A saying attributed to Appius Claudius Caecus (340–273 BC), a Roman politician who built the first great aqueduct to supply Rome, the Aqua Appia, some 15 km long, and the first great Roman road, the Via Appia, both named after him.
Faber est suae quisque fortunae
Every one crafts one's own fate.
100 × 100 cmDigital collage printed on canvas
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Source materials
Main figure
- Source
- Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, dir. Diderot e d'Alembert, 1751–1772
- Credit
- Illustration signed by Bernard Direx
- Status
- Public domain
Three circles
- Source
- Jacob Böhme, "Centrum Naturae", Theosophia Revelata (1730)
- Status
- Public domain
Snakes
- Source
- 19th-century naturalist illustrations, "Australian Animals", no known attribution
- Status
- Public domain
Background
- Source
- Photograph of agitated water by the author
Publications
Series catalogue
Artist's book · Blurb
Veiga, P. A. (2016). Principium. Blurb. https://www.blurb.com/b/7519490-principium
Cite this work
APA 7Veiga, P. A. (2014). Faber est suae quisque fortunae [Digital collage printed on canvas, 100 × 100 cm, Principium series]. https://pedroveiga.com/faber-est-suae-quisque-fortunae/