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"La Fontana dei Draghi" (The Fountain of the Dragons), 1572,

by Pirro Ligorio at Villa d'Este in Tivoli, near Rome.

Photograph by Michele Leonardi © 2007.

LIZARDS

Portraits of few Lizards, a widespread group of squamate reptiles,

with over 7,000 species. Source: Wikipedia:

DRAGONS

"Mušḫuššu" bas-relief in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin;

it is a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology.

Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Top fragment of a kudurru with a mushhushshu dragon 

and divine symbols: Babylonian.

Exposed at THE MET, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Dragon: origin attribuited to Iran, 16th–17th century.

Exposed at THE MET, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

"Saz"-style Drawing of a Dragon Amid Foliage,

ca. 1540–50, Shah Quli, Turkish. 

Exposed at THE MET,  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

LIZARDS

Portraits of different Lizards, a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species. Source: Wikipedia:

His Majesty The King Charles III

strokes an incredible blue iguana called Peter at the

Queen Elizabeth II Royal Botanic Park, Cayman Isles, 2019:

DRAGONS

Hanoi, Vietnam: Roof decoration at Doan môn,

one of the entrances to the Forbidden City of Hanoi.

Photograph by Uwe Aranas, 2011; source: Wikimedia Commons.

Large cloisonné enamel, jar with a domed cover, Ming dynasty Xuande (mark and period); production date 1426-1435; production place: Made in China. Source: The British Museum, London.

Chilins (Chinese chimerical creatures) 

Fighting with a Dragon, 16th century, China.

Source: THE MET, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Vietnam: Dragon de la toiture de la bibliothèque royale (detail)

in a photograph by AJ Oswald, 2007.

Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Katsushika Hokusai: "Matsuri Yatai Dragon", 1844, Japan.

Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Roof with dragon, Hoi An, Vietnam; photograph by Everjean, 2006,

from Antwerp, Belgium. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

One of the Nine Dragon Walls of Beihai;

photograph by Shizhao, 2006, Source: Wikimedia Commons.

LIZARDS

Portraits of some Lizards, a widespread group of squamate reptiles,

with over 7,000 species. Source: Wikipedia:

DRAGONS

"La Fontana dei Draghi" (The Fountain of the Dragons), 1572,

by Pirro Ligorio at Villa d'Este in Tivoli, near Rome.

Photograph by Michele Leonardi © 2007.

"SHREDS OF THE FUTURE"

Luigi Pellegrin: "La terra come radice e non come appoggio",

drawing f, cm. 135x70, 1986; drawing h, cm.37x27, 1985; b/w reduction.

Excerpt from the Exhibition Catalogue of "Luigi Pellegrin. Alle porte dell'Architettura", "Brandelli di Futuro" (Shreds of the Future),

Galleria Stefania Miscetti in Rome, 1992.

Luigi Pellegrin: "Il primordiale 'ricordato' scende e tocca il pianeta",

drawing a: cm. 160x75, 1978, in black and white reduction.

Excerpts from the Exhibition Catalogue of "Luigi Pellegrin. Alle porte dell'Architettura" at the Galleria Stefania Miscetti in Rome, June-September 1992; Preface by Achille Bonito Oliva, with a rare write by Luigi Pellegrin, text in Italian and English, 140 pages, Galleria Stefania Miscetti Publisher, Rome, 1992.

"LUIGI PELLEGRIN:

ALLE PORTE DELL'ARCHITETTURA"

"Luigi Pellegrin: At the doors of the Architecture"

THE ITINERARY OF EXHIBITION, 1992:

162 drawings on canvas or paper in large and medium size,

in non chronological order:

• 1 - Il primordiale "ricordato" prende forma nello spazio 1966

The "remembered" primordial takes shape in the space:

5 drawings, 1966.

• 2 - Il primordiale "ricordato" prende forma nello spazio 1985

The "remembered" primordial takes shape in the space:

6 drawings, 1985.

• 3 - Il primordiale "ricordato" scende e tocca il pianeta

The "remembered" primordial comes down and touches the planet:

12 drawings, 1966-1979.

• 4 - Il primordiale "ricordato" è da riusare?

Is the "remembered" primordial to be reused?

2 drawings, 1973.

• 5 - La terra come radice e non come appoggio.

The earth as a root and not as a support:

9 drawings, 1968-1986.

• 6 - Abitare nello spazio - Un utero attrezzato nello spazio.

Living in the space - An equipped uterus in the space:

10 drawings, 1973-1974.

• 7 - Abitare con i semi.

Living through seeds.

5 drawings, 1986.

• 8 - Le macchine, l'antropologico e l'architettura.

The machines, the anthropological, and the architecture:

5 drawings, 1980-88.

• 9 - Forme che cercano realizzazione.

Forms that seek realization:

9 drawings, 1977-1983.

• 10 - I mezzi della velocità.

The vehicles of speed:

5 drawings, 1974-1979.

• 11 - La rilettura della "nostra" storia.

The reinterpretation of "our" history:

9 drawings, 1972-1991.

• 12 - Memoria e missili.

Memory and rockets:

3 drawings, 1983-1986.

• 13 - L'armarsi della donna.

The arming yourself by the woman:

13 drawings, 1985.

• 14 - Torsioni: dal razionalismo al para-biologico.

Torsions: from rationalism to parabiological:

5 drawings, 1967-1991.

• 15 - Pensando Roma.

Thinking about Rome:

10 drawings, 1982-1985.

• 16 - Pensando alla periferia di Roma.

Thinking about suburbs of Rome:

10 drawings, 1981-1985.

• 17 - Le porte di Roma.

The Doors of Rome:

7 drawings, 1985.

• 18 - I frammenti che occupano lo spazio.

The fragments that occupy the space:

3 drawings, 1988-1989.

• 19 - Il progetto che arriva dall'alto.

The project that comes from above:

9 drawings, 1984-1991.

• 20 - Se gli "altri" progettassero sulla terra.

If the "others" designed on earth:

5 drawings, 1972-1991.

• 21 - Se il pianeta si autoprogetta.

If the planet designs itself:

4 drawings, 1989-1991.

• 22 - La guerra per la fisionomia.

The war for physiognomy:

4 drawings, 1991.

• 23 - Domani.

Tomorrow:

2 drawings, 1991.