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Roof tiles in the southern Portuguese village of Castro Marim. The semi-tubular shapes of the terra cotta tiles are redolent of Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Portuguese tiles have their own distinctive shape, but what interested me here was the conflict between the two roofs, which slope at right angles to one another. The roofs are in fact being viewed from a high angle, from the battlements of Castro Marim castle.
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Carter, working in Poole, were the driving force in tile design in the 1950's to 1970's in the UK, these are dated 1956(?) and 1966. Not to be reproduced without permission.
Presented are several series of images from a large group of photographs and derived art taken in Atlanta, Georgia. All were taken in the Downtown area, all within several blocks of Centennial Olympic Park. The subject of most of these photographs is cityscapes and architecture, especially the sculptural and geometrical aspects of this civic art.
This set shows the art and architecture of the Sun Trust Plaza. SunTrust Plaza is a 60-story skyscraper (869 ft, 265 m), built by prominent American architect and developer John C. Portman, finished in 1992. It is the second-tallest building in Atlanta.
The Sun Trust Plaza is adorned with a variety of architectural embellishments and with large architecture scale sculptures. Examples are shown here.
(1) Image 01a shows the patios, pools, and lattice eaves around the base of the tower building. Because these structures are so strongly graphical and geometrical, they can be divorced from their real world origins and still be interesting as abstract art, as seen in view 01b which turns the image on its side.
(2) Image 02a shows a statue on an outer patio. This work is "Sleeping Woman III", by sculptor Olivier Strebelle, made in 1974. It is seen in front of a portico of the main tower building. Image 02b is an art variation that fades the background to emphasize the polished bronze on its pedestal.
(3) Image 03 is a closeup of another statue positioned at the base of the tower, its pedestal arising from a pool of water. Named "Early Mace", it was made by sculptor Charles Perry in 1971. Made solely of regularly spaced and gently curving steel rods, the facets of the statue appear to intersect each other to create Bézier and Moiré patterns. Seen here against the granite façade of the tower, the multiple colors of the metal are reflections of the sky, the tower, and other objects surrounding the site. Image 03a is a wider view that shows the ribs plus an edge of the statue. By zooming in to show just the intersecting ribs, Image 03b eliminates all references to space, orientation, or outer context. This thoroughly abstracts the scene, meaning that it can be turned to any orientation and still be an esthetic or believable image - you can flip it right, left, upside down, or any other orientation to suit your vision.
(4) Image 04 shows the statue "The Rites of Spring" by sculptor Elbert Weinberg, erected in 1992. Four views are presented (04b is a crop of 04a; 04c & 04d are independent photographs). The four views were selected to showcase the background elements as much as the statue up front. Both of the buildings behind of cultural and historical significance.
[1] In the midground are the west towers of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (at the corner of Peachtree St and Peachtree Center Ave). This Catholic congregation was founded as in Atlanta in 1880. In 1897, they commissioned a new church building to be designed by prominent southern architect W. T. Downing. Designed in the Romanesque revival style that was popular in turn of the century architecture, the exterior was made of pressed brick and terra cotta, seen in this image in the church’s two bright towers. This basilica plan building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 1976, in recognition of its "artistically significant architecture". In 2010, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was elevated by the Vatican to status of a minor basilica.
[2] In the background is the Imperial Hotel. Designed by architect Edward Dougherty, it was constructed 1910-1911. It is a first generation skyscraper, built of reinforced concrete, 8 stories tall. As seen in these images, it was built in the Chicago style, surfaced with red brick and terracotta, and adorned with bay windows. It was built to support Atlanta’s booming growth in the early 20th century, providing affordable lodging for the business, convention, and tourist trades. Prior to World War II, it was considered one of Atlanta’s leading hotels, notable for amenities such as private baths. It went through various alterations at mid century, and it was vacated in the early 1980’s. A rehabilitation program beginning 1996 refurbished it as low income housing. Its importance to Atlanta and local architectural history is reflected in its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It still has its early and historically significant Otis elevators with all of their original equipment. More information is at these links:
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/sac.htm
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/imp.htm
www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=454
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sun trust plaza, art 01a _ (orig) _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 01b _ (art) _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 02a _ (orig) _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 02b _ (art) _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 03a _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 03b _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 04a _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 04b _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 04c _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
sun trust plaza, art 04d _ atlanta, georgia _ (© 2017 megart)
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Azulejo de desenho geométrico em azul e branco com revestimento em tapete.
Fotografia Ana Lopes de Almeida (1938-).
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Painshill (also referred to as "Pains Hill" in some 19th-century texts[1]), near Cobham, Surrey, England, is one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th-century English landscape park. It was designed and created between 1738 and 1773 by the Hon. Charles Hamilton (MP). The original house built in the park by Hamilton has since been demolished.
Painshill is owned by Elmbridge Borough Council and managed by the Painshill Trust. Painshill, which is open to the public (with entry charge), has been Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[2] In 1998 Painshill was awarded the Europa Nostra Medal for the "Exemplary restoration from a state of extreme neglect, of a most important 18th century landscape park and its extraordinary buildings."[3] In May 2006 Painshill was awarded full collection status for its John Bartram Heritage Collection, by the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG).[4] In 2017 Painshill Park was featured in the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ"
History
Charles Hamilton was born in 1704 in Dublin, the 9th son and 14th child of the 6th Earl of Abercorn. He was educated at Westminster School and Oxford, and went on two Grand Tours, one in 1725 and a further one in 1732.
