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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.
* Ce sont des bateaux madurais (perahu slerek), la majorité de la population locale étant d’origine maduraise. Ces bateaux de 24 m de long, sont construits selon les règles de l’art par des artisans madurais spécialisés et ne coutent pas moins de 30000 euros….Il faut au moins 3-4 mois pour construire un tel bateau. Leur forme daterait de l’époque du royaume javanais de Mojopahit et remonterait donc au XVe siècle !
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These are Madurese boats (perahu slerek), the majority of the local population being of Madurese origin. These boats are 24m long and are built according to the rules of the art by specialised Madurese craftsmen and cost no less than 30000 euros.... It takes at least 3-4 months to build such a boat. Their shape dates back to the time of the Javanese kingdom of Mojopahit and thus to the 15th century!
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Se trata de barcos madurenses (perahu slerek), ya que la mayoría de la población local es de origen madurense. Estas embarcaciones tienen 24 m de eslora, están construidas según las reglas del arte por artesanos madurenses especializados y cuestan no menos de 30000 euros..... Se necesitan al menos 3-4 meses para construir una embarcación así. Su forma se remonta a la época del reino javanés de Mojopahit y, por tanto, al siglo XV.
The first town, built by Celts in the first century BC, occupied about 30 hectares along the slopes of Gellért Hill. Archaeological finds suggest that it may have been a densely populated settlement with a separate district of craftsmen (potteries and bronze foundries). It may have been a trading centre as well, as coins coming from different regions would indicate. The town was occupied by the Romans at the beginning of the Christian era. Its inhabitants moved to the Danube plains to a city retaining the Celtic name (Aquincum) in the first century AD. In AD 106, the city became the capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Inferior. The headquarters of the governor and significant military force were stationed here, and its population numbered about 20,000. It was frequently involved in wars on the border of the Roman Empire (formed by the Danube River).
The city of Budapest was officially created on 17 November 1873 from a merger of the three neighboring cities of Pest, Buda and Óbuda. Smaller towns on the outskirts of the original city were amalgamated into Greater Budapest in 1950. ( wikipedia )
folklore group after the speech on stage.
August 28 in Tsaritsino (Moscow) passed festival "Russian field" - Interregional creative festival of Slavic art. At the celebration was attended by the best folklore groups of the country, craftsmen, masters of trick riding and others. A total of "Russian field" came delegations from 38 regions of the country.
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.
Norymberga, jedna z uliczek rzemieślniczych. W nocy też ładna. /
Nuremberg, one of the streets craftsmen. Beautiful in the night.
There are craftsmen to repair whatever needs to be repaired in George Town.
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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.
"Solar compression", 2016
- palazzo Strozzi, Firenze; mostra "Nel tuo tempo"
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The works of artist Olafur Eliasson explore the relevance of art in the world at large. Born in 1967, Eliasson grew up in Iceland and Denmark, where he studied from 1989 to 1995 at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In 1995, he moved to Berlin and founded Studio Olafur Eliasson, which today comprises a large team of craftsmen, architects, archivists, researchers, administrators, cooks, programmers, art historians, and specialised technicians.
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ανάμνηση του Θαύματος του Αρχαγγέλου Μιχαήλ στις Χωναίς ή Κολασσαίς
Ευκαιρία λοιπόν να γνωρίσουμε και τον εμβληματικό της τέχνης των Ηπειρωτών μαστόρων της πέτρας Ιερό Ναό των Ταξιαρχών στο Γαναδιό.
Ανηγέρθη το 1856 από τον πρωτομάστορα Χαρισιάδη είναι δε χτισμένος και στεγασμένος αποκλειστικά με πελεκητή πέτρα της περιοχής (γι αυτό εξ άλλου και οι μάστορες αυτοί ονομάζονταν “πελεκάνοι”)
Βρίσκεται στην “καρδιά” του χωριού,στην κεντρική πλατεία κάτω από την μερική σκιά του μεγάλου πλάτανου μαζί δε με το περίτεχνο καμπαναριό και τον περίβολο αποτελούν ένα πραγματικό αρχιτεκτονικό στολίδι.
On September 6, our church celebrates the remenberance of the Archagel Michael’s miracle at Chonais or Kolassais
So an opportunity to get to know the emblematic of the Epirote craftsmen of stone art, Holy Temple of the Brigadiers (Archangels) at Ganadio.
It was built in 1856 by the master builder Harissiadis and is built and covered exclusively with hewn stone of the area.
It is located in the "heart" of the village, in the central square under the partial shadow of the big plane tree and together with the ornate bell tower and the precinct they are a real architectural gem.
