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In the mid 1700s, when Chinoiserie vied with Rococo and Gothic as the fashionable style of the day, British designers and craftsmen created their own fanciful imitations of Chinese designs.
Chinoiserie was the style adopted by William Halfpenny for the wooden bridge he designed for the 6th Earl of Coventry in the garden at Croome. The designs were published in 1749 in his pattern book Developments in Architecture and Carpentry.
When Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown arrived in 1751 to redesigned both the house and the garden, the bridge was one of the few features that he kept.
As Brown’s first commission, Croome marked a key moment in the development of the English Landscape style that was to become Britain’s most significant contribution to garden design, adopted the world over. It also helped establish Brown as the most famous landscape designer of his age and his friendship with the Earl endured for the rest of his life.
The Chinese bridge appears in a 1758 painting by Richard Wilson of Croome Court and garden but by the early nineteenth century it had disappeared under the murky depths of the artificial river it once spanned.
Information by The National Trust.
Texture's & Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
There are craftsmen to repair whatever needs to be repaired in George Town.
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The sitting Buddha is one of the tallest sitting Buddha's in the world. The height is 30 meters (99 feet).
The statue of the sitting Buddha was constructed after 10 years of by craftsmen from Thailand. The construction of the statue was completed in 2000.
Submitted: 25/08/2016
Accepted: 26/09/2016
Norymberga, jedna z uliczek rzemieślniczych. W nocy też ładna. /
Nuremberg, one of the streets craftsmen. Beautiful in the night.
The Taj Mahl "crown of palaces",is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage".
Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian and Indian architectural styles.
In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen. The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer.
A fragment of the famous Baroque three-tiered iconostasis with its 39 unique images of the faces of saints (1754-1761), which was made according to a drawing by B. F. Rastrelli by St. Petersburg craftsmen from linden covered with gold leaf. Assembled on site in parts. The notable color of the iconostasis is bright red.
It is the only completely authentic iconostasis designed by Rastrelli in the world that has survived to this day.
Gilded pilasters with molded gilded capitals. Golden Imperial cartouches on a red background, into which picturesque icons are inserted, inform about who exactly should have been a parishioner of this church.
Фрагмент знаменитого барочного триярусного іконостаса із його 39 унікальними зображеннями ликів святих (1754-1761), який був виготовлений за малюнком Б. Ф. Растреллі петербурзькими майстрами з липи з покриттям сусальним золотом. Зібраний на місці частинами. Примітний колір іконостасу – яскраво-червоний.
Це єдиний у світі, повністю автентичний цілісний іконостас за проектом Растреллі, який зберігся незмінним до наших часів.
Рами іконостасу переважно завжди виготовляли з липи. Ця порода дерева м'яка та пластична. Рідше використовували дуб. З цією породою дерева важко працювати. Наприклад, дубовий іконостас є лише у церкві Різдва Пресвятої Богородиці біля далеких печер Києво-Печерської лаври.
Покриті золотом пілястри коринфського ордера з ліпними позолоченими капітелями, особливістю яких є те, що вони відтворюють мотив кошика - калафа, чашки квітки, прикрашеної стилізованим листям аканта. Такі капітелі, прикрашені натуралістичним ліпним рослинним орнаментом, відрізняють Андріївську церкву від інших храмів України першої половини XVIII століття.
Золоті Імператорські картуші на червоному фоні, в які вставлені мальовничі ікони, однозначно сповіщають про те, хто саме мали бути парафіянами цього храму.
Інтер'єр Андріївської церкви відрізняється пишністю та різноманітністю: чудовий живопис, декоративне ліплення та різьблення по дереву створюють досконалий ансамбль. Квіткові гірлянди, пальмові гілки, головки херувимів та інший ліпний декор органічно поєднуються з архітектурою, прикрашаючи купол, двері та вікна.
Внутрішнє оздоблення Андріївської церкви неможливо уявити без хитромудрого різьблення, яке вражає не лише масштабами, а й вдалим поєднанням пласких та рельєфних візерунків, золоченої та поліхромної скульптури.
