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Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi is a fresco on the western wall of the Sala del Mappamondo in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. It shows Guidoriccio da Fogliano, the commander of the Sienese troops, on horseback against the background of a landscape in which the siege of Montemassi takes place..
For a long time it was assumed that the work was painted in 1330 by Simone Martini. This dating made it one of the first secular portraits and one of the first monumental landscape paintings. It is widely considered a masterpiece of European painting.
In 1977, a frequently acrimonious debate started among art historians about the question whether Martini was indeed the artist. On the same wall in the Sala del Mappamondo another fresco has been discovered that could support the theory that the fresco is not as old as originally thought, and not a work by Martini. However, this matter is still unresolved.
In the middle of the fresco Guidoriccio da Fogliano, a condottiero (mercenary officer) and commander of the Sienese troops, is depicted on horseback. He is shown in profile with a Field Marshal’s baton in his hand. On the left Montemassi can be seen surrounded by ramparts. To the right of the central figure of Guidoriccio there is a siege engine with the flag of the Sienese Republic in top. Further to the right there is a group of tents at the foot of a hill, with white and black flags and pennants flying. At the bottom of the fresco the year of the conquest of Montemassi by Sienese troops (1328) is given in Roman numerals: MCCC.XX.VIII.
The murals in the Palazzo Pubblico were commissioned by the Council of Nine, Siena's ruling body. The murals capture important triumphs in the history of Siena. From the beginning of the 14th century the city council commissioned murals of castles and cities that were conquered by Siena. By decorating the meeting room of the Council of Nine with these images, it was made clear that these cities and castles were now the inalienable property of Siena. In this sense, the frescoes can be seen as an artistic form of political propaganda.
These frescoes eventually filled two walls of the meeting room in the Palazzo Pubblico. Between 1314 and 1331 at least seven castles were painted. Documents show that Simone Martini painted at least four of them: Montemassi and Sasso Forte in 1330, and Arcidosso and Castel Del Piano in 1331. Around 1345, many of these frescoes had to make way for the Mappamondo, the world map by Ambrogio Lorenzetti which is now lost. In the seventeenth or eighteenth century, major restoration work was carried out to restore images that had been lost during the construction of the Mappamondo.
The fresco with the equestrian image has always captured the imagination of art historians and the general public. It is seen as a unique mix of realism and artistic imagination. For many it is not just a portrait of one particular warlord during a specific campaign, but a reflection on war and knighthood in general. The Guidoriccio has been considered one of the first secular, i.e. strictly non-religious, portraits, and one of the first monumental landscape paintings in Western art. An icon of 14th-century art, it was considered to be one of the best works by Simone Martini.
Over the centuries, the horseman has become an emblem of Siena which is still frequently found on souvenirs and local products. Many tourists came, and come, to Siena to see the fresco.
The Castle of Montemassi is clearly recognizable in the Guidoriccio. Therefore, it was long believed that this must be the fresco that Simone Martine was commissioned to paint by the Sienese city government in 1330. This assumption was challenged in 1977 by the American art historians Gordon Moran and Michael Mallory. At first, they claimed that while most of the fresco had indeed been painted by Martini, the central image of the horseman had not. They came to this conclusion because in their view horse and rider are not really part of the wider scene. They also pointed out that commander Guidoriccio da Fogliano changed his allegiance to on an enemy of Siena in 1333. It seemed unlikely that the Council of Nine would have tolerated the portrait of "a turncoat" in such a prominent place in the town hall. Moran and Mallory suggested that the rider image was added to the fresco in 1351, after the death of Guidoriccio da Fogliano who had by then been reinstated as commander of the Sienese troops. Simone Martini died in 1344.
This theory was at first not taken seriously at all, and later fiercely contested. Moran and Mallory have stated that they were systematically thwarted by prominent Italian art historians and by the Sienese authorities. Their publications were rejected by journals and not included in scholarly bibliographies and catalogs. They say that they were prevented from presenting their theory at conferences, and were not allowed to do further research in Siena.
