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Dale Chihuly (American, born 1941)
Persian Ceiling
2011
Blown Glass
Artwork © 2011 by Chihuly Studio, All rights reserved.
Photograph © 2011 by Nick Benson.
"I just like the name 'Persian.' It sort of conjured up the Near East, Byzantium, The Far East, Venice- all the trades, smells, senses i don't know, it was an exotic name to me, so i just called them Persians."
- Dale Chihuly
Chihuly's Persians are among his most effective forms for installation art - mounted vertically in wall displays, incorporated in chandeliers, massed in ceilings. The rondel, a flower-like form distinguished by large size and wavy, irregular edges, is the most typical Persian. As a rule, Chihuly likes to manipulate glass as simply as possible, using few tools and molds, and allowing gravity, movement, and centrifugal force to act upon the molten material. To watch his team spin the molten disc of a Persian, then let it droop naturally into shape is to see a breathtaking display of skill and control, using minimal means.
Persian Ceiling provides a rare opportunity to completely immerse yourself in an artist's work - look up and luxuriate.
Chihuly - Through the Looking Glass
Exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
April 10, 2011 - August 8, 2011
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Ceiling detail of the National Gallery of Victoria's Great Hall. The ledlight ceiling was designed by Leonard French.
(http://www.photologium.com/architecture/national_gallery_of_victoria_great_hall_ceiling.html)
Norwich Cathedral is one of England's finest buildings and greatest cathedrals; It is one of the most complete examples of Romanesque architecture in the country (arguably the least altered Norman cathedral), has the second tallest spire in Britain and it's vaulted ceilings contain the largest collection of carved medieval roof bosses anywhere.
Surprisingly for so grand a building it is relatively inconspicuous from the city itself, standing on low ground and concealed within the old Cathedral Close, an enclave of tradition and relative peace apart from the noise of the city beyond it's gates. It's monastic past is much in evidence, particularly the magnificent cloisters, the largest and some of the finest in the country.
As stated most of the building dates from the 12th century and therefore exudes that solid Norman aesthetic, massively built but still graceful and beautiful. The central tower is unusually designed with arcading and windows beneath a double row of oculi, the tapering spire above it is a 15th century addition, aside from this the only major alterations to the ancient fabric externally are the tall 14th century clerestorey and flying buttresses of the choir and the gothic enlargement of various nave and aisle windows, principally the great perpendicular west window that takes up most of the west facade.
The interior is predominantly Norman too, except for the elaborate gothic vaulted ceilings that cover nave, choir and both transepts with a uniform design (originally these higher celings would have been of wood, stone vaults were added in the late medieval period to protect against fire, a job they performed well when the transept roofs were hit by incendiary bombs in World War II). These vaults display an unrivalled collection of narrative roof bosses, carved and coloured with Old & New Testament scenes (mainly in the nave and transepts, the choir bosses are mostly decorated with the emblem of their donor, Bishop Goldwell).
The cathedral has surprisingly few major monuments and sculptures compared to most of it's peers, but does have more exceptional medieval art in it's 14th & 15th century painted altarpieces, the most important being the Despenser Retable in the south east chapel, a unique survivial, hidden from danger during the Reformation & Civil War by being converted to the underside of a table. Further altarpieces here are formed of salvaged panels from redundant city churches. The medieval choir stalls also survive with a full set of carved misericords.
The stained glass by contrast is mostly Victorian and quite mixed (very little medieval glass survives). Striking modern glass by Keith New and John Hayward was installed in the north transept to commemorate the Millennium.
The cloisters to the south of the nave are one of my favourite places, all four walks are covered by yet more vaulted ceilings with over 400 more carved and repainted bosses (lower down and much easier to study than those inside the main body of the cathedral) spanning the long period of the cloister's construction throughout the 14th & !5th centuries.
Norwich Cathedral is special to me as being the subject of my earliest memories, recalling having been taken around the cathedral and cloisters as a 3 year old, which left a vivid impression on me and lead me to pursue an interest in church art and architecture years later, ultimately towards my present career in stained glass. Norwich Cathedral will always therefore have a touch of that nostalgic magic to me.
For more details see the Cathedral website below:-
www.cathedral.org.uk/historyheritage/Default.aspx
For more images and details see Simon Knott's entry on his Norfolk Churches website below:-
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichcathedral/norwichcathedr...
I tried to go with a fast shutter speed and catch the fan moving, but not a total blur. + 1.7, I think.
Inside the convent chapel of Our Lady of Palestine the ceiling is covered in salutations to Our Lady in numerous languages.
The Tomb of Akbar the Great is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece, built 1605–1613, set in 48 Ha of grounds in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
HISTORY
The third Mughal Emperor, Akbar the Great (1555–1605), himself commenced its construction in around 1600, according to Tartary tradition to commence the construction of one's tomb during one's lifetime. Akbar himself planned his own tomb and selected a suitable site for it. After his death, Akbar's son Jahangir completed the construction in 1605-1613. Akbar was one of the greatest emperors in the history of India. However during the reign of Aurangzeb Alamgir, Rebellious Jats under Raja Ram Jat, ransacked the intricate tomb, plundered and looted all the beautiful gold, jewels, silver and carpets, whilst destroying other things. There are still signs of burning on the gates. Akbar's bones were also burnt and the Tomb suffered a lot, until extensive repair was carried out by the British under Lord Curzon. The neighboring Taj Mahal was also looted, and two of Agra's gates were taken away.