The bishopric of the Lord Jesus Christ consists in the mysterious combination by Him in His Person of two titles at once - He is a Priest and a King at the same time. The Lord God announced about Him through the psalmist David: “Thou art a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek” (Ps. 109:4). King and priest, as was customary in pre-legal times, the Old Testament Melchizedek was a prototype of Christ and His sacred kingdom. Such a merging of two aspects of dominion - spiritual and civil, apparently gave reason for the icon of the “Savior of the Great Bishop” to also be called the “King of Kings”.
Архієрейство Господа Ісуса Христа полягає у таємничому з'єднанні Ним у Своїй Особі одразу двох звань – Він Священик і Цар одночасно. Господь Бог сповістив про Нього через псалмоспівця Давида: «Ти єш ієрей на віки, за чином Мелхиседека» (Пс. 109, 4). Цар і священик, як це було прийнято в дозаконні часи, старозавітний Мелхиседек став прообразом Христа і Його священноцарства. Таке злиття двох аспектів панування - духовного і громадянського, мабуть, дало підставу ікону "Спасителя Великого Архієрея" називати також "Царем царів".
Craftsmen George, a carpenter/ guitar maker and Charlie, a sheet metal worker ... outside their workshop in Inverclyde
Painted Gourds made into Folk Art bird houses by local craftsmen in North Carolina, colorful and very cheerful.
Found in the archives: Architectural detail on one of the older buildings in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut. Some craftsmen spent a lot of time on this building.
more Black and White
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Others in this series posted in 2014:
From the Historic Buildings of Connecticut site:
The Court Exchange Building, at 211 State Street in Bridgeport, is a grandiose commercial structure, built in 1896. It was built by C. Barnum Seeley, the grandson of P.T. Barnum. The great showman, who had no sons, wanted the family name to continue and so he had provided that C. H. Seeley would receive the sum of $25,000, in addition to his portion of his grandfather’s estate, if he added Barnum to his name. For the Court Exchange Building, Seeley hired architect George Longstaff, whose extravagant plans caused building costs to skyrocket.
Pentax K-3 - SMC Pentax DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED
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In der Weißgerbergasse findet sich das größte Nürnberger Ensemble alter Handwerkerhäuser. Überwiegend mit Fachwerk versehen, zeugen die historischen Bürgerhäuser, oft mit eigenem Brunnen und einem Garten, vom Wohlstand, den das Lederhandwerk mit sich brachte - The largest ensemble of old craftsmen's houses in Nuremberg is located on White Tanners' Alley. Mostly half-timbered, these historic town houses, often with their own wells and gardens, bear witness to the prosperity that the leather trade brought with it (Nuremberg, Germany)
Orthodox congregation in Valmiera was established in the 1920s, when many Russian merchants, craftsmen and soldiers settled in the city. In Vidzeme in general, the conversion of Latvian farmers to Orthodoxy is widespread, both under the general policy of Russification and hoping to acquire land in this way.
The construction of the new Valmiera Orthodox church began in 1877 and was completed in December 1878. Its author is the first academically educated Latvian architect Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (1834–1891). The church was consecrated on May 16, 1879. The church was built of torn gray boulders. Eaves, corners and cornices are made of red locally made bricks. Next to the church is the Mengden family chapel - a mausoleum (built in 1903). A new iron fence was built around the chapel, on stone poles and on a stone foundation. The money, 2000 rubles, was given for the construction of the fence by Count George Mengden's son Georgy Mengden. On November 9th, 1903, in the presence of Dmitry Muraveisk, a clergyman of the Church of St. Sergey of Radonezh, took the coffin of Count George Mengden's father with ashes from the Lutheran chapel to the chapel of the Orthodox church. Inside it, on the east wall, a marble slab with an inscription was fastened and the symbol "Resurrection" was placed in a special niche.
Proud to see Ikaria included in the “The Blue Zone” ...
*The Etched Volcanic Rocks Painted with Pelagic Sediments had so many stories to share with me.
*Ikaria,the island where people forget to Die.What’s their secret? I had read so many articles about that,but I wanted to find out myself.There must be something behind “The Blue Zone” ...
*Ikaria has been inhabited since at least 7000 BC by the Neolithic pre-Hellenic race of Pelasgians.