The debate took on a new dimension a few years later when a previously unknown fresco was discovered on the western wall of the Sala del Mappamondo. It is probably one of the castle frescoes that disappeared behind plaster circa 1345 when the Mappamondo was installed in the hall. It is partly overlapped by the Guidoriccio, has a similar theme (two persons and a castle) and is of high quality. Some point to Duccio as the creator, others argue that this underlying fresco is definitely by Simone Martini. According to Moran and Mallory, this is Martini's fresco of the castle in Arcidosso. This would mean that the Guidoriccio cannot be the Montemassi fresco painted by Simone Martini in 1330 because it partly overlaps the image of Arcidosso, which was painted a year later in 1331.
The main issue in the Guidoriccio debate therefore no longer was whether perhaps the equestrian image had not been painted by Simone Martini, but whether the entire fresco could be attributed to him. It has been suggested that the Guidoriccio was painted by Lippo Memmi, a brother-in-law of Simone Martini who had a similar style. However, this theory is not widely supported.
The debate on the correct attribution of the Guidoriccio raged for decades in scientific journals as well as in the wider media; still no final conclusion has been reached. It is unusual for a debate among art historians about the dating and attribution of a 14th-century work of art to take this long and get so much public attention. Those who think that it is a work by Simone Martini base their opinion on stylistic similarities with his other work. Their opponents point out facts concerning the technical preparation of the fresco and possible anachronisms in the imagery that would make it unlikely that it was painted around 1330. They refer to the architecture of the castles, heraldic elements and the siege engines depicted. They usually conclude that the Guidoriccio could not have been painted before the fifteenth century. The fact that Vasari in his famous painters' biography Le Vite from 1550 makes no mention of a work as prominent as the horseman fresco is seen by some as a reason to date it even later. There is still no consensus about the painter and the date of creation of the Guidoriccio.
My 3rd successive square and my favourite from a holiday on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Gozo.
I don't know why the general consensus is that cloudless sunsets are bad. I think I prefer the pastel colours rather than the sky exploding.
Struggled with sharpness a bit due to the strong evening winds and my cheap tripod.
Promophotos I took for the band 'Consensus': www.myspace.com/consensusbelgium
The consensus of opinion is a broken gauge glass but it looks more like smoke engulfing the cab of that Woofie - whatever, it looks awful for the crew .....
Sometimes it is interesting to find out what's behind a statue.
Here one for Jan Frans Willems 1793 - 1846 in Ghent, (activist, author...) but there was so much disagreement about what the statue should look like that in the end not Jan Frans became a statue, but a strong muscled man (symbolizing the Flemish Movement) unveiling a Flemish virgin (symbolyzing what? .. that did not become clear to me)
Seems to be the consensus thus far this season that most of Fall is either never going to make an appearance or has already done all it can. Such was the case at Silver Falls last weekend. It was still fun to meet up with Aaron Reed, Kevin Pieper, and Lance Rudge; three inspiring Northwest Photographers. Me, I'm playing the patient waiting game and have some outings planned over the next few weeks to monitor our illusive season.
It was a great weekend in the Roan Highlands this past weekend. I think the consensus is that the blooms weren't that great this year but there were still some nice patches of blooms, especially on Jane Bald. Being that I was too early for the blooms last year I was just happy to see some blooms!
This image was taken shortly after sunset on Saturday on top of Jane Bald. Unfortunately there were about 15 other photographers who had claimed spots on top of Jane bald....including a photography workshop group. So space was limited and compositional options were even more limited with all of the tripods set up. I found this a bit challenging as I like to move around a bit when I shoot...doing my best to try as many compositions as I can as the light changes. Still I was able to find some decent compositions and this was one of my favorites probably. While everyone else was focused on the rock as a foreground and I decided to find some other opportunities. I loved how the last bit of light was hitting these Rhododendrons and the sky lit up in a nice orange glow.