In 1738 Hamilton began to acquire land at Painshill and, over the years, built up a holding of more than 200 acres (0.81 km2). His creation was among the earliest to reflect the changing fashion in garden design prompted by the Landscape Movement, which started in England in about 1730. It represented the move away from geometric formality in garden design to a new naturalistic formula. Many of the trees and shrubs planted by Hamilton were sent to him from Philadelphia by the naturalist John Bartram. The garden was open to respectable visitors, who were shown round by the head gardener for a tip, and was visited by many well-known figures including two visits by William Gilpin, pioneer of the Picturesque, Thomas Jefferson with John Adams, and Prince Franz of Anhalt-Dessau separately, on special tours of gardens,[6] and the important landscape garden author Thomas Whately. Then as now there was a particular route round the park recommended, designed to bring the visitor upon the successive views with best effect. Views from Painshill were painted on plates for a Wedgwood service of porcelain commissioned by Catherine the Great of Russia.
A huge dark tree with many trunks and branches that spread horizontally rises high above the surrounding trees which are coming into bright green spring leaf.
The Great Cedar is thought to be the largest in Europe.
Hamilton eventually ran out of money and sold the estate in 1773 to Benjamin Bond Hopkins,[7] who held the estate until his death in 1794.[8] In 1778 Hopkins commissioned architect Richard Jupp to rebuild Painshill House in a different location within the park. The house was later extended in the 19th century by architect Decimus Burton and is now a grade II* listed building.[9]
Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton (7 August 1743 – 25 April 1821) bought Painshill in 1807 from William Moffat. Luttrell lived at Painshill after having fled from the magnificent ancestral Luttrellstown Castle near Clonsilla outside Dublin, where his notorious role in crushing the Irish Rebellion in 1798 made it unsafe to stay. (His ancestor Colonel Henry Luttrell had been assassinated in Dublin in 1717 for betraying the Irish to King William III of England.) After his death in 1821, Luttrell's wife Jane lived at Painshill until her death in 1831 when it was sold it to Sir William Cooper, High Sheriff of Surrey.
Sir William Cooper and his wife, later his widow, lived there until 1863, and installed Joseph Bramah's suspension bridge and water wheel, and planted an arboretum designed by John Claudius Loudon. In 1873, the English poet, literary and social critic, Matthew Arnold, rented Pains Hill Cottage from Mr. Charles J. Leaf and lived there until his death in 1888.[10] In 1904 Charles Combe of Cobham Park purchased and lived in Painshill Park, his son having moved into Cobham Park.
The Gothic Temple is at the end of an avenue of pines and hedges.
Until World War II Painshill Park was held by a succession of private owners. In 1948 the estate was split up and sold in separate lots for commercial uses. The Park, as such, soon disappeared and its features fell into decay.
By 1980 the local authority, Elmbridge Borough Council, had bought 158 acres (0.64 km2) of Hamilton's original estate and the work of restoring the landscape garden and its many features could start. In the following year the Painshill Park Trust was founded as a registered charity with the remit "to restore Painshill as nearly as possible to Charles Hamilton's Original Concept of a Landscaped Garden for the benefit of the public." Fortunately there is a wealth of 18th-century images of the main features of Painshill to help the process.
The restoration of this Grade I landscape is continuing, in 2013 work was completed on the restoration of the Crystal Grotto, further restoration work in the park is dependent on the availability of funding. The landscape garden continues to be a favourite location for film and television production, most recently as the grounds of "Bridgeford University" in Trinity (TV series) and the exteriors in the latest movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (2009 film). The park now borders the A3 road, which is fortunately invisible and inaudible from nearly all parts, but allows easy access.
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Mural by Cole Eisenhour aka @_roadfish_, seen at 708 Simpson Avenue in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
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Pt2 52 Week Photo Challenge 2017
Wk 22 - Story (Geometric Shapes) Triangles, squares, and circles. They are all very strong compositional elements in an image. Find a way to use geometric shapes in your storytelling.
Allsorts of shapes in my belly. #dogwood2017 #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek22
It's time for some more of The Shop's unusual vector assets : the geometrical psychology diagrams. These were originally created as an attempt to "mathematically model human consciousness through geometric forms" in the late 1880s.
There are two main groups of assets: the first one, with mainly two dimensional diagrams, and second one, of more than two dimensions, that resemble flowers and crystals. I also added some random nuggets from the rest of the collection. The diagrams have that beautiful execution of late Victorian era scientific illustration, while also presenting an undeniable organic touch. The "three dimensional" group of assets also feature shading, and color highlights.
There are forty-five (45) assets altogether, carefully digitized, organized, and share in a variety of formats, with care. I would recommend using them as background elements, color scheme inspirations, or of course as the centerpiece of the project you're working on.
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- Forty-five (45) diagrams
- Available in multiple vector and raster formats for wider compatibility range: Adobe Illustrator (CC, CS6, CS3), PDF, EPS, and PNG
- 641.60 MB archive size
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Like the textures you're seeing in the previews? They come from my Photocopy noise textures vol. 02. You must go check them out: https://crmrkt.com/13paPz
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Curious about the beautiful, aged serif typeface I used for the previews? It's Appareo, created by Kimmy Design. You can find it on Creative Market, and you ought to check it out as well: https://crmrkt.com/7QWK1X
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Shot from the car while stopped at a traffic light.
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