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Ahu Tahai, Ko Te Riku, Vai Ure,
Chile, Chilean island, Easter island, Isla de Pascua,
National Park, Pacific Ocean, Polynesian Triangle, Rapa Nui, Rapa Nui National Park, Unesco, World Heritage Site
The Tahai Ceremonial Complex - Isla de Pascua - Chile
The Tahai Ceremonial Complex is an archaeological site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chilean Polynesia.
Restored in 1974 by the late Dr. William Mulloy, an American archaeologist, Tahai comprises three principal ahu from north to south:
Ko Te Riku (with restored eyes), Tahai, and Vai Ure. Visible in the distance from Tahai are two restored ahu at Hanga Kio'e, projects that Mulloy undertook in 1972. Like other Mulloy restoration projects at Ahu Akivi, the ceremonial village of Orongo and Vinapu, the ceremonial center at Tahai now constitutes an integral part of the Rapa Nui National Park, designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahu_Tahai
A beautiful single statue placed on a platform. The statue is in good condition and in place. Wears a pukao and has beautiful white eyeballs with dark pupils.
www.easterislandquest.com/moai.htm#Pukao
Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people.
In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Ambassador of Sri Lanka, Pakeer Mohideen Amza at the Presidential Complex.2016-01-28
You can take the four flaps.. and its back to the historical star tessellation, with a new back! Just discovered now February 19, 2018, designed by me. (Variation of this revamped/refold of 90s/late 2000 model, look at previous ones for description). This model was also originally freestyled and improvised in design. Made way before I got into the twisted stuff. Yes there are a lot of early treasures that need to be refolded, it will probably take a while.
A Complex Past - Scores of years for ivy clinging and growing up an old brick wall on a historic building in downtown Elgin, Illinois. The detail of connections and paths is amazing.
Prague Castle is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. The castle was a seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. The Bohemian Crown Jewels are kept within a hidden room inside it.The history of the castle began in 870 when its first walled building, the Church of the Virgin Mary, was built. The Basilica of Saint George and the Basilica of St. Vitus were founded under the reign of Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia and his son St. Wenceslas in the first half of the 10th century.
The first convent in Bohemia was founded in the castle, next to the church of St. George. A Romanesque palace was erected here during the 12th century.
Thirteenth-century Venetian coins found there were studied by numismatist, Zdenka Nemeškalová-Jiroudková.
King Ottokar II of Bohemia improved fortifications and rebuilt the royal palace for the purposes of representation and housing. In the 14th century, under the reign of Charles IV the royal palace was rebuilt in Gothic style and the castle fortifications were strengthened. In place of rotunda and basilica of St. Vitus began building of a vast Gothic church, that were completed almost six centuries later.
During the Hussite Wars and the following decades, the castle was not inhabited. In 1485, King Vladislaus II Jagiellon began to rebuild the castle. The massive Vladislav Hall (built by Benedikt Rejt) was added to the Royal Palace. New defence towers were also built on the north side of the castle.
A large fire in 1541 destroyed large parts of the castle. Under the Habsburgs, some new buildings in Renaissance style were added. Ferdinand I built the Belvedere as a summer palace for his wife Anne. Rudolph II used Prague Castle as his main residence. He founded the northern wing of the palace, with the Spanish Hall, where his precious art collections were exhibited.
The Third Defenestration of Prague in 1618 took place at the castle and began the Bohemian Revolt. During the subsequent wars, the Castle was damaged and dilapidated. Many works from the collection of Rudolph II were looted by Swedes in 1648, in the Battle of Prague (1648) which was the final act of the Thirty Years' War.
The last major rebuilding of the castle was carried out by Empress Maria Theresa in the second half of the 18th century. Following his abdication in 1848, and the succession of his nephew, Franz Joseph, to the throne, the former emperor, Ferdinand I, made Prague Castle his home.
In 1918, the castle became the seat of the president of the new Czechoslovak Republic, T.G. Masaryk. The New Royal Palace and the gardens were renovated by Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik. In this period the St. Vitus Cathedral was finished (on September 28, 1929). Renovations continued in 1936 under Plečnik's successor Pavel Janák.
On March 15, 1939, shortly after Nazi Germany forced Czech President Emil Hacha (who suffered a heart attack during the negotiations) to hand his nation over to the Germans, Adolf Hitler spent a night in the Prague Castle, "proudly surveying his new possession." During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, Prague Castle became the headquarters of Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. According to a popular rumor, he is said to have placed the Bohemian crown on his head; old legends say a usurper who places the crown on his head is doomed to die within a year. Less than a year after assuming power, on May 27, 1942, Heydrich was ambushed during Operation Anthropoid, by British-trained Slovak and Czech resistance soldiers while on his way to the Castle, and died of his wounds - which became infected - a week later. Klaus, his firstborn son, died the next year in a traffic accident, also in line with the legend.
After the liberation of Czechoslovakia and the coup in 1948, the Castle housed the offices of the communist Czechoslovak government. After Czechoslovakia split in 1993 into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the castle became the seat of the Head of State of the new Czech Republic. Similar to what Masaryk did with Plečnik, president Václav Havel commissioned Bořek Šípek to be the architect of post-communism Prague Castle's necessary improvements, in particular of the facelift of the castle's gallery of paintings.
The castle buildings represent many of the architectural styles of the last millennium. Prague Castle includes Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral, Romanesque Basilica of St. George, a monastery and several palaces, gardens and defense towers. Most of the castle areas are open to tourists. The castle houses several museums, including the National Gallery collection of Bohemian baroque and mannerism art, exhibition dedicated to Czech history, Toy Museum and the picture gallery of Prague Castle, based on the collection of Rudolph II. The Summer Shakespeare Festival regularly takes place in the courtyard of Burgrave Palace.
The neighborhood around Prague Castle is called Hradčany.
Leaders from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria; Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation; the Bavarian state ministry and Installation Management Command-Europe cut the ribbon on the new Outdoor Recreation Complex at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, during a grand opening ceremony Sept. 24. Known as the Wild B.O.A.R., which stands for Bavaria Outdoor Adventure & Recreation, the $11.6 million facility boasts a bevy of services, amenities and attractions. They include a high-ropes team adventure course, indoor rock-climbing hall, lodges, campsites, a playground, sports facilities and boat dock on Dickhaeuter Lake. The main center consists of a reception area, snack bar and multipurpose room that can be rented for receptions, parties and other functions. Construction began in May 2011. The project was managed by Europe District’s Grafenwoehr Resident Office, which incorporated numerous sustainable design and energy-saving features to increase the complex’s life span. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Vince Little)
One of a series of images that Pery (www.flickr.com/photos/peryburge/) and I made during 2012. She created the images, and I simply transformed them using Mathematica.
A Complex Beauty is an artistic engagement with the internal body and historical medical practice. It explores the difficult terrain of disease, dissection, anatomical theatre and the unknown body, encouraging the viewer to engage intimately with what lies beneath the skin.
The exhibition is the culmination of an arts residency that Lauren Black undertook at the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology at The University of Melbourne, with its fascinating collection of over 12,000 human specimens. Her dedicated work with this collection, coupled with historical research, shines a new light on medicine’s past, artistic documentation of the body and the pathology specimens themselves.
The fine detail and artful skill of Lauren’s beautiful artworks draw heavily on history and identity. They invite slow and reflective looking and are anatomically insightful in the way that they explore the fine line between life, death and identity.
Lauren’s work is exhibited with two rare anatomical drawings by Edward Swarbreck Hall and an historical illustrated volume on dissection by Joseph Maclise from the Libraries Tasmania collection.
A Complex Beauty exhibition was first exhibited at The Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2017.
Copyright in the artwork and exhibition retained by the artist.
Copyright of the photography retained by the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts.
Dendera Temple complex, (Ancient Egyptian: Iunet or Tantere)(19th century English spelling in most sources, including Belzoni was Tentyra). located about 2.5 km south-east of Dendera, Egypt. It is one of the best-preserved temple complexes in Egypt. The area was used as the sixth Nome of Upper Egypt, south of Abydos.
This sufi Tomb complex (Gongbei) belongs to one of the Qadiri brotherhoods. It is located in Dongxiang county of Linxia prefecture. This area is inhabited by the so-called Mongol-Hui, who call themselves Santa, and are called Dongxiang by the PRC government.
Eisenhower a hadügyi-ipari komplexumról:
"A kormányzati szerveinknél védekeznünk kell a katonai-hadiipari komplexum akár kért, vagy kéretlen, indokolatlan befolyás szerzésétől. A rossz helyen felbukkanó hatalom lehetősége létezik, és továbbra is fennáll. Soha nem hagyhatjuk, hogy ennek a kombinációnak a súlya veszélyeztesse a szabadságjogokat és a demokratikus folyamatokat. Nem kell semmit biztosra vennünk. Csak egy éber és tájékozott polgárság kötelezheti a védelem hatalmas ipari és katonai gépezetét a békés módszerekkel és célokkal való megfelelő együttműködésre, a biztonság és a szabadság összhangjára."
Density on field - TWDC - Designing connected places Summer School - Complexity Maps
Turin-Pollenzo 21-29 August
Sorry for short delay had to try out both methods on 2 seperate sheets before resuming collapse on the main model. Whats noticed is method 2 has a back side where points don't meet & that results in a 5 pointed star. Its front didn't come out as neat, unsure if its because of the paper or the method itself. While it maybe cool it could be confusing at the same time (because of alignment), so I will stick to the original method 1. Anyway I got to test some new paper at the same time so its all good.
View on the national sports and cultural complex and some of the european institution buildings on Kirchberg in Lux city.
Another visual: The thought behind this is if the 4 stars twisted in the same direction it would force squashes in the four areas adding more shapes. But I haven't got around to it. As I've just completed the 1st draft of a long test fold model. PS look at next recent post!
... On a seperate occasion than the Paper 94: 2007 issue above; IT WOULD BE NICE if Palmer releases some Fuji works / unreleased pattern he obtained, (as gift?); as he ALSO VISITED FUJIMOTO but I do not know the full story.. Instead of having the stuff everyone knows already hydra... Otherwise they'd Never Be Folded...
(Alas the same goes for some of Joisels works: his Starfish model, rectangular bull and other sketches would help). Thanks
Central Government Complex, Tamar is the new location for the offices of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The new government building uses neither Chinese nor European government building designs, but instead it is a mix of postmodern architecture and low-frills international design.
Located at the Tamar site, the complex houses the Office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the Central Government Offices.
Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge and Restaurant located at 336 Odlin Rd. in Bangor,ME. This was the first HJ Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex to open in Maine and is currently the last HoJo complex of the more than 500 locations which were once a common sight across the Country. The property retained its orange roof as late as 2002 until it was ripped off along with the cupolas and replaced with drab black shingles making the exterior rather unimpressive. I stayed here in 2005 and noticed that the rooms while intact were rather dated and in need of renovations. The restaurant on the other hand had changed very little since the 1970s and was doing a fairly good business for dinner. Unfortunately when I stayed here in Summer 2013 the rooms had been modified loosing much of their original Howard Johnson's features, most notably the double sinks and bedside pamper panels. The restaurant which is one of the last two to still be open has declined drastically in quality since 2005. I was the only person eating breakfast in the restaurant around 9AM and couldn't have dinner the previous night because they now close at 2PM. There is only one waitress who has remarkably been working since the restaurant opened along with her adult daughter who is by her side. The waitress was stating that she might retire at the end of the year and since she is the one with the keys this very likely will be the last year this Howard Johnson's Restaurant is open!
The cathedral complex of Astorga encompasses three outstanding areas of service to the community: worship (the Cathedral), culture (the archives and museum) and charitable work (the Hospital of St John).
Cathedral is the name given to a church where the Bishop, in succession to the Apostles, holds the permanent and visible seat of his authority. The episcopal see guides the Christian community of the particular Church in communion with the Pope.
The Cathedral of Astorga bears the title "Apostolic" because of the antiquity of the diocese. This title is first found in a synodal letter of St Cyprien, Bishop of Carthage, in the 3rd century, which presumes a much earlier foundation. Father Florez, in his book "Sacred Spain", writes that "its origin is very close to the preaching of the Apostles".
The construction of the present Gothic Cathedral commenced on August 16th, 1471 as an extension to the east end of the earlier Romanesque church (11th to 13th century). This work, based on the same ground plan, lasted from the 15th to the 18th century. It presents us with a harmonious synthesis of styles: flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance, Baroque and neo- Classical; it reflects centuries of history and life, culture and art, tradition and faith.
Certain masterpieces stand out:
- The main altarpiece by Gaspar Becerra (1558-1584), painted by Gaspar de Hoyos and Gaspar de Palencia (1570-1575) which represents the peak of the Spanish Mannerist Renaissance. It is an example of Spanish fine art, a Marian theological, christological and ecclesial synthesis.
- The image of Our Lady of Majesty (12th c.), Byzantine-Romanesque style.
- Renaissance Gothic choir stalls (16th c.), with 97 walnut seats.
- Hispano - Flemish altarpiece of the Passion (1530)
- The organ in its very fine baroque case (18th c.)
- Gregorio Fernandez's "Purification" (1626)
- Mateo de Prado's, escultura: "St John the Baptist" (17th c.) and Lucas Gutiérrez's escultura: "St Jerome" (17th c.)
The main door depicts biblical scenes and has rounded columns of the Leonese Baroque period by Pablo Antonio Ruiz.
The golden gable end between green and pink twin towers, a monumental neo-classical sacristy and cloister, the enigmatic and popular depiction of Pedro Mato (1798) are also important features.
Pillars, wrought iron work and allegorical figures from the 19th century complete the porch.
Entrance to the Heroes and Legends attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is by way of a sweeping ramp designed to simulate a journey to the stars by way of the "Rocket Garden." The new facility includes the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame and looks back to the pioneering efforts of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. It sets the stage by providing the background and context for space exploration and the legendary men and women who pioneered the nation's journey into space.
Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson
The Drakelow Tunnels are a former underground military complex beneath the Kingsford Country Park near the village of Kinver, Staffordshire, which cover 250,000 sq ft (23,000 m2).
The tunnels, which have a total length of 3.5 mi (5.6 km) to 4 mi (6.4 km) have a very interesting past and are a historical monument to the military history of the United Kingdom.
Designed by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, the Drakelow Tunnel Complex (originally called "Drakelow Underground Dispersal Factory")[1] was excavated during World War II in sandstone hills near the village of Kinver and the town of Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
It was originally constructed as a shadow factory for the Rover car company who were at the time manufacturing engines for the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
It was also intended to supply components to Rover's main shadow factories at Acocks Green and Solihull, to supply spare parts, and to act as a backup facility if either of the main shadow factories was damaged by enemy action.
The cost of the facility was originally estimated at £285,000, and construction, which began in June 1941, was expected to take just one year.
In the event, the underground factory achieved full production in May 1943 and the final cost exceeded £1,000,000.
The site consists of numerous tunnels that stretch for around 3.5 mi (5.6 km), although public access on tours is limited to less than a quarter of the site.
The tunnels contained dormitories, storage areas, workshops, electrical equipment, toilets, offices, a BBC studio, a GPO Telephones communications facility and other facilities.
During the 1950s and the growing Cold War, the site was initially used by the Ministry of Supply for storage.
Then around 1958 part of the site was developed by the Home Office as a Regional Seat of Government (RSG9).
It was publicly exposed in a demonstration held there by the West Midlands Committee of 100 in the summer of 1963. Under later Home Defence schemes the bunker was designated a Sub-Regional Control (SRC), Sub-Regional Headquarters (SRHQ) and finally Regional Government Headquarters (RGHQ).
The site was greatly modernised in the early 1980s, only a small portion of the site was designated for use.
New blast doors were fitted in place of the previous wooden factory doors and the interior of the site was refurbished in the areas forward of tunnel 4.
In about 1990 there was a plan to move the RGHQ to a much smaller bunker, formerly used by UKWMO, at Lawford Heath near Rugby.
In the end this never happened, and the Drakelow site was decommissioned and sold in around 1993.
DRAKELOW TUNNELS...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakelow_Tunnels
GHOST HUNTING IN THE TUNNELS...
www.dusktilldawnevents.co.uk/enter-the-abyss-drakelow-tun...
Гітара -- Ukrainian for Guitar. I figured that since I'm making an everyday familiar object look so foreign to the visual senses that I needed a foreign language to describe the set too.
More here in my set, "Гітара:"
www.flickr.com/photos/motorpsiclist/sets/72157630600730218/
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A Complex Beauty is an artistic engagement with the internal body and historical medical practice. It explores the difficult terrain of disease, dissection, anatomical theatre and the unknown body, encouraging the viewer to engage intimately with what lies beneath the skin.
The exhibition is the culmination of an arts residency that Lauren Black undertook at the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology at The University of Melbourne, with its fascinating collection of over 12,000 human specimens. Her dedicated work with this collection, coupled with historical research, shines a new light on medicine’s past, artistic documentation of the body and the pathology specimens themselves.
The fine detail and artful skill of Lauren’s beautiful artworks draw heavily on history and identity. They invite slow and reflective looking and are anatomically insightful in the way that they explore the fine line between life, death and identity.
Lauren’s work is exhibited with two rare anatomical drawings by Edward Swarbreck Hall and an historical illustrated volume on dissection by Joseph Maclise from the Libraries Tasmania collection.
A Complex Beauty exhibition was first exhibited at The Art Gallery of Ballarat in 2017.
Copyright in the artwork and exhibition retained by the artist.
Copyright of the photography retained by the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts.
Sochi, Mountain cluster, Gazprom complex, Artificial lake, 27 Dec 2010
© Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee
Better care is on the way for children across the province with extraordinary health needs, requiring complex care, as government moves forward with a first-of-its-kind children’s complex care transition facility in B.C. — a leading edge in Canada — with the approval of a concept plan.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/22923