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
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.
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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.
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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.
Arbat Street is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of Moscow, Russia. The Arbat has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the oldest surviving streets of the Russian capital; it forms the heart of the Arbat District of Moscow. Originally the street formed part of an important trade-route and was home to a large number of craftsmen.
In the 18th century, the Russian nobility came to regard the Arbat as the most prestigious living area in Moscow. Almost completely destroyed in 1812 by the great fire associated with Napoleon's occupation of Moscow, the street required rebuilding. In the 19th and early 20th centuries it became known as the a place where petty nobility, artists, and academics lived. In the Soviet period, it housed many high-ranking government officials.
In recent times the street and its surroundings have been gentrified and it is considered a desirable place to live. Because of the many historic buildings, and due to the numerous artists who have live and work in the street, the Arbat has also become an important tourist attraction.
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This is the black bronze angel holding a bugle in her hand located at the apex of the dome above the Memorial and has always been regarded as a curious addition to the monument. The statue, five meters tall and weighing 3,500 kg is fixed to its pedestal with ball bearings and can rotate when the wind speed is high enough. Italian craftsmen sculpted the various statues that adorn the large garden of this monument.
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.
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
Rishton is one of the most famous and oldest centers of ceramics in Uzbekistan. Legend claims that the art is over 800 years old, passed down from generation to generation.
A fine quality reddish-yellow clay deposit 1-1.5 meters deep and 0.5-1.5 meters thick underlies almost the whole Rishton area. The clay can be used without refinement or addition of other types of clay from other regions. Besides clay, the potters of Rishton extracted various dyes, quartz sand, and fire clay from the surrounding the mountains.
The history of producing ceramics here goes back to the seventh century. In the late 19th – early 20th centuries, almost all the population of Rishton were potters. Its clay is suitable for making the whole variety of ceramic goods and the repertoire of ornamental patterns in the Rishton ceramics is one of the richest. Today, over 2000 craftsmen use both traditional techniques and modern machinery to produce over 5 million items per year. The traditional design has a blue-green glaze, called “iskor”. In the 1960s, this technique had almost died out, but has now recovered, thanks to the efforts of the artisans themselves.
Main languages spoken in this area are Tajik and Uzbek.
On this image from the side of the cathedral in front of the Seine river, we get a better idea of the major work underway to restore Notre-Dame after the terrible fire of April 15, 2019.
The roofs and the spire of the cathedral are still missing, but everything has been cleaned and duly consolidated. A temporary roof has been installed to keep the interior of the building dry. Inside and outside, craftsmen work on each statue, each decoration, each stained glass window, to restore them more beautiful than they have been. The best forests in France have been visited and their most beautiful woods selected for the frame.
This image dates from the end of June 2023. Since then, things have already evolved a lot. Shortly after our visit, parts of the frame and the base of the spire arrived and began to be reassembled.
Notre-Dame will live again!
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La grande restauration
Sur cette image de côté de la cathédrale devant la Seine, on se rend mieux compte du grand chantier en cours pour restaurer Notre-Dame après le terrible incendie du 15 avril 2019.
Les toits et la flèche de la cathédrale manquent encore, mais tout a été nettoyé et dûment consolidé. Un toit providoire a été installé pour mettre l'intérieur de l'édifice au sec. A l'intérieur et à l'extérieur, les artisans s'affairent sur chaque statue, chaque décor, chaque vitrail, pour les restaurer plus beaux qu'à l'origine. Les meilleures forêts de France ont été visitées et leurs plus beaux bois sélectionnés pour la charpente.
Cette image date de fin juin 2023. Depuis, les choses ont déjà bien évolué. Peu de temps après notre visite, des éléments de la charpente et de la base de la flèche sont arrivés et ont commencé à être remontés.
Notre-Dame revivra !
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Notre-Dame - Paris - France
Painted Gourds made into Folk Art bird houses by local craftsmen in North Carolina, colorful and very cheerful.
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.
Vikings[a] is the modern name given to seafaring people primarily from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe. They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, and North America. In some of the countries they raided and settled in, this period is popularly known as the Viking Age, and the term "Viking" also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a collective whole. The Vikings had a profound impact on the early medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Estonia, and Kievan Rus'.