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Here we have a bit of a mystery. Consensus among those to whom I turn when baffled is that this is a flycatcher, as I had suspected. However, because the view is truncated and the contrasty light unhelpful, we're unable to definitively determine which one. Least and Dusky are two suggested possibilities, but if any of you out there in the ether have other suggestions I'd love to hear from you.
I've posted this image with as many groups as possible in order to invite feedback with better information.
The jury is in, and Dusky is the best bet.
OK, so the consensus seems to be that frameless is preferred, so thats how it will be from now on.
I was very pleased with this picture. It was a sunny morning but the sun was not on this stump so I had the ISO up to 400 and the shutter speed down to 200. I was expecting a rather grainy / blurred image, but it seems quite clear. That gives me some hope for those long winter months!
Those of you that live in England have a great public holiday.
The consensus is that this was on an old corn planter.
Thanks to Dok for the ID. www.flickr.com/photos/dok1/2359101484/
We need cutscene aspect ratio fix for ME2, or is there already one?
Mass Effect 2
- Captured at ~10MP, cropped to hide debug text;
- ReShade framework;
- ALOT ME2 texture w/ .ini tweaks;
- UE3 commands (PlayersOnly, FOV, Pause, etc).
- DoF via Erika Tschinkel's cheat table.
The general consensus regarding me getting dressed on Tuesday, was i had enough clothes on already.
so here is another lingerie pic.
thanks again for all the nice comments, i love them all even the naughty ones.
Mid July 2023 saw a trial of stent/sand from Methrose Siding at Burngullow Junction to Longport for Land Recovery. The trains arrived as one set of twenty almost new JNA-V wagons and left in two portions to Exeter. On the second day of loading 70811 extracts the second portion from Methrose Siding before running around and heading to Exeter. Unfortunately the general consensus is this won't happen again, but lets hope that's wrong.
6Z58 18:00 Burngullow Jn to Exeter Riverside N.Y.
After weeks of deliberation the final consensus is.........this is a Shaggy Parasol Mushroom that has become infected with a Chloroplast containing micro-organism such as a bacteria or algae as postulated by the British Mycological Society (BMS)..........cool!!!
Found under the cover of Larch, Pine and rough bramble this unusual specimen was part of a more extensive collection of Parasols of usual colour? It baffled many people but then a member of the (BMS) suggested from a previous find that the colouring is probably due to some form of micro-biological infection containing Chloroplasts or the cellular inclusions containing Chlorophyll.
Management really pushed their day camp adventure. The whole herd knew someone who had gone to camp and never returned to the open range. The general consensus was that you didn't want to go to camp no matter how nice the truck looked.
Rancheria Road, Kern County, California 2015
This relative slow shot at 1/40 sec allows the viewer to see the trajectory of the falling particles of ice on this windy frizzing raining day. The bird, I believe, is some kind of sparrow, (thank you in advance if you can identify it precisely. PS – consensus indicate the bird is a dark-eye junco) seems not to mind the weather and it was getting ready for a free meal. Sparrows are some of the few passerine birds that engage in dust bathing. They will first scratch a hole in the ground with their feet, then lie in it and fling dirt or sand over their bodies with flicks of their wings. Sparrows also bathe in water, or in dry or melting snow. Water bathing is similar to dust bathing, with the sparrow standing in shallow water and flicking water over its back with its wings, also ducking its head under the water. Both activities are social, with up to a hundred birds participating at once, and are followed by preening and sometimes group singing. Sparrows are the most familiar of all wild birds worldwide.
But actually, here, it is not justified.
I may add that one of the consensuses in the Israeli society is the bad relation to the Ultra-Orthodox Jew.
Some may say that they earned in by themselves,
but there are beautiful aspects in this community, we can appreciate, and learn from.
One of them is the mutual help for those in need.
Here, you see an example of it:
Towards Passover people clean their houses very, very thoroughly
("and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders", Exodus, 13:9).