LOCATION
It is located at Sikandra, in the suburbs of Agra, on the Mathura road (NH2), 8 km west-northwest of the city center. About 1 km away from the tomb, lies Mariam's Tomb, the tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani, wife of the Mughal Emperor Akbar and the mother of Jahangir.
ARCHITECTURE
The south gate is the largest, with four white marble chhatri-topped minarets which are similar to (and pre-date) those of the Taj Mahal, and is the normal point of entry to the tomb. The tomb itself is surrounded by a walled enclosure 105 m square. The tomb building is a four-tiered pyramid, surmounted by a marble pavilion containing the false tomb. The true tomb, as in other mausoleums, is in the basement.
The buildings are constructed mainly from a deep red sandstone, enriched with features in white marble. Decorated inlaid panels of these materials and a black slate adorn the tomb and the main gatehouse. Panel designs are geometric, floral and calligraphic, and prefigure the more complex and subtle designs later incorporated in Itmad-ud-Daulah's Tomb.
WIKIPEDIA
This church is normally not so easy to visit so I took the chance to have a look during the European Heritage Days. It was built in 1891 and rebuilt after WWII.
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"Die Gartenkirche St. Marien ist die Kirche der evangelisch-lutherischen Gartenkirchengemeinde im Warmbüchenviertel im hannoverschen Stadtteil Mitte. Sie hat einen 85 Meter hohen Kirchturm und befindet sich in der Marienstraße inmitten des Gartenfriedhofs mit klassizistischen Grabdenkmälern aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
Der heutige, zweite Kirchenbau wurde 1887-1891 von Rudolph Eberhard Hillebrand errichtet. Der Vorgängerbau, eine barocke Saalkirche (ohne Turm, nur mit Dachreiter) war von 1746 bis 1749 von Johann Paul Heumann für die Gartengemeinde vor dem Aegidientor gebaut worden. Die zweite Gartenkirche wurde im Oktober 1943 bei einem Bombenangriff schwer beschädigt und in den 1940/1950er-Jahren (vereinfacht) wiederhergestellt. Eine weitere Renovierung in den Jahren 2001 bis 2003 stellte das originale Kircheninnere im Stil der Neogotik wieder her." Wikipedia
Sri Narayana Guru (A social reformer and a saint) constructed this temple in 1912. This temple is situated at Kudroli, which is about 3 Km away from the main city area. The original temple structure was in Kerala style, which was replaced, by Chola style during recent renovation in 1991. Nearly 150 sculptors and around 700 laborers toiled hard to complete the renovation work.
Now, the temple stands tall with its grand Gopuram with interiors to make it as must visit place in Mangalore.
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Malabon Ceiling Fan
H: 25” x D: 56” (64 cm x 142 cm)
Opening bid: P 2,000
Lot 818 of the Leon Gallery online auction on July 27-28, 2018. Please see www.leonexchange.com for more information.
This is the ceiling inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. It's the hallway that leads to the Sistine Chapel. Breathtaking.....
Historic Environment Record for H BUILDING, Malvern, UK
The building, having military purposes and designated locally as H building, sits on a former Government Research site in Malvern, Worcestershire at Grid Ref SO 786 447. This site was the home of the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) from 1946. It has been owned by QinetiQ since 2001 and is in the process (October 2017 to February 2018) of being sold for redevelopment.
This unique building has at its heart a ‘Rotor’ bunker with attached buildings to house radar screens and operators as well as plant such as emergency generators. Twenty nine Rotor operational underground bunkers were built in great urgency around Britain to modernise the national air defence network, following the Soviet nuclear test in 1949. Two factors make H building’s construction and purpose unique; this prototype is the only Rotor bunker built above ground and it was the home to National Air Defence government research for 30 years.This example of a ROTOR bunker is unique instead of being buried, it was built above ground to save time and expense, as it was not required to be below ground for its research purpose.
H Building was the prototype version of the Rotor project R4 Sector Operations Centre air defence bunkers. Construction began in August 1952 with great urgency - work went on 24 hours a day under arc lights. The main bunker is constructed from cross bonded engineering bricks to
form walls more than 2 feet thick in a rectangle approximately 65ft x 50ft. The two internal floors are suspended from the ceiling. The original surrounding buildings comprise, two radar control and operator rooms, offices and machine plant.
The building was in generally good order and complete. The internal layout of the bunker remains as originally designed. The internal surfaces and services have been maintained and modernised over the 55 years since its construction (Figure 3). The first floor has been closed over.
There are some later external building additions around the periphery to provide additional accommodation.
In parts of the building the suspended floor remains, with 1950s vintage fittings beneath such as patch panels and ventilation ducts.