Expert sailors and navigators aboard their characteristic longships, Vikings established Norse settlements and governments in the British Isles, Ireland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, the Baltic coast, and along the Dnieper and Volga trade routes in what is now European Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (where they were also known as Varangians). The Normans, Norse-Gaels, Rus' people, Faroese and Icelanders emerged from these Norse colonies. The Vikings also voyaged to Constantinople, Iran, and Arabia.They were the first Europeans to reach North America, briefly settling in Newfoundland (Vinland). While spreading Norse culture to foreign lands, they simultaneously brought home slaves, concubines and foreign cultural influences to Scandinavia, profoundly influencing the genetic and historical development of both. During the Viking Age the Norse homelands were gradually consolidated from smaller kingdoms into three larger kingdoms: Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
The Vikings spoke Old Norse and made inscriptions in runes. For most of the period they followed the Old Norse religion, but later became Christians. The Vikings had their own laws, art and architecture. Most Vikings were also farmers, fishermen, craftsmen and traders. Popular conceptions of the Vikings often strongly differ from the complex, advanced civilisation of the Norsemen that emerges from archaeology and historical sources.
Seen in the Museé Rodin in Paris.
The lovers depicted are Francesca da Rimini and Paulo Malatesta, her husband's brother, as featured in Dante's 'Inferno'. [Dante himself is the subject of Rodin's famous 'The Thinker' statues]
In the story, the lovers are discovered by Francesca's husband, and, let's just say, it did not end well for them.
Rodin would have made an original small model, probably in clay, from which a team of skilled craftsmen and artisans would make enlarged copies and casts. Rodin would then make finishing touches to those sculptures. Therefore, numerous 'originals' of various sizes can be said to exist.
The one pictured here was the first large-scale model, ordered by the French Government for an exhibition in 1898. A smaller bronze version sent for display at an 1893 Exhibition in Chicago was considered too risqué for public display and could only be viewed by personal application - a bit like having to register for certain web-sites nowadays.....
Rodin's genius for sculpting detailed anatomical detail is clearrly visible in this most beautiful sculpture.
Silverware making. Thai craftman are making silverware. The original of the silver craftsmen on Wua Lai road, Chiang Mai. Thailand
To the northeast of the city of Siem Reep and the Ankgor Wat complex lies Ta Prohm, another temple, constructed as a Buddhist monastery and university more than 800 years ago and dedicated to the then king’s mother. At its height, it housed over 12,500 people within its sprawling campus. Today it might be best known to us tourists as the backdrop for some of the best “Tomb Raider” (Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft– please, there is only one Tomb Raider) movie shots. As with many of the temples, palaces and other constructions that one visits in the Siem Reep area, the site is overgrown with trees, shrubs, moss, lichens etc., and has been partially rebuilt.
It is famous for its multiple lovely and mysterious bas reliefs. One of which apparently famously depicts a stegosaurus! The temple is a great visit, jaw dropping in its construction tech, photogenic and the stone sculptures to me were especially moving and riveting. Many of the sandstone and laterite block sculpted and depicted “apsaras” or celestial dancing females, for which Angkor is famous, with their headdresses, jewelry, and swaying fabrics are still exquisite. The condition of many remain amazing and they clearly show the masterclass level of artisans who worked this stone so long ago not only here but in all the temples and structures in the area. Who were they? What tools did they use? Who planned these works? In my time exploring the temples, nobody could give me any answers about the engineers, architects and craftsmen who were responsible for the planning, design and construction of these works.
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)"
The 12th century wooden muqarnas ceiling of the Palatine Chapel in Palermo, Italy, was the work of Muslim craftsmen working under Norman rule.
Elgin Cathedral, a historic ruin in Elgin, Moray, northeast Scotland, was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It was established in 1224 on land granted by King Alexander II and stood outside the burgh of Elgin, close to the River Lossie. It replaced the cathedral at Spynie located 3 kilometres (2 mi) to the north, which was served by a small chapter of eight clerics. By 1226, the new and developing cathedral was staffed with 18 canons, a number that increased to 23 by 1242. A damaging fire in 1270 led to significant enlargement. It remained unscathed during the Wars of Scottish Independence but suffered extensive fire damage in 1390 when attacked by Robert III's brother Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, also known as the Wolf of Badenoch. In 1402, the cathedral precinct faced another incendiary attack by the Lord of the Isles followers.
As the cathedral grew, so did the number of clerics and craftsmen. Repairs following the fires of 1270 and 1390 resulted in the choir's doubling in length and the addition of outer aisles to both the nave and choir. While some parts of walls retain their full height, others are at foundation level, yet the overall cruciform shape is still discernible. A mostly intact octagonal chapter house dates from the major enlargement after the fire of 1270. The near intact gable wall above the double door entrance linking the west towers was rebuilt after the fire of 1390. It contains fragments of a large rose window with remnants of tracery work. The transepts and the south aisle of the choir contain recessed and chest tombs with effigies of bishops and knights. The now grass-covered floor bears large flat slabs marking early graves. The residences of the dignitaries, canons and chaplains within the chanonry were also destroyed during the fires of 1270, 1390 and 1402, forming part of the overall reconstruction process. Only the precentor's manse remains substantially intact, while two others have been incorporated into private buildings. Both west front towers, part of the initial construction, are mostly complete. A massive protective wall surrounded the cathedral precinct, but only two small sections have survived. Of the wall's four access gates, only the Pans Port remains.