As the feast approached it becomes challenging to prepare food for the (many, many) children, alongside the other duties.
Therefore, one of the members of the community, from his own initiative, arranges lunch to tens of children, in the main square of the neighborhood.
The consensus seems to be that one shouldn't cry over spilled milk, but I always find it a bit sad when something goes to waste
Consensus seems to be that this is a hatch year female.
Botanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
Sanford, FL. Horizon S3 camera, Hoya R72 filter, Kodak High Speed Infrared film developed 8 minutes @ 25C. Scanned in-house and worked up in Photoshop.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has risen.”
“Human influence on the climate system is clear, and recent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are the highest in history. Recent climate changes have had widespread impacts on human and natural systems.”
The article here:
climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
And here:
“Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, global warming would continue to happen for at least several more decades if not centuries.”
“In the absence of major action to reduce emissions, global temperature is on track to rise by an average of 6 °C (10.8 °F), according to the latest estimates. Some scientists argue a “global disaster” is already unfolding at the poles of the planet; the Arctic, for example, may be ice-free at the end of the summer melt season within just a few years. Yet other experts are concerned about Earth passing one or more “tipping points” – abrupt, perhaps irreversible changes that tip our climate into a new state.”
For We’re Here!, because there is No Cure For Stupid.
My hourglass courtesy of Michael Himbeault (www.flickr.com/photos/riebart/4653728769) [CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.
Eine weitere Aufnahme anlässlich der Rettunsübung Consensus im LBT. Zwei SBB ETR 610 aus Basel nach Milano durcheilen Blausee-Mitholz. Üblicherweise verkehren die Züge durch den LBT. Anlässlich der zauberhaften Winterstimmung dürfte die längere Fahrzeit mehr als entschädigt worden sein.
Beachte Gipfel oben rechts!
oben rechts unterm Gipfel Lampenlichter !
top right under the summit lamplights!
morgens 31.03.2021 !
guten Morgen
Natur Pur, wer bestimmt was natürliche "unkonstruierte" Bilder sind, der Administrator ? Nein der Fotograf !
Pure nature, who determines what natural "unconstructed" images are, the administrator? No the photographer!
Nicht "jede" Gruppe um jeden Preis !"
Morgenstunde im Gebirge, und Sonne, Lichteffekte !
Morning hour in the mountains, tough struggle between clouds and sun, light effects!
Licht bei Sonnenaufgang
clean sky = Corona-blau
No toxic streak of consensus in the blue sky!
Flugzeug-Abgase stark vermindert !! Weniger Smog !
Aircraft exhaust fumes greatly reduced !! Less smog!
Azzuro... Adriano Celentano Azzuro - YouTube
im Hochgebirge : Alpen Europa !
in the high mountains: Alps Europe!
Mein Motto : sehen bemerken festhalten teilen zeigen = bratispixl
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My motto: see notice hold on share show = bratispixl
شعاري: انظر تعليق الإشعار على سهم المشاركة = bratispixl
Мой девиз: см. Уведомление, удерживайте на шоу show = bratispixl
Ma devise: voir l'avis de mise en attente de l'émission = bratispixl
12" x 9.25"
part of "Point and Duration" at Bourouina Gallery (bourouina.com) from June 6 - July 26 2014.
I once read that cannabis is a 'gateway' drug, that its use leads to the use of more illicit drugs. In fact there is no scientific consensus on the truth of that suggestion, but my experience was rather the opposite, that it led to the use of a less illicit (as in socially taboo, but in fact more dangerous) drug, namely tobacco.
Shortly after I was born my Dad gave up smoking but, despite repeated attempts, my Mum wasn't able to do the same. My gran still has a letter which I wrote to her at the age of seven which reads "Dear Nana, Mum says she will definitely give up smoking this time!" The sight of her father, my grandpa - a smoker for fifty years - on his nebuliser to mitigate the symptoms of his emphysema finally steeled her will and she kicked the habit. I was 14, and having lived with it all those years made me hate them: I was certain that I would never even so much as try a cigarette and, in spite of a fascination with and appreciation of the way it looked (which, as you can tell, continues to this day), I wouldn't at that time have dreamed of dating anyone who touched them.
Weed, however, was another matter: when I was in my late teens and a few friends and I would occasionally get together to smoke weed, I would have to be reminded each time the joint came to me how to smoke. Years later, during a night out when I was twenty one, someone handed me a cigarette and, without even thinking, I took a draw. I realised then that so much of the pleasure I had taken from smoking cannabis was not because of the cannabis, but because of the smoking.
It became a regular thing. My attitude to my smoking was conceited, I was self-congratulatory about it. I felt that I had started to smoke for the right reasons: not because my friends pressured me, which they didn't (we were too old then for that), and not to look good or cool (Lord knows I don't, unlike so many of my friends, suit a cigarette), and I didn't smoke because I needed to. I was not addicted. I smoked one a day, and I did it because I enjoyed it: those beautiful few minutes after dinner when, all alone, I would light up, reflect, and separate the stresses of the day from the evening that was to follow. The Frasier character Bebe Glazer has summed up the joy of smoking in this hilarious clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B75qAZC1Bnk
And while I genuinely believe that smoking can be a wonderful thing - Beryl Bainbridge called tobacco "the handmaiden of creativity", to which I can relate - addiction, disease and smelling bad are not wonderful things. I've been a smoker for four years now, and the number of cigarettes I smoke each day has increased at the rate of one a year: these days, I probably average around five a day, and for the past year or so I've been trying to cut back. I always thought that five a day was too many and, by the time I reached that point, I would have one before my breakfast on some mornings. I've always said, and continue to say, that I will never quit. There may, for all I know, come a time when I won't have smoked a cigarette for a year but, even on that day, I will still consider myself a smoker. I don't want to stop smoking, but I would love to go back to that first year when I smoked one after dinner each night and that was all.
Or perhaps, to take it further, I would love to smoke like Fraser here. Once every couple of weeks, on a night or a day out, he will ask me for a cigarette, continue to smoke them for that day or night, and then that will be the last I will see of him smoking for another couple of weeks, perhaps even a month. I remember hearing a character in a film say that she smokes "only in times of extreme stress or contentment" and I liked that idea.
I don't mean to promote or glamourise smoking. I know its risks and the harm it can cause, but I also know the joy and pleasure of smoking: it is a truly deep pleasure, like holding someone's hand and looking into their eyes, not a superficial pleasure like eating a sweetie. As with so much in life, it is about finding the balance - and that balance will be different in each person - between what we want, what we need, and what are able to handle.
Glasgow, 2011.
paul-jaisini-gleitzeit:
Interior requires an emotional consensus of the area. A man can not be satisfied by perception of usefulness of what surrounds him, as in his existence feelings are no less important than common sense. And notwithstanding the complex approach of the interior arrangement, this question, especially in the aspect of emotional effect of color, is not investigated enough. In Gleitzeit art space has borderlinear curves together with color development in connection of compositional idea, uniting all the principles in unison and embodying so as logic also the sensuous essence. Scientifically was proven necessity of constant flow of information, including color. Otherwise color hunger can develop. Sometimes achromatic color is reasonable and necessary. As it is the idea background for viewing paintings, carpets, tapestries in museums, art galleries or art studious. When in residential interior color over saturation created nausea and decreased sensibility and color fatigue. It’s important not to forget that human adaptation to nerve stress typical to contemporary life condition is not easy process often concurrent with negative outcome. Therefore the interior of art gallery of art studio has a new meaning in the interior make-up. Even to art studio type of color harmony people can have different responses. Color activity in Gleitzeit works is achieved not only by color loads but by color ratio with rules of limitation. Paul Jaisini achieves with color high level of emotional urgency without violation of color measure. The justification of color in his work is dedicated by the idea and demands of each composition. In painting for instance, yellow color is almost adversary to artistic harmony and I found in Gleitzeit many examples of complete new role of this color, that can be not adversary to harmony but its integral highlight. P. Jaisini reaches color activity within skillful proportioning of limited amount of color used. Here I want to point our that P. Jaisini’s color is pure and sound as he never mixes colors until the mud condition. He uses color open spectrum in the pallet but never mixes more than two colors to solemnize purity of color as an important artistic objective.
