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Day 29 of #inktober - prompt : Navigator
For those who remember. The rest of the photo is a help.
#inktober2024 #visualthinking #sketchnotes #continuouslinedrawing #continousline #navigator
For the Sun with all due haste... this place got no roof. Also the rest of the place doesn't look in great shape either.
Y112 & K190 make easy work of there short train as they approach Navigators with the 1st shuttle of the day, returning from Lal Lal. 7/5/16
The Navigator of the Stars is Royal Caribbean Intergalactic's newest interstellar luxury cruise liner.
Built for SHIPtember 2019, the model took almost exactly 1 month to build, and is 118 studs long.
A notoriously difficult object to photograph, because of its size and the relatively small space within which it is exhibited, The Navigators is a rivet-covered bronze sculpture with the face of a man and the body of an industrial-age ship, which is actually an enormous kinetic machine.
The 60-foot steampunk sculpture by artist David Kemp was installed in 1987 during the renovation of Hay's Galleria, which saw the conversion of the old wharf into a shopping centre. When activated, its oars move through the water at its sides.
Kemp is a British artist best known for his large assemblage sculptures. He lives on the Atlantic coast of West Cornwall where he scavenges for interesting bits to make his art from.
About his art he says: "I make things out of things, big things, little things, old things and new things. I like to recycle things, and find new uses for things that have been thrown away. Some things say something about their surroundings, and other things become something else."
The Navigators was one of Kemp's first major public installations. Since then, he has created a number of large works including the "Old Transformers," a pair of huge outdoor sculptures near Consett, County Durham.
Hay's Galleria is named after its original owner, the merchant Alexander Hay, who acquired the property - then a brewhouse - in 1651. In around 1840 John Humphrey Jr acquired a lease on the property and he asked William Cubitt (father-in-law to two of Humphrey's sons) to convert it into a 'wharf', in fact an enclosed dock, in 1856.
In the 19th century, the wharf was one of the chief delivery points for ships bringing tea to the Pool of London. At its height, 80% of the dry produce imported to London passed through the wharf, which was nicknamed 'the Larder of London'. The Wharf was largely rebuilt following the Great Fire of Southwark in June 1861 and then continued in use for nearly a century until it was badly bombed during the Blitz in September 1940. The progressive adoption of containerisation during the 1960s led to the shipping industry moving to deep water ports further down the Thames and the subsequent closure of Hay's Wharf in 1970.
In the 1980s, with the increasing urban regeneration of the Thames Corridor and nearby London Docklands, the majority of the area was acquired by the St Martin's Property Corporation, the real estate arm of the State of Kuwait. The easterly end of the site was developed as London Bridge City of which Hay's Galleria forms part. The decision was made to retain the dock and to restore its tea and produce warehouses surrounding it to provide office accommodation and shops. The dock gates were permanently closed, the 'impounded' area of the dock was covered with a floor to the sill of the wharf-sides and the entire space was enclosed with a glass roof. This scheme was implemented by Twigg Brown Architects as part of their masterplan for the renewal strategy, of which The Navigators is the centrepiece.
The development was supported by the London Docklands Development Corporation. After its completion and opening in 1987, Hays Galleria became the first new visitor attraction of that period on the south of the river.
Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery, especially in a setting inspired by industrialised Western civilisation during the 19th century.
Steampunk may also incorporate additional elements from the genres of fantasy, horror, historical fiction, alternate history, or other branches of speculative fiction, making it often a hybrid genre. The term steampunk's first known appearance was in 1987, though it now retroactively refers to many works of fiction created even as far back as the 1950s or 1960s.
Steampunk also refers to any of the artistic styles, clothing fashions, or subcultures, that have developed from the aesthetics of steampunk fiction, Victorian-era fiction, art nouveau design, and films from the mid-20th century. Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk.
Thats me for another night .Started of with the old now how about the new.Two F4 Phantom Fighter planes going through an unreal world as always thanks for viewing........
Bryce,Hexagon,Daz,Photoshop,Lightroom
Alongside in Belfast after being replaced by the superfast sisters.
Name: Stena Navigator now (MS Daniya)
Type of Vessel: Ro-ro/passenger Ship
Flag: UK
Builder:Chantiers Dubigeon S.A
IMO: 8208763
Route: Stranraer to Belfast
The Navigator of the Stars is Royal Caribbean Intergalactic's newest interstellar luxury cruise liner.
Built for SHIPtember 2019, the model took almost exactly 1 month to build, and is 118 studs long.
Enemics quotidians: ...que vullgues agafar la lluna sense esperar que ho faça jo amb tu.
Enemigos cotidianos: ...que quieras coger la luna sin esperar que lo haga yo contigo.
Daily enemies: ...afraid of you wanted to catch the moon without waiting to do it with me.