By the time of the Scottish Reformation in 1560, the number of canons had increased to 25. After the Reformation the cathedral was abandoned, and its services transferred to Elgin's parish church of St Giles. The removal of the roof's lead waterproofing in 1567 marked the beginning of the cathedral's steady decay. Although still largely intact in 1615, a winter storm brought down the roof covering the eastern limb. In the spring of 1711, the central steeple above the crossing collapsed, taking the walls of the nave with it. Ownership shifted from the Church to the Crown in 1689, but made no difference to the building's continued deterioration. Conservation efforts began in the early 19th century and continued until the end of the 20th century, with significant improvements to the two western towers.
Colorful pots on the wooden fence in the small skansen :)
The open-air ethnographic museum in Kwiatkówek, near Tum, is a new tourist attraction created in the years 2011-2013. It consists of several essential parts: architectural buildings, shrine, buildings presenting industry and rural crafts (trestle-type windmill, oil mill, smithy) and accompanying objects. The buildings are reconstructions of buildings characteristic of the Łęczyca area from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. An exception is the renovated historic windmill from 1820, as well as the oil mill from the mid-20th century and the smithy from the beginning of the 20th century. The furnishings of the homestead reconstruct a typical interior of a country family home from the end of the interwar period. Thanks to lively activities in the form of workshops, shows (including those involving local artists and craftsmen) or folk events, it is a living facility, showing old traditions of rural life and allowing visitors to actively participate.
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Drewniany płot udekorowany kolorowymi doniczkami w niewielkim skansenie :)
Skansen w Kwiatkówku, obok Tumu, to nowa atrakcja turystyczne powstała w latach 2011-2013. Składa się z kilku zasadniczych części: budynków architektury mieszkanej, kapliczki, budynków prezentujących przemysł i rzemiosło wiejskie (wiatrak typu kozłowego, olejarnia, kuźnia) oraz obiektów towarzyszących. Budynki są rekonstrukcjami obiektów budownictwa charakterystycznego dla okolic Łęczycy od 2. połowy XIX po początki XX wieku. Wyjątkiem jest odnowiony, zabytkowy wiatrak z 1820 roku, a także olejarnia z połowy XX wieku i kuźnia z początku XX wieku. Wyposażenie domostwa rekonstruuje typowe wnętrze domu rodziny wiejskiej z końca okresu międzywojennego. Dzięki ożywionej działalności w postaci warsztatów, pokazów (w tym z udziałem lokalnych twórców i rzemieślników) czy imprez ludowych jest obiektem żywym, pokazującym dawne tradycje życia wiejskiego i pozwalającym zwiedzającym na aktywne uczestnictwo.
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
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 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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The Marble Bridge (Palladian Bridge) is located in in Catherine Park, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg.
In the Landscape Park (the Catherine Park), near the Great Pond, stand the Marble or Palladian Bridge, also known as the Siberian Marble Gallery. The bridge spans the narrow water course that links the Great Pond with several others dug in 1769–70.
The prototypes for the Marble Bridge, which was built from a model made by Vasily Neyelov, were bridges in the English parks of Stowe and Wilton that followed a famous design of the celebrated architect Andrea Palladio.
In the early 1770s craftsmen at the Yekaterinburg Lapidary Works under the supervision of Valerio Tortori cut from local blue-grey Gornoshitsky and white Stanovsky marble columns, capitals, pedestals, balusters and other elements to the patterns provided. The panels to face the abutments of the bridge were made from grey-pink granite.
The foundations for the Marble Bridge were laid in 1773. In 1774 the bridge was assembled on site by Valerio Tortori and his assistants Ivanov, Grigoryev, Petrovsky and Shakhurin.
Click to enlargeThe Marble Bridge takes the form of a colonnade set on a granite base approached by flights of steps at either end. The large, shallow central arch of the bridge is flanked by small semicircular arches. The upper part consists of two square-based pavilions placed above the arched spans. The pavilions are linked by a colonnade of light, slender Ionic columns. The spaces between their pedestals are filled with balustrades with attractive balusters.
