Orpheus
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Scientific name: Mimus polyglottos
Trinomial name: Mimus polyglottos orpheus
Ssp name: M. p. orpheus
Common name: Northern Mockingbird
Nombre: Cenzontle común, Sinsonte, Ruiseñor
Lugar de la captura: República Dominicana
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Orpheus: Love is stronger than death.
Hades: [laughs] Nothing is stronger than death, little musician.
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Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, Rotterdam, Blijdorp Zoo, Chimney, Statue (slightly cut from all sides)
The Open Monumenten Dag (Open Monuments Day) brought us to Blijdorp Zoo. The building and urban design of Blijdorp Zoo were both designed by Sybold van Ravensteyn, the only architect in the world to have done so, and, alas, is also known as the architect from whom a significant percentage of his work has been prematurely demolished. As an architect, his primary role was head architect of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways). His most famous station was Rotterdam Central Station. His style can be described as romantic-modernist.
Seen here is the chimney of the former Lion’s house, now used for the Gelada’s. Van Ravensteyn adorned the chimney with a statue of Orpheus while charming the animals with his instrument - lookin' like a Lute. It should have been a Lyre, he used some poetic licence here,
This is number 22 of the Blijdorp Zoo album.
I was going through some older photos. This one is from the time I spent in Arizona. I usually carry kit lenses on trips.
Orpheus takes the form of an inverted pyramid, sunk into the earth and open to the elements. It is at once a negative space and a sculptural form. Its serene lines seem to invite you to descend into its depths and enjoy the tranquillity.
With rejuvenation of the garden gathering steam, the current Duke was passionate about adding a 21st century edge. He wanted a creative endeavour that would compliment and enhance the triumphant landscapes of his ancestors. So the Duke commissioned Kim Wilkie to design a striking new landform, Orpheus. It is named after the famed musician of Greek mythology who, when his wife Eurydice died, went down into the underworld to try and reclaim her. His music was so beautiful that Hades relented and allowed Eurydice to return to the world of the living.
Source: www.boughtonhouse.co.uk/gardens/orpheus-the-21st-century-...
We had a great holiday chasing birds in flight on Shetland and Orkney. Then a few days sauntering back to South Wales. Sadly and unexpectedly Eurydice left, so I went down the beach at night to build a boat and sail over to the underworld to try and get her back. Orpheus is by Sara Bareilles.
...and if i lost you
i dont know what i'd do
live forever
where the flames turns blue....
The other day in Groningen I went down to the village of Eelde to look at the private Museum De Buitenplaats before it's amalgamated with the Drents Museum at Assen, capital of the province of Drenthe. The pretty gardens are still quite wintry but for this delightfully pink Bergenia. The pink reminds me of cute hogsears and thus also of one of the common names of our plant; the foliage does indeed squeak if you rub it together.
The inset shows on the left a sculpture by Alphons Willem Bernhard Johannes (=Fons) Bemelmans (1938-). It's his Orpheus (note the flute). On the right a wall of the ultramodern museum and in back is the medieval Dorpskerk (= village church), once dedicated to the Virgin.
The day was glum and rainy but all of this brought some light to my eyes!
Or is it Orpheus (or Cocteau's ORPHÉE) seeking what's on the other side of Alice's (or Eurydice's) Looking-Glass?
NOTE: Re my recent absence from Flickr, I have paused. Diverted. I'll come back in a bit to say more.
It's something to do with the mirror, and the window. And to the inflexibility – if not downright stubborn unresponsiveness to the authorship of photographers – of Flickr.
At Orpeus.
Orpheus is a theater in the Dutch city of Apeldoorn. It is the largest theater in Apeldoorn, which further include still has Gigant Stage and Theatre Merlin. Orpheus Theatre is one of the five largest theaters in the Netherlands and therefore a famous theater.
Orpheus Cinema Bristol an archive image of its special Art Deco Lighting Architecture...Sadly The Building has been demolished (Image from the City Archives)
'Divine Dialogs'
Cy Twombly & Greek Antiquity
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Museum of Cycladic Art
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The Terrace and it's formal garden was designed in the 1840's by Sir Charles Barry and has commanding views over the Capability Brown landscape beyond. The Terrace was fully restored in 1994 as the elaborate flowerbeds had been grassed over in 1959.
The statue of Orpheus was added in 1984 when the original staue collapsed.