*According to mythology Icarus, ignoring his father’s Daedalus advice, after escaping their imprisonment in Crete, flew very high, resulting in melting his wax feathers, falling and drawing in the sea somewhere around the island. His father buried his body on this island,which was named Ikaria to commemorate the daring youngster*
*Ikarians are open, relaxed, friendly people who greet you with a genuine smile.They seem to laugh in the face of modern life- the greedy rush through time,the loss of identity through globalization and homogenous life styles, consumerism, and materialism.
They have always been self-sufficient people,mainly shepards,farmers,fisherman, shop owners and craftsmen.They farm their own land with most households growing their own supply of organic fruit and vegetables.
"in the “The Blue Zone” :
*The Italian island of Sardinia
*Okinawa, Japan
*Loma Linda, California
*Costa Rica’s isolated Nicoya Peninsula
*Ikaria, an isolated Greek island
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www.island-ikaria.com/culture/ikarians.asp
www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/31/ikaria-greece-longe...
This beautiful old fence is on the grounds of a large, stately old home in central Maine. I believe it is made of cast iron.
Entire sections are gone now, and pieces are gone from what remains, and of course rust has taken hold. I suspect it would be difficult if not impossible to repair. Still, it remains an impressive testament to the craftsmen who created it.
Thank you for visiting!
Welcome to Sleggveien, Slag road. Day workers/labourers, craftsmen, poor peoples, gypsies and others who had no permanent work for the Copper Works and no land to farm lived here. These timber houses were clad with planks and painted as the Swiss style became popular throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. Houses was occupied until 1950s.
Imaging what it was like living in these small houses. Winters here are super cold. Often with temperatures down to -20°C to -30°C in January and February.
During the summer months some of the houses are open to the public.
Since 1999 the museum’s craftsmen have worked on the restoration of the houses in accordance with the principles of antique preservation.
Photo taken with my "poor mans Xpan", Minolta P's. This simple point and shoot is a shitty camera, but I REALLY enjoy using it.
Røros, Norway
Minolta P's
Ilford Delta 100
Dev; Adox Rodinal
Developed and scanned at home
Lors de notre visite de l'exposition Roy Lichtenstein à Mons, nous avons visité ce parc labellisé "Jardin Remarquable" depuis mai 2021, ce domaine de 3ha accueille les bâtiments d'une ancienne brasserie-malterie entouré d'un parc aux arbres centenaires jalonnés d'objets déco.
En retrait dans une grande propriété arborée, clôturée d'un haut mur et de grilles, ensemble néoclassique d'une ancienne brasserie construite dans la 2e moitié du 19e siècle, aujourd'hui dénommé le château du Bocage. Disposés en ordre semi-clôturé autour d'une cour quadrangulaire, dépendances basses, grange et imposant corps de logis, d'une remarquable homogénéité.
les structures décoratives proposées par le magasin Quintessence sont rassemblées par thèmes. On les découvre au fil de la promenade avec partout cette rouille caractéristique de l’acier Corten.
C’est la nouvelle tendance. L’acier Corten se prête maintenant à la découpe de décors végétaux qui peuvent compléter une ambiance particulière au jardin. Pour ces découpes précises, les artisans emploient un rayon laser à commande numérique. Il fond le métal sans créer de bavures. Le trait peut être très délicat .
Claudine en a profité pour acheter trois décorations de jardin dont un module.
During our visit to the Roy Lichtenstein exhibition in Mons, we visited this park labeled "Remarkable Garden" since May 2021, this 3ha estate accommodates the buildings of a former brewery-malt house surrounded by a park with century-old trees. decorative objects.
Set back in a large wooded property, fenced with a high wall and gates, neoclassical ensemble of an old brewery built in the 2nd half of the 19th century, today called the Château du Bocage. Arranged in semi-enclosed order around a quadrangular courtyard, low outbuildings, barn and imposing main building, remarkably homogeneous.
the decorative structures offered by the Quintessence store are grouped by theme. You can see them throughout the walk with that characteristic rust of Corten steel everywhere.
This is the new trend. Corten steel is now suitable for cutting plant decorations that can complement a special atmosphere in the garden. For these precise cuts, craftsmen use a digitally controlled laser beam. It melts metal without creating burrs. The line can be very delicate.
Claudine took the opportunity to buy three garden decorations including a module.
These three men are craftsmen after completing their apprenticeship. In Germany, it has been the custom since the Middle Ages for journeymen to go on a “traveling” journey for 2-3 years after completing their apprenticeship. Today this custom is voluntary; previously, the journeymen were only fully trained after completing this journey. All “Tippel brothers” wear the same outfit, which also includes the wide-brimmed black hat. The photo was taken in Wismar in northern Germany; There was probably a big meeting of journeymen on that day, as hundreds could be seen in Wismar.
Silverware making. Thai craftman are making silverware. The original of the silver craftsmen on Wua Lai road, Chiang Mai. Thailand
When the day has come to change your life and you are finally ready to join the Light Side of the Force - and you can't get the key for your Snowspeeder, because the craftsman has installed the new key rack beyond your reach. Inspired by the current situation at home: craftsmen and renovation work. Makes me want to join the Dark Side of the Force.
Yes. I did it, I went to the toy shop and bought Star Wars Lego. Just for MMs. The Stormtrooper figure is really tiny, just 4,5 cm (1,77165 inches), and the key, a pendant (a present from my brother), is even tinier, 1,5 cm (0,590551 inches).
Size of what you see in the frame: 7,5 x 7,5 cm (2,95276 x 2,95276 inches).
Thank you for your comments and faves, they are highly appreciated!
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Wenn der Tag gekommen ist, an dem Du Dein Leben ändern und Du Dich endlich der hellen Seite der Macht anschließen möchtest. Und nicht an den Schlüssel für den Snowspeeder kommst, weil der Handwerker das neue Schlüsselbrett zu hoch angebracht hat. Zur Zeit in der Wohnung: Handwerker. Und nein, es läuft nicht direkt nach Plan. Zeit, mich der dunklen Seite der Macht anzuschließen.
Vielen Dank für Eure lieben Kommentare und Faves, über die ich mich stets freue, und einen schönen, sonnigen Montag!
The building was constructed by local craftsmen of handhewn blue granite sourced on the property. The antique pews came from the Royal London Society for the Blind. The chandeliers are hand-crafted wrought iron. A very peaceful place. Carved into one of the granite blocks at the right of the entryway is this:
"BEHOLD, HEAVEN AND THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS CANNOT CONTAIN THEE; HOW MUCH LESS THIS HOUSE WHICH I HAVE BUILT (2 Chronicles 6:18 KJV)"
A view of the city of Ulm’s old quarter Fischerviertel (in English: "Fishermen’s Quarter") with the Blau Stream, Swabia, Baden-Württemberg
Some background information:
The Fischerviertel is a historic craftsmen’s district along the Blau Stream in the city of Ulm. In the past, fishermen, tanners, boatmen, and leather workers both worked and lived here. Most of the picturesque half-timbered houses date from the 15th to the 17th century. The Blau Stream flows through the quarter and joins the River Danube at its edge.
Ulm is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has more than 130,000 inhabitants. Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the upper course of the River Danube, at its confluence with the small Blau Stream. The mouth of the Iller river also falls within Ulm's city limits. The Danube forms the border with Bavaria, where Ulm's twin city Neu-Ulm lies.
In 854, Ulm was first mentioned in a document, which was signed by King Louis the German in the King's palace of "Hulma" in the Duchy of Swabia. The extinction of the Salian dynasty led to conflicts over the imperial estates inherited from them, as a result of which the area surrounding Ulm was burned down in 1131. In 1134, the entire city was also destroyed by fire. But from 1140 onward, the city was rebuilt under the Hohenstaufen dynasty.
In 1181, Um was declared an Imperial City by Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa. At first, Ulm was mainly significant due to the privilege of being a so-called "Königspfalz", a place of accommodation for the medieval German kings and emperors on their frequent travels. With the end of Hohenstaufen rule, Ulm managed to retain its status as a royal city and subsequently, it also became a city of traders and craftsmen.
In the 14th century, the city’s area quadrupled to 66.5 hectares, a size it would retain until the 19th century. This expansion was accompanied by the reconstruction and strengthening of the city’s fortifications, which may have been connected to an unsuccessful attack by Louis the Bavarian in 1316. Under the leadership of Ulm, the Swabian League of Cities was founded in 1376 as an alliance of 14 Swabian imperial cities.
In 1377, construction of the Ulm Minster began because the old church was located outside the city walls, preventing residents from attending church during a siege by Emperor Charles IV shortly beforehand. In the mid-15th century, Ulm developed into one of the most important centers of art in southern Germany. Works of art produced in Ulm – particularly elaborately crafted sculptures and winged altarpieces – became highly successful exports far beyond the city’s borders and were traded as far afield as Vienna and the Netherlands.
In 1480, a new city wall was built right in the middle of the "raging river". In 1527, the medieval wall was then remodeled according to Albrecht Dürer’s treatise on fortifications by the Nuremberg master builder Hans Beham the Elder. In 1530, during the Reformation, Ulm became Protestant. With the establishment of new trade routes following the discovery of the New World and the outbreak and consequences of the Thirty Years' War, the city began to decline gradually. During the War of the Spanish Succession (1701 to 1714), it was alternately invaded several times by French and Bavarian soldiers.
In the wars following the French Revolution, the city was occupied by French and Austrian forces, with the former ones destroying the city fortifications. In 1803, it lost the status of Imperial City and was absorbed into Bavaria. During the campaign of 1805, Napoleon managed to trap the invading Austrian army of General Mack and forced it to surrender in the Battle of Ulm. In 1810, Ulm was incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg, but at the same time lost its districts on the other bank of the Danube, which came to be known as Neu-Ulm.
In the mid-19th century, the city was designated a fortress of the German Confederation with huge military construction works directed primarily against the threat of a French invasion. In the second hlaf of the 19th century, the city became an important centre of industrialisation in southern Germany. The construction of the huge minster, which had been interrupted in the 16th century for economic reasons, was resumed and eventually finished in 1891 in a wave of German national enthusiasm for the Middle Ages.
During the Nazi era, a concentration camp primarily for political opponents of the regime was established on the Kuhberg, one of the hills surrounding Ulm. In December 1944, an RAF bombing raid against Ulm hit the two large lorry factories of the companes Magirus-Deutz and Kässbohrer, as well as other industries, barracks, and depots in Ulm. The Gallwitz Barracks and several military hospitals were among 14 Wehrmacht establishments destroyed. However, the raid also killed 707 Ulm inhabitants and left 25,000 homeless. After all the bombings, over 80% of the medieval city centre lay in ruins.
In the following decades, most parts of the historic old town have been restored. Particularly since the 1980s, the transition from classical industry towards the high-tech sector has accelerated, with the establishment of research centres of companies like Daimler, Siemens and Nokia and a number of small applied research institutes near the university campus. Today, the city is still growing and seems to benefit from its central position between the much larger cities of Stuttgart and Munich.
Its main sights are the Fischerviertel and the Gothic Ulm Minster. The latter is still the second-tallest church building in the world and was the tallest for 135 years. Only in 2025, its tower was surpassed by the then still unfinished Tower of Jesus Christ of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. However, the Tower of Jesus Christ has no bells, meaning that the tower of Ulm Minster remains the tallest bell tower in the world.
Parc de Majolan à Blanquefort (33).
Le parc de Majolan a été réalisé sur une dizaine d’années, de 1870 à 1880, par le paysagiste Le Breton, la Jalle a dû être détournée afin de créer le lac, Le terrain et le château avaient été acquis par un riche banquier, Jean Gustave Piganeau, l’ambition qui motiva la création de ce parc était de refléter la magnificence de son patrimoine et de son train de vie, et ce en imitant ce qui s’était fait à Paris.