В пейзажной части Екатерининского парка, около Большого пруда, находится Мраморный (Палладиев) мост, или Сибирская Мраморная галерея. Мост поставлен над узкой протокой, соединяющей Большой пруд с несколькими прудами, вырытыми в 1769–1770 годах. Здесь был искусственно создан архипелаг из 7 островков, на которых в раскрашенных по рисункам А. Ринальди домиках жили лебеди. Эти острова и пруды по сей день сохраняют название Лебяжьих.
Образцом для Мраморного моста, сооруженного по модели В. И. Неелова, послужили мосты в английских парках Стоу и Уилтон, созданные на основе известного проекта А. Палладио.
Постройка фундаментов Мраморного моста датируется 1773 годом; в 1774 году мост был собран из готовых деталей в Царском Селе мастером В. Тортори и его помощниками И. Ивановым, И. Григорьевым, П. Петровским и Ф. Шахуриным.
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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The Mnebhi Palace is one of the most beautiful and ancient monuments and historic Imperial in Fez.
The best Moroccan craftsmen and artists have spent fifteen years to build this magnificent building. This palace has been converted into a restaurant for tourists to experience a typical Moroccan interior.
It was originally the home of former vizier Mnebhi (former vizier of Sultan 17th century).
By the Treaty of Fez signed March 30, 1912 in the palace, the Sultan Abd al-Hafid abandons sovereignty of Morocco to France and Spain, making the country a protectorate.
then it becames the home of the famous Marshal Lyautey, then late 18th century the 1st French-language college and finally a luxurious restaurant ...
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Le Palais Mnebhi est l’un des plus beaux et des plus anciens monuments de la ville impériale et historique de Fès ; il est situé au niveau du centre de Talaa Seghira de la médina.
Les meilleurs artisans et artistes marocains ont passé quinze ans à construire ce magnifique édifice. Ce palais à été transformé en restaurant permettant aux touristes de découvrir un intérieur marocain typique.
C'est à l'origine la demeure de l'ancien vizir MNEBHI (ancien vizir du sultan 17e siècle).
Par le Traité de Fès, signé le 30 mars 1912 dans ce palais, que le sultan Abd al-Hafid abandonne la souveraineté du Maroc à la France et l'Espagne, faisant du pays un protectorat.
Elle est ensuite devenu la demeure du célèbre Maréchal Lyautey, puis à fin 18ieme siècle le 1er collège en langue Française et enfin un restaurant luxueux ...
Bravo à Lily et pseudo_elle pour avoir résolu le quiz !
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...
FRENCH : A l' occasion de l'exposition de mes photos "Nights and Days in Paris" dans une galerie de Tokyo, voilà 6 jours et 7 nuits que je suis dans cette effervescente City. Ce sera ma dernière journée sur Tokyo. Ce 6ème livret sur cette ville est donc consacré à ce dernier "INCERTAIN JOUR", à cette ville étonnante aux yeux de lumières. Après un ultime pèlerinage matinal en mes lieux favoris de Ginza, où se trouve ma galerie, je décide de prendre un train de banlieue et d'aller voir un nouveau cimetière du grand Tokyo, celui de Yanaka, perché sur des hauteurs et non loin de quartiers populaires. Là où l'on trouve les si nombreux "artisans ancestraux du funéraire" par exemple. Puis revenant à pied sur Ginza, je me perds un peu partout avec délice jusqu'au crazy quartier d'Akihabara, lieu des jeux et débauches virtuelles. Un dernier souper tokyoïte, puis dernières lueurs sur la City. On ferme ses yeux et l'on pense à l'hypothétique lendemain. En effet, demain j'embarque pour Séoul pour y exposer à nouveau mes photos initialement présentées à Tokyo. A suivre.
ENGLISH : On the occasion of the exhibition of my photos "Nights and Days in Paris" in a gallery of Tokyo, here are 6 days and 7 nights that I am in this effervescente City. My last day. This 6th booklet on this city is dedicated to this last "UNCERTAIN DAY",to this amazing city with light eyes. After a final morning pilgrimage to my favorite places in Ginza, where my hotel is, I decided to take a suburban train and visit a new cemetery in Greater Tokyo, that of Yanaka, perched on heights and not far from neighborhoods so typical and so alive. Where we find so many "ancestral craftsmen of the funeral". Then walking back on Ginza, I get lost everywhere with delight to the crazy neighborhood of Akihabara, place of games and virtual debauchery.Then last supper, last glow on Tokyo. We close our eyes and we think of the hypothetical tomorrow Indeed, tomorrow I embark for Seoul to expose, again, my photos initially presented in Tokyo. To be continued.
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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