Update: the consensus from several sources (except Bob, who favors an ID of "Freddy") seems to be that this is an eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis. So I am updating the caption.
Prevously: Either an eared or horned grebe at one of the Hornsby Bend ponds in Austin, Texas. The apparent thickness of the bill and the slope of the forehead make me think it might be a horned grebe, but eared grebes are far more common there according to the Hornsby checklist. I don't consider myself qualified to say for sure. Any expert opinions welcome.
So today I’m going to talk about AKA Gigi Giselle. It seems like the consensus with her is that she is the least popular in this collection this time around. I didn’t really think I would like her not until I took her out of the box. I still think the styling is as good as the other dolls in the Reckless Collection. She has fashion pieces that are versatile and great for mixing and matching. I love the fact that her shirt/bodysuit is made of two different fabrics which I think is Silk Crepe (Crepe de Chine) and Silk Satin or Charmeuse on the collar and the burnt bow which is very fragile when touched. That makes handling the doll less worrisome as I don’t hold dolls on those areas. There are other fashion pieces that could have worked aside from jeans but we don’t usually see distressed denim in the Fashion Royalty lines. If we do it’s rare. That’s why I’m not mad at this. The distressed fabric is part of the Reckless look. Like She Owns Everything Erin, her shoes tend to fall off easily with her socks on, a technical issue which can’t be avoided with the materials used. I don’t know if making the shoes a bit bigger than the usual would solve it. While there’s nothing special about her shoes, I appreciate the fact that they are a different color other than black as majority of the 2015 dolls came with black shoes. I wonder if the shoes had a Graffiti print that they would be more extraordinary. We have yet to see print done on the footwear. Her nail polish is in gunmetal I believe which is kind of unusual and interesting. Her beret is the same as Mad Love Rayna but with a veil on it which I adore.
I didn’t want to pass on AKA Gigi as her face design reminded me of Optic Verve Agnes’. I like that there’s more eye shadow visible under her eyes in comparison to Sister Moguls Giselle. For some reason I love that on dolls. Her gold/yellow eyeshadow bothered me for a while but it made sense as I put on her shoes and her jewelry. So the copy that I got of AKA Gigi came with a shiny face. But that shine stops around the jawline and just before it reaches the hairline which is visible in the picture. It looks like she’s wearing a mask concealer. Clearly the vinyl is not shiny as some parts of it aren’t. Also I’ve noticed that not all of copies of AKA Gigi from the pictures I’ve seen have the same case as mine. Could this be caused by the paint sealer or by the hair product? I’m not sure. The shine is competing with the shimmer effect of her eye make-up that I can’t seem to appreciate her in this state. I can see that she has a beautiful face sans the shiny film on her face by blocking her face from the light. I feel that this needs to be addressed so we won’t be having these issues moving forward. It seems like the issues that have risen up lately are mostly with the heads of the dolls whether it’s the skin tone mismatch to the body or with hair product residue or the shiny spots on their faces. It’s a pity because these dolls are well-designed and I just wished they put attention to the most important part of the doll which is the face.
Shiny face aside, I do think she’s great. To me AKA Gigi is Giselle’s redemption from 2015’s Energetic Presence. This is one of her best versions since Sensuous Affair.
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Red-bellied woodpecker and unknown lurker....the lurker's shape reminds me of a starling.
Shot at Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge Center, Bloomington MN.