Le parc est une illustration grandeur nature du savoir-faire des architectes, ingénieurs, artisans et artistes de la fin du XIXe siècle. Parti du néant, une zone marécageuse de 20 hectares, 150 000 m3 de terre furent dégagés à la pelle afin de créer un lac de 4 hectares à partir de la Jalle traversant le lieu et de donner forme aux différents endroits du parc. Les grottes artificielles (réalisées à la chaux, comme les ruines) et les canyons, sont des merveilles d’ingéniosité hydraulique avec leurs fontaines et leurs geysers d’eau, et de maîtrise de l’art des rocailleurs.
Les nombreux ponts répondent chacun à une architecture et à une technique : en lianes, de style gothique, en faux bois (une sorte de béton ornementé), en fer forgé...
Propriété de la commune depuis 1975, il est ouvert au public depuis 1984. Le parc est l'un des lieux de promenade prisés des habitants de l'agglomération bordelaise.
Pour plus d’informations : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parc_de_Majolan
Majolan Park
It was made over a decade, from 1870 to 1880, by the landscaper Le Breton, the Jalle had to be diverted to create the lake, The land and the castle had been acquired by a wealthy banker, Jean Gustave Piganeau , the ambition that motivated the creation of this park was to reflect the magnificence of its heritage and its lifestyle, and this imitating what had been done in Paris.
The park is a life-size illustration of the know-how of architects, engineers, craftsmen and artists of the late nineteenth century. From the nothingness, a swampy area of 20 hectares, 150 000 m3 of land were shoveled to create a lake of 4 hectares from the Jalle crossing the place and give shape to the various areas of the park. The artificial caves (made with lime, like the ruins) and the canyons, are marvels of hydraulic ingenuity with their fountains and their geysers of water, and control of the rock art.
The many bridges each respond to an architecture and a technique: in creepers, Gothic style, faux wood (a kind of ornamented concrete), wrought iron ...
Owned by the town since 1975, it has been open to the public since 1984. The park is one of the most popular places to go for a walk in the Bordeaux area.
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majolan_Park
The 12th century wooden muqarnas ceiling of the Palatine Chapel in Palermo, Italy, was the work of Muslim craftsmen working under Norman rule.
Brighton Pavilion
4/5 Pavilion Buildings, Brighton and Hove, BRIGHTON BN1 1EE
Brighton Pavilion is a Grade 1 listed building and a former Royal residence in Brighton, East Sussex.
The building heavily influenced by Indian architecture of the 19th century was designed and built by the famous architect John Nash. The work started in 1787 and was the brainchild of the future King to be George IV. The building was eventually completed in 1823 but had many additions to the original domicile and other master architects and craftsmen.
It fell out favour after George IV’s death in 1830 and went through some very lean years. However in the1950’s Queen Elizabeth permanently loaned the City Council well over 100 items of furniture and other antiquities. The Council then kick started a long period of restoration. For example restoring rooms and walls and making replicas of furniture etc., to bring the building back to life as it is now.
A fantastic experience for those who visit.
The Bahia Palace, set in extensive gardens, was built in the late 19th century by the Grand Vizier of Marrakesh, Si Ahmed ben Musa (Bou-Ahmed). Bou Ahmed resided here with his four wives, 24 concubines and many children. With a name meaning "brilliance", it was intended to be the greatest palace of its time, designed to capture the essence of Islamic and Moroccan architectural styles. Bou-Ahmed paid special attention to the privacy of the palace in its construction and employed architectural features such as multiple doors which prevented passers-by from seeing into the interior. The palace took seven years to build, with hundreds of craftsmen from Fes working on its wood, carved stucco and zellij.The palace is set in a two-acre (8,000 m²) garden with rooms opening onto courtyards. The palace acquired a reputation as one of the finest in Morocco and was the envy of other wealthy citizens. Upon the death of Bou-Ahmed in 1900, the palace was raided by Sultan Abd al-Aziz.
Uliczka rzemieślników w Norymberdze. Można tu kupić wyroby rzemieślnicze tradycyjne i charakterystyczne dla Norymbergi. /
You can buy there traditional craftsmanship and products typical of Nuremberg
The Chinese Garden of Friendship in Sydney was built with the help of designers and artisans / craftsmen from Guangdong province in China. It is so authentic in appearance that it could be somewhere in China.
one of the things that impress a lot in the Louvre, besides the works of art arranged in the halls of the museum are the not so much observed works arranged in the ceilings of each room and halls. It is impressive the amount of details from the smallest to the grandiose works of the sculptors and painters of this monumental palace which by itself is already a huge work of art executed perhaps by extraordinarily skillful craftsmen.
The high alter and wonderful vaulted ceiling at St Edmundsbury Cathedral taken ultra wide angle with Laowa Dreamer 9mm.
The fan-vaulted ceiling, made of oak, gilded and painted in blue, green and red, weighs about 6 tonnes and was hoisted in large, rib structure components 45 metres from the crossing floor. When hoisted and in its final position under the tower roof, craftsmen climbed up onto scaffolding to fix moulded frames and panels into the rib structure to make the finishing touches.
Built by indigenous craftsmen.
The estate features about 20 single-story rooms, an enclosed plaza and a large enclosed kiva. The entire great house contains 90 ground-floor rooms, 40 second-story rooms, and 5 third-story rooms.
That should accommodate plenty of guests, a real party house.
The church is renowned for its 12th century mosaics executed by craftsmen working in the Byzantine style. The mosaics show many iconographic and formal similarities to the roughly contemporary programs in the Cappella Palatina, in Monreale Cathedral, and in Cefalù Cathedral, although they were probably executed by a distinct atelier.[16]
The walls display two mosaics taken from the original Norman façade, depicting King Roger II, George of Antioch's lord, receiving the crown of Sicily from Jesus, and, on the northern side of the aisle, George himself, at the feet of the Virgin. The depiction of Roger was highly significant in terms of its iconography. In Western Christian tradition, kings were customarily crowned by the Pope or his representatives; however, Roger is shown in Byzantine dress being crowned by Jesus in the Byzantine fashion. Roger was renowned for presenting himself as an emperor during his reign, being addressed as basileus ("king" in koine Greek). The mosaic of the crowning of Roger carries a Latin inscription written in koine Greek characters (Rogerios Rex ΡΟΓΕΡΙΟΣ ΡΗΞ "king Roger").
The nave dome is occupied by the traditional byzantine image of Christ Pantokrator surrounded by the archangel saints: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel. The register below depicts the eight prophets of the Old Testament and, in the pendentives, the four evangelists of the New Testament. The nave vault depicts the Nativity and the Death of the Virgin.
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This intrigued me...not much protection in battle...Today, repurposed for jewelry and some costumes seen at Renaissance Faires...I liked the scarred face "model" which seemed realistic for those times...
This splendid parade vessel is extremely impressive to look at and was built by Venetian craftsmen in the Arsenale, probably between the first half and middle of the 18th century during the period of Hapsburg rule. The vessel was used in St. Mark's Basin for festivities, historical and social events in the city. The semicircular stern forms a small platform for a wooden group of sculptures, decorated with gold leaf depicting "the Coronation of Italy by the Venetian Republic"; this was completed after King Vittorio Emanuele II's visit to Venice on 7 November 1866. This historic event is documented by Girolamo Induna's painting, which is preserved in the Museo del Risorgimento in Milan.
The painting depicts the Scalé Reale sailing through St. Mark's Basin; a crowd standing in the Piazzetta and in front of the Doge's Palace is watching the luxurious vessel with its tricolored flags go past. Wearing the Doge's ducal hat, the statue of Venice is standing up and placing a laurel crown on Italy's head (the seated figure), surrounded by a crenellated crown. A small angel is walking in front of the two statues with its arms upwards. Below the stern is an elegant crimson red velvet train that reaches down into the water. The canopy that protects the illustrious guests is completely glazed and support by four Doric columns; a frieze decorated of gold leaf with mock- classical racemes and lions' heads runs down the entire length of the boat. The side of the hull is painted red while the lower part is white. Placed at the bow, the statue of St. Mark's Lion was also made when the King visited Venice. The Savoy coats of arms have been replaced by those of the Italian Navy and can be seen on the bow hull.
The last time this magnificent vessel sailed was in 1959 for the funeral of Pope Pius X, who had been patriarch of Venice and whose funeral was held in the Basilica of St. Mark. He was buried in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The Scalé Reale was a source of inspiration for the shape of the eighteen-oar bissona Serenissima, built by the local shipwright Giovanni Giuponi between 1958 and 1965 that we can admire each year during the Regata Storica procession in Venice.
Sighisoara: The Outstanding Citadel of Saxon Transylvania
- During the 12th century, German craftsmen and merchants known as the Transylvanian Saxons were invited to Transylvania by the King of Hungary to settle and defend the frontier of his realm. The chronicler Krauss lists a Saxon settlement in present-day Sighișoara by 1191.The city played an important strategic and commercial role at the edges of Central Europe for several centuries. Sighișoara became one of the most important cities of Transylvania, with artisans from throughout the Holy Roman Empire visiting the settlement. The German artisans and craftsmen dominated the urban economy, as well as building the fortifications protecting it. It is estimated that during the 16th and 17th centuries Sighișoara had as many as 15 guilds and 20 handicraft branches. The Baroque sculptor Elias Nicolai lived in the city. The Wallachian voivode Vlad Dracul (father of Vlad the Impaler (Dracula)), who lived in exile in the town, had coins minted in the city (otherwise coinage was the monopoly of the Hungarian kings in the Kingdom of Hungary) and issued the first document listing the city's Romanian name, Sighișoara.
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The Lan Chang Styled Scripture Repository and Wihan...
The northeastern community, established since the early Buddhist era, has created its own unique artistic style that is different from other types of indigenous architecture. The art became known as the art of Lan Chang.
Muang Boran has constructed this particular scripture repository and wihan in Lan Chang style in order to demonstrate the unique artistic features of Lan Chang art. The extraordinary architectural style and design of the buildings are worth studying. The local architecture is ordinarily made of wood, the material often used by northeastern craftsmen. These architectures can hardly be seen today.
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The ancient city (Muang Boran), Samutprakan, Thailand..
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The Royal Ontario Museum describes this as part of its full-scale reconstruction of an imperial Chinese palace hall: a Qing Dynasty–style section with bright, symbolic colours (red-painted architectural elements and yellow glazed roof tiles), including painted bracket clusters (dougong) and ornamental roof decoration such as dragon figures—built using traditional wooden-architecture methods so the columns carry the roof without load-bearing walls. Wikipedia
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The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest museum[2] in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year, making it the most-visited museum in Canada.[3] The 74,000-square-metre (800,000-square-foot) [4] museum building is located north of Queen's Park, in the University district, with its main entrance on Bloor Street West. Museum subway station is named after it and, since a 2008 renovation, is decorated to resemble the ROM's collection at the platform level; Museum station's northwestern entrance directly serves the museum.
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The Imperial Palace Hall Reconstruction in the Royal Ontario Museum is a full-scale model of a section of a 17th-century Chinese Imperial Palace building in Beijing’s Forbidden City. The hall was built in 2005 at the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum in Beijing and transported in pieces to the museum in Toronto where it was reconstructed in the Gallery. This object is a center piece to the Chinese Galleries and is used by many to illustrate to the detailed work of craftsmen during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).
The bright colors, carvings and terra cotta tiles are all reflective of the Qing Dynasty. The architecture of this time period is filled with symbolism, as with most eras in Chinese architecture. Traditionally, wooden buildings were a place for the living to use while stone construction was used to house the dead (see ROM's Ming Tomb). The hall was built using the traditional methods and materials of Ancient Chinese wooden architecture.[1] The original palace is 5 bays wide and 4 bays deep. A "bay" is the space between each large support column. This unique construction allows for the columns to support the weight of the roof without the need for any load bearing walls.
Architectural features of note are the dougong, which are the brightly painted bracket clusters supporting the tile roof, which were carved using traditional methods. The glazed roof tiles and dragon figures are representative of temple decoration.
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Nuremberg, one of the streets craftsmen. I like it during the day and at night
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The wandering of a journeyman craftsman after completing his journeyman examination is known as the "Walz" or the "Tippelei". The apprentice is "cleared" by the master and goes on the roll. Young craftsmen have been roaming the country since the 12th century to get to know other regions, cultures, but above all new skills in their field.