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Engraved openwork shell pectoral or disk with images of feathered serpents (Quetzalcoatl) with turquoise inlay eyes. Mixtec (Nudzavui), 1400 AD - 1521 AD. Mexico. Special Exhibit, Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA. Copyright 2018, James A. Glazier.
Mosiac from a Roman Villa. Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Köln). Roman Imperial, 2nd Century AD. Roman-Germanic Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Museum), Köln, Germany. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
A solar support frame over a parking garage for the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California
Exterior view of the outside of the chapel of the inner fortress, showing the pointed arch. This is an example of some of the earliest evidence of the pointed masonry arch that appears in late Roman and Sassanian architecture, that is mostly evidenced in early church building in Syria, that influenced Gothic architecture in Europe. Seen here in this Crusaders Castle, aka Krak des Chevaliers, built around 1031.
Peacock holding fruit in his beak. Dionysus mosaic (220 AD - 230 AD). Roman-Germanic Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Museum), Köln, Germany. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
An exercise in contrast and pattern.
Diamond shingles on a triangular roof. The roof of the old Wolfville train station.
san miniato al monte from viale galileo
san miniato, with one of the best unspoiled views in florence, was built in 1018 over the christian martyr st. minias. the facade is designed in the romanesque style with a geometric design of green, gray and white marble, and a statue on the gable of an eagle carrying cloth symbolizes the arte di calimala [wool guild] who financed the church.
the bell tower [baccio d'agnolo, 1523] was never finished and had cannons installed to defend against the medici troops during the siege of florence.
surrounding the church is a cemetery filled with tombs the size of small houses and other grave sites.
A quick-pic. More shots to follow later...
Layer 1: 4mm orphan Czech firepolish rounds & 10/0 sky blue seed beads (snub
dodecahedron)
Layer 2: 3mm black acrylic round beads, sky blue 10/0 & 11/0, woven into 5pt
'flowers' on each face, triangle weave embellishment at each 3pt vertex.
san miniato al monte from via delle porte sante
san miniato, with one of the best unspoiled views in florence, was built in 1018 over the christian martyr st. minias. the facade is designed in the romanesque style with a geometric design of green, gray and white marble, and a statue on the gable of an eagle carrying cloth symbolizes the arte di calimala [wool guild] who financed the church.
the bell tower [baccio d'agnolo, 1523] was never finished and had cannons installed to defend against the medici troops during the siege of florence.
surrounding the church is a cemetery filled with tombs the size of small houses and other grave sites.
McMillan Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver British, Columbia - constructed in 1969.
A lamella dome with Triodetic joint connections