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The Temple of Dendur, Roman period, ca. 15 B.C.
Egyptian; Dendur, Nubia
Sandstone; L. from gate to rear of temple 82 ft. (24 m 60 cm)
The Temple of Dendur, a Nubian Temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, the gods Harpocrates and Osiris, as well as two deified sons of a local Nubian chieftain, Pedesi ("he whom Isis has given") and Pihor ("he who belongs to Horus"), was comissioned by Emperor Augustus of Rome around 15 BC. In 577, the temple was converted into a Christian church. The conversion is documented by a Coptic inscription. In the 19th century, graffiti was left on the temple walls by visitors from Europe.
The temple was dismantled and removed from its original site (modern name: Dendur, ancient name: Tutzis, about 80jm south of the town of Aswan) in 1963 in order to save it from being submerged by the construction of the Aswan High Dam. In recognition of the American assistance in saving various other monuments threatened by the dam's construction, the temple was given to the United States of America by Egypt in 1965. The stone blocks of the temple weighed more than 800 tons in total with the largest pieces weighing more than 6.5 tons. They were packed in 661 crates and transported to the United States by the freighter S.S. Concordia Star. In the United States, several institutions made bids for housing the temple, in a competition which was nicknamed the "Dendur Derby" by the press. Alternative plans proposed re-erecting the temple on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. or on the Charles River in Boston. However, these suggestions were dismissed because it was feared that the temple's sandstone would have suffered from the outdoor conditions. On April 27, 1967, the temple was awarded to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it was installed in the Sackler Wing in 1978. Inside the Sackler Wing, designed by the architects Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo, and associates, a reflecting pool in front of the temple and a sloping wall behind it, represent the Nile and the cliffs of the original location. The glass on the ceiling and north wall of the Sackler is stippled in order to diffuse the light and mimic the lighting in Nubia.
The temple is constructed from sandstone and measures 25 meters from the gate to the rear as well as 8 meters from the bottom to the highest point. It is decorated with reliefs, the coloring of which has perished: The temple base is decorated with carvings of papyrus and lotus plants growing out of the water of the Nile, which is symbolized by depictions of the god Hapy. Over the temple gate as well as over the entrance to the temple proper, depictions of the sun disk and the wings of the sky god Horus represent the sky. This motif is repeated by the vultures depicted on the ceiling of the entrance porch. On the outer walls, Emperor Augustus is depicted as a pharaoh making offerings to the deities Isis, Osiris, and their son Horus. The subject is repeated in the first room of the temple, where Augustus is shown praying and making offerings. The middle room, which was used for offerings, and the sanctuary of Isis at the rear of the temple are undecorated but for reliefs on the door frame and backwall of the sanctuary. The latter shows Pihor and Pedesi as young gods worshiping Isis and Osiris respectively.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's permanent collection contains more than two million works of art from around the world. It opened its doors on February 20, 1872, housed in a building located at 681 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Under their guidance of John Taylor Johnston and George Palmer Putnam, the Met's holdings, initially consisting of a Roman stone sarcophagus and 174 mostly European paintings, quickly outgrew the available space. In 1873, occasioned by the Met's purchase of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot antiquities, the museum decamped from Fifth Avenue and took up residence at the Douglas Mansion on West 14th Street. However, these new accommodations were temporary; after negotiations with the city of New York, the Met acquired land on the east side of Central Park, where it built its permanent home, a red-brick Gothic Revival stone "mausoleum" designed by American architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mold. As of 2006, the Met measures almost a quarter mile long and occupies more than two million square feet, more than 20 times the size of the original 1880 building.
Playing around with the kids jumping off the couch. It was shot in the living room without a backdrop, so I had to PS out a little of the backwall where there was some light spill. One of my first Strobist attempts, so I was fairly happy with the outcome. I'd welcome your comments though.
Strobist Info:
- Bare 580exII on the ground camera left
- Triggered with CyberSyncs
My Morning Coffee on the kitchen counter near the microwave, reflected sunlight from stove top backwall with a little digital fun...
This frame is from the same sequence of "Martinis, Girls, and Guns". This iteration omits the gun altogether and is therefore simply a glamour shot of the model. The idea here was to create a contrast of saturated colors. Orange defines the window, the model, and the backwall is drawn with the pattern of the window blinds, while the remaining wall is painted with blue light. This was all done with available light, no speedlights, so the exposure time was 2.5 seconds. The camera was tripod mounted and the model remained as still as possible while the shutter was open.
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The backwall under the stairs is going to be the same slightly shimmery greyish purple (Behr wine frost). Sconces (previsouly hidden by silk ficus trees) are leaving along with the border (previously camouflaged by ephemera.) All walls and trim will soon be Behr cottage white.
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for strobist: just one 1200ws head with softbox bounced from backwall. And sun outside.
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Jasco, which makes analytical instruments in the Spectroscopy and Chromotography arena, decided to double their booth size at the huge 2004 Pittcon Show to 40' by 40'.
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