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Named after its founder, Italian art collector and writer Achille Bertarelli, the collection comprises different iconographic materials, estimated to be around 1 million pieces, including maps, posters, ex libris, postcards, ancient and modern art graphics, as well as architects’ archives.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
16 Jan. 2026 -
Brasilia Iconography Views, maps, and plans from iconographic, cartographic, and architectural archives of Brazil’s Federal District and its capital city, Brasilia.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s the decorative labanotation (or choreography notes) on the eastern exterior wall, featuring hieroglyphic-like markings.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
20 Jan. 2026
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Broad-limbed ceiba trees shade crumbling pyramids; hieroglyphic stelae portray the city’s early Maya rulers.—
Gemma Price,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Its home screen’s hourly forecast consists of temperatures, weather icons, and illustrative background visuals, such as gloomy rain clouds, that sometimes fail to match the view out the window.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Polished concrete floors, plaster walls, steel fixtures, and simple wood elements are frequently leveraged to create the restrained, monochromatic palette that is so illustrative of Brutalism.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Ideographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideographic. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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