(Consensus of opinion: starling so starling it is!)
Are those marks the sort of thing that would happen if it had been Grabbed by a Parasitic Jaeger?
I think I am slowly working myself up to poster the Tern vs Tern photos.
Seen in a Portsmouth forecourt.
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Hagia Sophia, Turkish Ayasofya, Latin Sancta Sophia, also called Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, cathedral built at Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) in the 6th century CE (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. By general consensus, it is the most important Byzantine structure and one of the world’s great monuments.
To start the week we have a lady and her driver in a carriage on Grafton Street, Dublin.
There's been some speculative discussion on whether this woman was on her way to shop at the Manning's store in the background, (and lots of great information on that store to be found in the comments below). Or perhaps alighting to attend a (masked) ball at a nearby venue. But we've yet to have a consensus on whether the woman's apparent choice of mask was driven by fashion, theatre or perhaps to rob the bank located two doors up on Grafton Street...
Photographers: J. J. Clarke
Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection
Date: Circa 1897 - 1904
NLI Ref: CLAR13
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
A cropped (and flipped) version of my previously uploaded night time portrait of alternative model 'Paula of Sweden'. General consensus (i.e. me and John Kortland) thought it would be better more tightly cropped.
The event was my first attempt at 'light-tube' photography but as it was taken at a recent LightpaintersUK meetup it proved easy as the organisers are very knowledgeable and experienced. They also provided the expensive kit included the Pixelstick used for this shot.......
For those not familiar with this amazing bit of technology you can learn more here : thepixelstick.com/
Click here to see other photos from this event : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157713180583748
Whilst you're here, for those that live in and around London, you might be interested to know I'm an Admin of the new London Flickr Group which we've started to replace the group which mysteriously disappeared at New Year. You can find us here, including details of our first Photowalk just announced : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup
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When you enter the Siq you feel the temperature drop and the sky disappear. Your world feels limited to the walkway. In some places it can be five metres wide but usually less than that. The walls rise up to two hundred metres from the ground. It can feel like a cold, dark and dead place but there are some birds in the region - Sinai Rosefinch, Laughing Doves, Mourning Wheatear, Fan-Tailed Raven, Blackstart, Black Redstart and Rock Pigeon. It is quite a walk and you do feel as if you are entering another realm. Sometimes it can be very busy so it is better to go when it is quiet.
al-Siq (Arabic: السيق) (translated: the shaft) is the main entrance to the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan. The dim, narrow gorge (in some points no more than 3 meters wide) winds its way approximately one mile and ends at Petra's most elaborate ruin, Al Khazneh (The Treasury).
The Siq is a natural geological fault produced by tectonic forces and worn smooth by water erosion. The walls that enclose the Siq stand between 91–182 meters (300–600 feet) in height.[1]
The entrance to the Siq contains a huge dam, reconstructed in 1963 and again in 1991, designed to bar the mouth of the Siq and reroute the waters of Wadi Musa. The dam is a fairly true reconstruction of what the Nabataeans did to control Wadi Musa between the 1st century BC and the beginning of the 1st century AD. The entrance also contains the remnants of a monumental arch, of which only the two abutments and some hewn stones of the arch itself have survived. The arch collapsed in 1896 following an earthquake, but its appearance is known based on the lithograph works of David Roberts.[1]
The Siq was used as the grand caravan entrance into Petra. Along both walls of the fissure are a number of votive niches containing baetyli, which suggest that the Siq was sacred to the Nabatean people. In 1998, a group of statues were uncovered when digging was conducted to lower the road by more than six feet. Although the upper part is greatly eroded, it is still possible to recognize the figures of two merchants, each leading two camels. The figures are almost twice lifesize.[1]
Along the Siq are some underground chambers, the function of which has not yet been clarified. The possibility that they were tombs has been excluded and archaeologist find it difficult to believe that they were dwellings. The majority consensus is that they housed the guards that defended the main entrance to Petra.