Dedicada a les meues xiquetes :)
Elinchrom Quadra ringflash, rimlight & mainlight from camera right with softbox.
Light setup www.flickr.com/photos/87134139@N06/9204509826/
La Rábida, Huelva (Spain).
ENGLISH
Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator, colonizer and one of the first Europeans to explore the Americas after the Vikings. Though not the first to reach the Americas from Europe, Columbus' voyages led to general European awareness of the hemisphere and the successful establishment of European cultures in the New World. It is generally believed that he was born in Genoa, although other theories exist. The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Also well known are his name's rendering in modern Italian as Cristoforo Colombo and in Spanish as Cristóbal Colón.
Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the South American mainland until his third voyage in 1498. Instead, he discovered San Salvador Island accidentally while trying to find an alternative route to India, hence the Native Americans being called "Indians". Likewise, he was not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas, and there are accounts of European transatlantic contact prior to 1492. Nevertheless, Columbus's voyage came at a critical time of growing national imperialism and economic competition between developing nation states seeking wealth from the establishment of trade routes and colonies. The term Pre-Columbian is sometimes used to refer to the peoples and cultures of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus and further European influence.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
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CASTELLANO
Cristóbal Colón (¿Génova?, 1451 - Valladolid, 20 de mayo de 1506) fue un navegante y cartógrafo de origen incierto al servicio de la Corona de Castilla, famoso por haber realizado el denominado descubrimiento de América el 12 de octubre de 1492. Su llegada a América impulsó decisivamente la expansión mundial de Europa y la colonización por varias potencias europeas de gran parte del continente americano y de sus pobladores.
Cristóbal Colón fue un marino que, al servicio de la Corona de Castilla, encontró una ruta segura desde Europa hasta América (hasta entonces desconocida o indocumentada en Europa, Asia o África), arribando a ella el 12 de octubre de 1492.
En su primera expedición partió el 3 de Agosto de 1492 desde el puerto de Palos de la Frontera (Huelva). Su origen más probable es genovés (aunque algunos historiadores sostienen que procedía de la Corona de Aragón, del Reino de Galicia o del Reino de Portugal, entre otros). También existen conjeturas indicando su origen sefardí. Realmente su origen es un absoluto enigma por haberse perdido mucho material, y por los intereses de varias provincias en adoptarlo como su hijo honorable.
Al parecer, Colón sostenía que podía alcanzarse el lejano oriente (las Indias) desde Europa viajando hacia el oeste, y que era posible realizar el viaje por mar con posibilidades de éxito. En aquella época, los portugueses estaban buscando una ruta directa a Asia oriental bordeando África pero no permitían la intromisión de naves de otras naciones en sus aguas.
Desde los griegos (Eratóstenes) se conocía la circunferencia de la Tierra, por lo cual, los romanos habían inventado la enseña de las columnas de Hércules con una banda y la inscripción: Non Plus Ultra ("no Más Allá") pues con esa circunferencia las naves no tenían probabilidades de llegar a las Indias. Al parecer la hipótesis de Colón sobre la posibilidad del viaje se basaba en cálculos erróneos sobre el tamaño de la esfera, que suponía era más pequeña de lo que realmente es.
Otras teorías sostienen que Colón había oído, por habladurías de marinos, de la existencia de tierras mucho más cercanas a Europa de lo que se suponía científicamente que estaba Asia y que emprendió la tarea de alcanzarlo para comerciar sin depender de Génova ni de Portugal.
Lo que sí es seguro es que Colón no solo alcanzó América, sino que regresó a Europa, realizando un total de cuatro viajes, y dando inicio a un régimen de viajes periódicos seguros desde Europa hasta América. Aunque es sabido que los siberianos habían llegado a América en el Pleistoceno, y que lo mismo hicieron los Vikingos cerca del siglo XI, es a partir de los viajes de Colón y otros exploradores y conquistadores que lo sucedieron cuando se establecieron vínculos permanentes. A raíz de ello algunas potencias europeas invadieron parte del territorio americano imponiendo su dominio sobre varias civilizaciones y pueblos allí instalados, como los imperios Inca y Azteca, entre otros. Como resultado fueron destruidas la mayor parte de esas culturas, incluyendo las técnicas de escritura y los testimonios escritos, sus conocimientos científicos y artísticos, sus religiones y la mayor parte de sus idiomas. También se impusieron varios idiomas y las religiones europeas, principalmente las diversas variantes del cristianismo.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crist%c3%b3bal_Col%c3%b3n#La_llegad...
Calvert & Schlitz fly the flag for the Hobart School of Art at Sculpture by the Sea. Its title is 'The Navigator' although it could well be lost at Bondi. It claims a connection with Marie-Alexandre Duparc's interpretation of European contact with the Aboriginal people.
An art school band's song: Wire's Map Ref. 41 N 93 W www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ2RvSHK_B8