gnomon

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In 1970, when he was diagnosed with cancer, Meatyard edited an eponymous photo book that was published by Gnomon Press; the prints in this exhibition are the ones he chose for that volume.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

As Gnomon mania spreads across the heartland, Jimmerson breaks ground on the society’s lavish limestone temple in Burnett, Indiana, “the most fashionable suburb of Gary.”

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2020

Science fiction Gnomon by Nick Harkaway A mind-bending, many storied epic about artificial intelligence and the surveillance state.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2018

For the fourth, we grow privy to the thoughts of a far-future hive-mind called Gnomon, who seems able to travel in time.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2018

Gnomon, 257; length of shadow at different places, 270.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio