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The inspired hill of Vézelay
The Burgundy hill of Vézelay, which French writer Paul Claudel named “eternal”, has been drawing hundreds of thousands of pilgrims (nowadays more likely tourists) since time immemorial. It has also drawn strife, battles and pillage: the big monastery was no less than six times destroyed by fire, and always rebuilt. Here, the Second Crusade was preached on Easter Day of 1146 by Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux, whom King Louis VII of France had summoned to be lectured on the sort of penance his royal person should submit to to atone for his many sins: Bernard chose the Crusade. Crusaders congregated here as well for the Third one, in 1190.
The history of Vézelay began around 850, when Count Girard de Roussillon founded a nunnery at the foot of the hill, in the locale now occupied by the village of Saint-Père-sous-Vézelay. Fifteen years later, the nuns had been replaced by monks for reasons that never reached us. What we know is that further to a Viking raid on Burgundy in 887, the monks took refuge at the top of the hill, in the remnants of a Roman oppidum, and never went down again.
Originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the monastery they built on the hilltop was placed in 1050 under the patronage of Mary Magdalene, further to the claimed transport of her bones from the Holy Land by a monk named Badillon. This so-called “transposition” was validated by the Pope, but the people of Provence rebelled fiercely against that ruling: it had indeed always been well known that the saint, who had been the very first, even before the apostles, to see Christ resuscitated, had left the Holy Land and come to France where she finished her life in the mountains of the Sainte- Baume, which were named after her. Her bones had been kept in the basilica of Saint-Maximin, the largest church in the whole of Provence.
Thus sanctioned by the Pope, and confirmed yet again by Pascal II in 1103, the claim of the Vézelay monks drew immense crowds (and brought enormous riches). The fact that they also claimed to have the bones of Martha and Lazarus were not for nothing in the considerable attraction the abbey had on a pilgrimage-hungry Christendom. However, the Provençal people were victorious in the end, when they revealed that the bones of the Magdalene, which had been hidden during the 900s as the Saracens drew nearer, were opportunely re-discovered in 1279. This time, Pope Boniface VIII found in their favor and that ruling was never overturned: the pilgrimage to Vézelay was dead, even though the big church kept its dedication.
The rest of the history of Vézelay is a long downhill walk. In 1537, the Benedictine monks are replaced by canons. In 1568, the Protestants seize the church and burn it again. Finally, in 1819, lightning strikes and sets the church aflame for the last time. When architect Viollet-le-Duc, mandated by Minister Prosper Mérimée, arrives on-site in 1840, the abbey church of Vézelay is but a gutted carcass, ready to collapse. That same year, the church was put on the first list of French Historic Landmarks (“Monuments historiques”) and restoration works were undertaken urgently; they were to last until 1861, and many other such works have been undertaken since.
The church was granted basilica status in 1920, and in 1979 it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, as it is the starting point of one of the major Paths to Compostela, the Via Lemovicensis, so-named because it runs through the large city of Limoges.
On that day of June 2024 I went to Vézelay as a side trip during a photographic expedition for the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, one of the non-profit heritage organizations I work for as a pro bono photographer, it was raining. Therefore, I took no photo of the outside, but instead concentrated on the inside. Furthermore, a lot of what can be seen on the outside, including the façade and the tympanum, are re-creations of the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc, and thus much less interesting for our purpose.
The nave has two tiers and is deliberately and staunchly Romanesque. It clearly refuses the architectural innovations introduced at Cluny shortly before, such as the false triforium that creates an impression of elevated height, or the slightly broken arches that appear to try and reach for the heavens. Instead, it favors the perfect barrel arches and the groin vaults that cover the nave as well as the aisles.
As Raymond Oursel points out in the Zodiaque–published book Bourgogne romane, the use of dichromatic stones casts an exotic note reminiscent of the Velay and Brionnais churches further South, even of Cordovan Spain. The architectural and decorative inspiration for Vézelay is to be found in the Anzy-le-Duc and Perrecy-les-Forges churches, both of which have already been featured in my stream.
