architectonic

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But he is best known for his inimitable, Surrealist pictures featuring skeletal, architectonic figures—merging humans, animals, foliage, totems and signs—which, though indecipherable, are instantly recognizable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

"A monumental architectonic work, with dimensions comparable to those of the National Mall, in Washington, D.C.," wrote the New Yorker in 2016.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2022

This architectonic quality makes them compatible with the work of the venue’s other current featured artist, Jean Sausele-Knodt, whose 3D wall sculptures have been reviewed in this column previously.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

One of the more beguiling installations is a luminous architectonic piece by Andrea Lenardin Madden inspired by the home’s slender vertical windows that gives the illusion she has added additional windows to the space.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2022

Homer is the builder, the architectonic genius; he organizes the floating, disparate songs of his age into a great totality, into a Greek Temple of which they are the stones.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques