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Tutankhamen, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the 18th dynasty The legend of Tutankhamun captured imaginations globally when his tomb was unearthed by British explorer Howard Carter and financier Lord Carnarvon in 1922.
This building downtown has nine large figures inlaid with tile at the entrance. From this vantage point, I thought it looked as though this "woman" was watching the neighbourhood. It was tricky trying to find the exact spot to stand to get the right perspective, but I think I got what I envisioned.
Thanks to Ted McGrath, here is the info on the artwork:
Conceptualized by local artist Lyse Lemieux, the “Personnages” installation is comprised of 18-ft-tall figures adorned to the double-height columns outside the lobby of the 39-storey condominium tower.
Her inspiration for the installation’s early concept came from the columns that wrap around the ground level facade of the tower, which reminded her of Greek caryatids — sculpted human figures that provide architectural support instead of a conventional column or pillar.
She was also drawn to mosaics for their storytelling properties, capitalizing on the timeless appeal of this medium that is both rooted in the past while still feeling very contemporary.
The development site also includes the retained and restored heritage Leslie House, and a seven-storey community artist production hub building at 825 Pacific Street, funded and developed by Grosvenor Americas as a community amenity contribution. This artist hub building also recently reached completion.
If you zoom in, you can see the tiny inlaid tiles.
Happy weekend!
Located in the city of Carira, Sergipe, Brazil, I found this house that caught my attention due to the art that was placed in detail. From its size of narrow proportions, but with its details inlaid on the wall, door with various accessories, from water pipe connections, to pieces of hose forming hearts, shells, stones of different colors and shapes, drawn with stars, birds , padlocks that make us travel only in these details. In addition to not being well finished on the outside, that is, not plastered, we have inlaid on the wall, bicycle parts, in the windows, bottle caps, hoses and ropes, and we also have three images on top of this house, the first being the first , I think that representing the slave (here in Brazil it was brought from Africa for hard work), the second image, a saint, here in Brazil it is the patron saint, Nossa Senhora Aparecida, and the third image of Jesus Christ crucified.
I couldn't speak to the owner of this property, I would like to know more details, to know the story of this creation. I hear there's even more in there, and of course I was very curious.
Every moment you look at this image, you see something new, there were many pieces and ornaments placed.
The image appears to be crooked, but no, this house is on a slope, thus forming this form of image.
If I manage to speak with the owner, and manage to enter, I will post new internal images and the history of this different property.
Localizada na cidade de Carira, Sergipe, Brasil, encontrei esta casa que me chamou a atenção devido a arte que foi detalhadamente colocada. Deste o seu tamanho de proporções estreitas, mas com seus detalhes incrustados na parede, porta com diversos adereços, desde conexões de encanamento d'água, a pedaços de mangueira formando corações, conchas, pedras de diferentes cores e formatos, desenhada com estrelas, pássaros, cadeados que nos fazem viajar só nestes detalhes. Além de não estar bem acabada por fora, ou seja, não estar rebocada, temos incrustadas na parede, peças de bicicleta, nas janelas, tampas de garrafa, magueiras e cordas, e temos ainda em cima desta casa, três imagens, sendo a primeira, acho que representando o escravo (aqui no Brazil foi trazido da Africa para trabalhos duros), a segunda imagem, uma santa, aqui no Brasil é a padroeira, Nossa Senhora Aparecida, e a terceira imagem de Jesus Cristo crucificado.
Não consegui falar com o proprietário deste imóvel, gostaria de saber mais detalhes, saber a hitória desta criação. Soube que tem mais ainda lá dentro, e claro, fiquei muito curioso.
A cada momento que você olha para esta imagem, vê algo novo, foram muitas peças e ornamentos colocados.
A imagem parece estar torta, mas não, esta casa fica numa ladeira, assim formando esta forma de imagem.
Caso eu consiga falar com o proprietário, e consiga entrar, colocarei novas imagens internas e a história deste diferente imóvel.
Each of the 1,000 columns that make up the colonnade surrounding [and including] the inner courtyard is inlaid with semi-precious stone flowers.
Macro Mondays - Wood
Part of a belt buckle, image measures less than 2 1/4" on the long side.
Happy Macro Monday!
Diwab-i-Khas, or Hall of Private Audiences, in the Red Fort of Delhi was rge place where the Mughal emperor received courtiers and state guest. It consist of a rectangular central chamber, surrounded by a series of arches rising from marble piers. The lower parts of the piers are inlaid with flower designs, while the upper portions are painted and gilded.
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
In inlaid box with linear designs on a piece of oriental rug with broader, less linear design. Square format.
The Gold Mummy Mask of General and High Priest Wendjebauendjed, from the Royal Necropolis of Tanis, one of the four intact Egyptian tombs found by Pierre Montet, in 1940 and 1946.
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This mask is an idealized portrait of General Un-djedbau-en-djed as a young man with a peaceful expression lightened by a gentle smile. The mask covered the face, neck, and ears. It ended at the forehead where six small-perforated tongues allowed it to be fixed to the head of the mummy.
The inlaid eyes are made of glass paste in different colors. The nose is perfect in form, and the lips are narrow and fleshy. The ears are not symmetrical as the left one protrudes further than the right.
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Wendjebauendjed was an ancient Egyptian general, high dignitary and high priest during the reign of pharaoh Psusennes I of the 21st Dynasty. He is mainly known for his intact tomb found by Pierre Montet inside the royal necropolis of Tanis (NRT III).
Wendjebauendjed's face was covered by a golden mummy mask, and many other jewelry pieces were found inside the sarcophagus such as pectorals, rings, bracelets and gold statuettes; particularly remarkable are three fine bowls made from gold and silver, and a lapis lazuli statuette of Amun in his ram form. Outside the sarcophagus were also found many ushabtis and Wendjebauendjed's four canopic jars. All the funerary equipment is now in the Cairo Museum.
There is only one place in Victoria that I know of where you where can walk right into the canola fields and immerse yourself in the glorious and bright fields of flowers, and that is at the 'Cornella Canola Walk'. In conjunction with the Shiraz Republic Winery and Cornella Brewery just outside of Heathcote in country Victoria, a canola walk has established complete with a viewing platform and walking track through the flowering crop. And this is where I went last Saturday.
Amongst the vast fields of canola, there stood one single tree with wonderfully twisted branches. This tree is known as the Piano Tree, because beneath its twisted branches at its base stands an old Victorian upright piano. Made by K. Schmidt Piano Manufacturers in Berlin, the upright piano is made of walnut and has beautiful panels inlaid with brass. Although out of tune, the piano can still be played. The Piano Tree reminded me of the windswept trees inhabited by witches and faeries drawn by one of my favourite illustrators from the Golden Age of Children's Illustration, Arthur Rackham as it basked alone in a pool of late afternoon sun.
Now in its third year, the 'Cornella Canola Walk' is a wonderfully immersive experience that is full of colour! It was a wonderful way to spend the last day of winter this year, surrounded by a seemingly endless field of golden yellow flowers beneath the blue sky!
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
New Pavilion at the Chinese Garden.
Like the Phase I elements of Liu Fang Yuan, the garden’s three newest areas are richly layered with artisan details evoking intertwined metaphors and centuries of Chinese literary tradition. For example, the cracked-ice-and-flower patterns repeated in stone-inlaid pathways and visible in hand-carved lattice in the Clear and Transcendent pavilion are meant to conjure the signs of early spring in China, when frozen lakes begin to melt and the plum blossoms start to bloom. The hand-made roof tiles (produced with clay from the Yangzi river delta) along the drip line of the Clear and Transcendent pavilion are imprinted with a symbol of the peony, a reference to The Peony Pavilion, a famous epic (more than 20 hours long) play by poet Tang Xianzu (1550–1616). The Peony Pavilion was performed as Kun opera—an ancient opera form from the Suzhou region.
The Clear and Transcendent pavilion is also ornamented with carved panels of blond ginkgo wood depicting Chinese musical instruments (another reference to the performances that will take place there), auspicious symbols such as the mushroom (representing longevity), and exquisitely worked scenes from The Peony Pavilion. Specially commissioned calligraphic panels of memorable couplets from The Peony Pavilion also adorn the structure. The Waveless Boat pavilion is equally rich in unique carvings and calligraphic panels. Eleven calligraphers contributed to the project—two from Suzhou, four from Hong Kong, and five from Los Angeles.
Clear and Transcendent pavilion (Qing Yue Tai 清越臺)
This intricately designed pavilion with an elegant roof structure is located on the north bank of the Lake of Reflected Fragrance. Its open sides are designed as a stage for music and other performances. To the south, the pavilion faces the lake. To the north, it ultimately will overlook the Court of Assembled Worthies, capable of seating 350 people for performances and other events. The simple name Clear and Transcendent evokes the crystal pureness of music gently floating over the water, permeating the other structures around the lake.
The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. San Marino. California.
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
This is an 1-1/8 inch or 29mm square frame of a carved Mother of Pearl shell a pearl was inlaid into the carving, this is the back of a 1930's make up powder compact.
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Taracea (inlaid marquetry) is an artform brought from northern Africa to Granada by the Moors in 14th century. Long after the Catholic conquest of Granada it continued to be used to decorate religious artefacts, furniture and other items. It remains unique to Andalusia in Spain and there are just a handful of places still making and selling taracea (from the Arabic word 'tarci', to encrust) . These little drink coasters are quite simple with their geometric designs made of contrasting timbers. More elaborate taracea can be made of wood, bone, mother of pearl and in earlier times including ivory and tortoiseshell. I bought mine during a visit to Alhambra Palace. The image is less than 7cm (see image in comments).
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Petite Mort- Zingara Furniture Set
Swank & Co. Mixed Parakeet & Stand v3
HAWKER'S HOUSE Eleanor console Table
HAWKER'S HOUSE Bois Pillar Tealight Candles Inlaid
HAWKER'S HOUSE Peoria Tealight Shelf Farmington
Enchanted Fantasy Boho Conservatroy ~ Posy Filled Pot
@ Swank Events May 7th - 30th TP to SWANK
At low tide I like to walk across large expanses of sandstone like this, and see all the stuff that is exposed, like mini-rockpools, and wonderful arrangements of limpets and barnacles and winkles, and dried up bits of seaweed such as these, which look as though they've been pressed, or sometimes as though they've been inlaid in the rock. The red ones here are various species of Rhodophyta. When they're submerged and inflated and still attached to the seafloor or some other substrate, they float elegantly to and fro, but when bits get detached and dry out at low tide, and become flattened on the rocks like these, I think they take on a different more whimsical elegance.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 29th of October is “spooky spiders”, since it is the closest Saturday to Halloween. As an arachnophobe this theme was not an easy one for me, for it is unusual for me to have anything spider themed in my possession. I don’t have spiders in either my miniatures or my Playmobil collection, nor do I think Royal Doulton make spider statues from fine china. Luckily for me, I have one spider item in my house that is not a real or preserved spider – neither of which I would knowingly or willingly have in the first place. This brass spider with a green gemostone sits on a French Art Deco inlaid brass novelty cigarette box from the 1930s. I do have to say that it is a rather smart and select looking spider, and when I saw this cigarette box at auction with its brass inlaid spiderweb, its stylish whimsy took my fancy. In keeping with the theme of Halloween considering the time of year, I have used this cigarette box as an accessory at part of several Halloween fancy dress outfits before. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile… maybe…
Gold-plated silver with inlaid garnet, glass, enamel. On display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Original photo at link. I cropped it, adjusted levels and brightened it a bit. A wonderful piece of early bling, from a Gepidic grave in present-day East Germany. The Gepids were a Gothic tribe, the "most shadowy of all the major Germanic peoples of the migration period," per a period historian. They overlapped with the late Roman Empire, but, since they weren't mentioned in 5th century Roman documents, their homeland likely didn't border the Empire then. I'd never heard of them. Clearly they had some fine jewelers!
Piazza San Michele.
One of the many churches of architectural importance in Lucca, this lovely Romanesque building marks the place where once it was the forum of the city, built on the site of its precursor of the eighth century during a period of almost 300 years, since the second century.
Crowning the structure, there is a statue of the Archangel Michael killing a dragon.
In the ring placed on the angel's finger, there is a diamond inlaid and its brilliance can be seen when you are in a certain place in the square.
It shows a very interesting façade made up of three rows of worked colonnades, with predominantly pagan decoration.
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
For the Smile on Saturday challenge: "cameras"
A couple of old cameras that a friend brought me. He knew I wanted them as photo props! Old cameras together with old books, and my grandma's inlaid side table. All treasures for photography! And I added an old leaf too ... there's something magical about old dried leaves!
HSoS ;o)
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
Still Life Compositions: Here
Everyday Things : Here
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Cattedrale
inlaid marble
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Composed of thousands of inlaid chips in over 250 colors, Marc Chagall’s mosaic artwork "The Four Seasons" portrays six scenes of Chicago. It features a vocabulary of images informed by the artist’s Russian-Jewish heritage and found in his Surrealist paintings such as birds, fish, flowers, suns and pairs of lovers. Chagall maintained that: “the seasons represent human life, both physical and spiritual, at its different ages.” The design for this mosaic was created in Chagall’s studio in France, transferred onto full-scale panels and installed in Chicago with the help of a skilled mosaicist.
Chagall continued to modify his design after its arrival in Chicago, bringing up-to-date the areas containing the city’s skyline (last seen by the artist 30 years before installation) and adding pieces of native Chicago brick.
Macro Mondays theme: Jewelry
Sterling silver Navajo turtle brooch inlaid with night sky pattern in various stones and shells and signed Frank Yellowhorse.
Frank Yellowhorse was born on Feb 14, 1933 and was a US Navy veteran in the Korean War. He and his talented offspring created Navajo jewelry, rugs and curios and sold them in their well known Route 66 shop in Lupton, Arizona until he died four years ago at the age of 87. The turtle brooch continues to be made inlaid with various patterns and signed by his son Alvin Yellowhorse who, apprenticing with his father since the age of 19, has lifted the craft to a new high, winning many awards.
HMM