Art
This 16th-century drawing shows a French architect's study of Italian palaces and villas. Such sketches traveled across Europe, influencing how wealthy people designed their homes. These ideas eventually shaped American domestic architecture centuries later.
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You're in a workshop in Renaissance France. An architect hunches over parchment, ink in hand, sketching the grand proportions of Italian estates he's never seen in person. Each line—the stable's arch, the palace's face, the mechanical screw—is a note he's taking, a detail to remember, to adapt, to bring home.
Reflect
What drawings or photos do you keep when imagining how you'd like your own home to look?