in the third book of Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy. The NY wizards have stolen it, are using it as a hub for their magical transport network, after, presumably through political shenanigans, replaced it with a much less attractive modern station.
Wonderful post! My favorite functional art is the 19th and early 20th century cathedrals called railroad stations all over the world. Alas, they have to be subsidized nowadays but worse art is subsidized, too.
One of them shows up in the third book of Naomi Novik's Scholomance trilogy. The NY wizards have stolen it, are using it as a hub for their magical transport network, after, presumably through political shenanigans, replaced it with a much less attractive modern station.