Space and Environment 1 Influence Map 1

So that I do not lose track of thoughts I decided to make up an influence map. Admittedly its not the tidiest thing in the world and the largest influences are more like 2x3 than 3x3.
From top-left and meandering down we have:

• Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
• Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
• Stephen Baxter
• Venetian interiors
• M.C. Escher
• George Orwell's 1984 (novel)
  
• Venice, Italy
• The statue of Athena
• Rennaissance Milan, Italy
• New York City
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• The Temple of Zeus
• Charles Sheeler
• The Silver Cities from Heroes Of Might and Magic V (video game