It comes as no surprise that construction on the Romanesque church we can still see today began under the abbacy of Renaud de Semur, who was precisely from the Brionnais province (the “Semur” in his name is Semur-en-Brionnais, not the better known Semur-en-Auxois), and a nephew of Saint Hugh (saint Hugues in French, born Hugues de Semur), abbot of Cluny between 1049 and 1109.
Yesterday a very good friend and fabulous phtographer has invited me there maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Weinbach%20City/54/140/23.
It is a fabulous place. I ve start modeling for him and we had the chance to meet th honor and creator and his wife who have worked together to build it Thanks so much for sharing this place with us and for this fabulous gift
Also thanks so much to Allan who offered me 2 beautiful Japaneses dresses for this session ! www.flickr.com/photos/81694000@N07/
While in the small coastal town of Tillamook, Oregon. i decided to check out the air museum at the largest blimp WW ll building in the world . I forgot all about it when i spotted what looked like a train graveyard across the way.
I was pleasantly surprised to find this old rusting #45 steam locomotive wedged in between several decaying boxcars.
Online info. said it was a logging train built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1906, also it was moved here in Nov. 2012 to be restored in the future.
I found another old team locomotive jammed between cars of which i show later.
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Discovering the beach. Somewhere in Brittany, France. This little one was taking his first steps in the sand, and his dad was showing him, or making sure he wouldn’t stumble into the pond.
I was experimenting with bubbles yesterday on the front lawn. I had to work fast as the bubbles would burst as soon as they touched the ground or they would float away. I was lucky to capture this litte bubble.
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Seen on the Eyes of the Eagle Sensory Trail in Blue Marsh National Recreation Area, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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Went on a adventure tonight on the hunt for a new location for a few shoots i have coming up, to my delight i discovered a deserted beach that id never knew existed!
I think i will be having some fun here for the next few weeks!
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Not many pictures are available of this waterfall as it is deep in the highlands of Iceland and it is rather difficult to get there.
Yesterday a very good friend and fabulous phtographer has invited me there maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Weinbach%20City/54/140/23.
It is a fabulous place. I ve start modeling for him and we had the chance to meet th honor and creator and his wife who have worked together to build it Thanks so much for sharing this place with us and for this fabulous gift
Also thanks so much to Allan who offered me 2 beautiful Japaneses dresses for this session ! www.flickr.com/photos/81694000@N07/
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A few more photos on another mock ad campaign surrounding the idea of human curiosity.
Text says "Those who do not open doors do not discover"
The idea here is to give the viewer a little view at some crazy scene that peaks their curiosity causing them to want to open the door. The tagline "Remain Forever Curious" next to the logo suggests that we at Curiosity Advertising open those doors and discover new worlds. The style of these is meant to be more of a story book fairytale appealing to the child in us. Another fun little sublevel of these images is that when the objects in the nonsense scenes are mixed around you get three scenes that do make sense...just in case anyone is curious enough to notice that little detail
The display of hot-air balloon inflatable featuring Around The World with Kiztopia during Children's Festival at the Supertree Grove, Gardens by the Bay.
It did not take long after we entered in Upper Mustang before we discovered our first large chorten decorated with playful red and white clay colors so typical of Mustang. This chorten was standing with clusters of other structures and ruins high above the Kali Gandaki river in Tangbe. Its bulged dome was protected by a roof supported by pillars which is charasteristic of Mustang and Dolpo, a neighbouring region. We discovered this group of chortens by surprise, after a walk within the narrow streets of Tangbe. This was a wonderful experience, a gift of the local spirits to welcome us in Upper Mustang.
Well we discovered that we aren’t driving in our van to the sled dog ranch. It’s off the paved roads so we must take a snowmobile into it. Here is our driver and there are two because here we met with another tour and there is a dozen of us. Both of the snowmobiles are pulling a sleigh with seats for six, so we will sit behind him as he takes us to the ranch.