The building has been empty since the Defence Science & Technology Laboratories [Dstl] moved out in October 2008
As lead for radar research, RRE was responsible for the design of both the replacement radars for the Chain Home radars and the command and control systems for UK National Air Defence.
Project Rotor was based around the Type 80 radar and Type 13 height finder. The first prototype type 80 was built at Malvern in 1953 code named Green Garlic. Live radar feeds against aircraft sorties, were fed into the building to carry out trials of new methods plotting and reporting air activity
A major upgrade of the UK radar network was planned in the late 1950s – Project ‘Linesman’ (military) / ‘Mediator’ (civil) – based around Type 84 / 85 primary radars and the HF200 height finder. A prototype type 85 radar (Blue Yeoman) was built adjacent to H Building in 1959. live radar returns were piped into H Building.
Subsequently a scheme to combine the military and civil radar networks was proposed. The building supported the research for the fully computerised air defence scheme known as Linesman, developed in the 1960s, and a more integrated and flexible system (United Kingdom Air Defence Ground Environment or UKADGE) in the 1970s.
The building was then used for various research purposes until the government relinquished the main site to QinetiQ in 2001. Government scientists continued to use the building until 2008. Throughout its life access was strictly controlled by a dedicated pass sytem.
Notable civil spin-offs from the research in this building include the invention of touch screens and the whole UK Civil Air Traffic Control system which set the standard for Europe.
Chronology
1952 - Construction work is begun. The layout of the bunker area duplicates the underground version built at RAF Bawburgh.
1953 - Construction work is largely completed.
1954 - The building is equipped and ready for experiments.
1956-1958 - Addition of 2nd storey to offices
1957-1960 - Experiments of automatic tracking, novel plot projection systems and data management and communications systems tested.
1960-1970 - Project Linesman mediator experiments carried out including a novel display technique known as a Touch screen ( A World First)
TOUCHSCREEN
A team led by Eric Johnson in H building at Malvern. RRE Tech Note 721 states: This device, the Touch Sensitive Electronic Data Display, or more shortly the ‘Touch Display’, appears to have the potential to provide a very efficient coupling between man and machine. (E A Johnson 1966). See also patent GB 1172222.
Information From Hugh Williams/mraths
1980-1990 - During this period experiments are moved to another building and H building is underused.
1990-1993 - The building was re-purposed and the bunker (room H57) had the first floor closed over to add extra floor area.
2008- The bunker was used until late 2008 for classified research / Joint intelligence centre
2019 - Visual Recording of the buildings interior by MRATHS. Be means of a LIDAR scan and photographs being taken. The exterior was mapped with a drone to allow a 3D Image of the building to be created via Photogrammetry. This was created in Autodesk Photo Recap.
2020 - Building demolished as part of the redevelopment of the site.
Information sourced from MRATHS
This is a photograph of the ceiling of the former entrance to the Royal Ontario Museum in downtown Toronto. This part of the museum is now used only as a means to get to other parts within. It is a beautiful mosaic design.
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The Bellagio casino/hotel in Las Vegas has some very high-end shopping areas, and this was the ceiling in one of them.
There is a lovely stained glass ceiling over the Arkansas Senate Chambers. Due to a security feature it's impossible to get an unobstructed view of the entire ceiling.
Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
It's hard to convey just how spectacular these frescos are in real life.
I'll post more when I get home.
I believe I took this in the ballroom.
"After the death of Francois I, his son Henri II continued the palace reovations, by finishing the buildings in progress and by initiating new construction. The work was entrusted to the architect Philbert Delorme and the artist Primaticcio."
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Detail of the apse showing the rich decoration added when this part of the church was rebuilt in the 1890s by architect Basil Champneys.
Situated on a hill top overlooking Wednesbury, alongside the neighbouring copper-spired Catholic church, St Bartholomew's is the town's ancient parish church, though most of what one sees today is the result of extensive rebuilding/remodelling in 1827(nave) and 1890 (chancel).
The soot-blackened exterior gives no hint of the beautiful interior, enlivened with rich stencil decoration at the east end (by Godfrey Gray of Cambridge), most noticeably the Christ in Majesty over the chancel arch with it's vivid green background. The polygonal apse beyond (a medieval feature but entirely rebuilt in 1890) is similarly detailed, though harder to appreciated in the subdued light.
The church contains a fine set of fifteen windows by Kempe, all richly detailed with Old and New Testament scenes and figures. There are several 17th century and later monuments too.
The church is normally locked outside of services alas, a pity as the interior is well worth seeing, one of the most beautiful urban churches in the Midlands.
Our first full day in Rome we went to see the Vatican. After going through St Peter's Basilica, we explored the Vatican museum. This is one of the many rooms with decorative marble columns, etc. and ornate, painted ceilings
Erected on the site of a former mosque, the current building was constructed in 1674-1712 by the architects Esteban Garcia and Leonardo de Figueroa. Some traces of its former Moorish trappings can still be found at the base of the bell tower. Inside the church, visitors can find a total of 14 unique, historic altar pieces. The church houses the room where pasos (large, hand-crafted wooden floats used for religious festivals and parades) are constructed.