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Como es habitual en la escultura románica, en el relieve del Descendimiento del claustro de Silos, prevalecen los valores simbólicos sobre los afanes naturalistas. La escena no intenta conmover, sino ilustrar y adoctrinar.
Sin embargo, en este relieve se cuida cada detalle y en su composición abundan las líneas ondulantes que le proporcionan un extraordinario dinamismo.
La Cruz ocupa el centro de la composición, Cristo aparece con la mano derecha desclavada que es sujetada por la virgen hacia su rostro; gesto de respeto con origen en el mundo bizantino.
Cristo es de mayor tamaño que el resto de personajes, siguiendo el mismo esquema que la perspectiva jerárquica del arte románico con origen en el bizantino.
As usual in Romanesque sculpture, in the relief of the Descent from the cloister of Silos, symbolic values prevail over naturalistic desires. The scene does not try to move, but to illustrate and indoctrinate.
However, in this relief every detail is taken care of and its composition abounds in undulating lines that provide it with extraordinary dynamism.
The Cross occupies the center of the composition, Christ appears with his right hand unnailed, which is held by the Virgin towards her face; gesture of respect originating in the Byzantine world.
Christ is larger than the rest of the characters, following the same scheme as the hierarchical perspective of Romanesque art originating from the Byzantine.
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Gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios.
Thanks for your visits and comments.
I continue to be in awe of the beauty I saw at Ox Bow Bend in Grand Teton National Park. Here is another look at this spectacular place. This image has a wider angle and less zoom than the one I posted several weeks ago. Any way you dice it, this is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Talk about a stress reliever.
Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Escultura en el templo Harshat Mata en la histórica aldea de Abhaneri, India.
Junto al Chand Baori contemplaremos el templo de Harshad Mata, otro de los tesoros monumentales de Abhaneri. En el interior de este santuario hinduista apreciaremos un gran conjunto escultórico con diferentes escenas grabadas en piedra. Las representaciones litográficas suponen todo un libro de historia que nos ayudará a indagar en el pasado del templo, el cual sufrió una terrible invasión…
This photo is dedicated to a lovely lady, Leonel [HoneyGueco].
Leonel's self-portraits are stunning!! Her eyes are mesmerising and her smile is super sweet! I'm totally hooked on her photography. Her photo processing is full of artistry and pleasant. Whenever I want to relieve stress I go to look at her goegeous face. hehe :) Leonel, thank you so much for your active support of my photography. I'm so glad I discovered you on flickr!! xx
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Horseshoe Bay, BC
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~Christie
Ensayo fotográfico - Photo essay
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Thnx so much for the faves, comments and invites, much appreciated
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La Ceja, Colombia.
Zenaida auriculata (Eared dove / Tórtola torcaza)
Birds stretch for the same reasons we do! Whether they’re getting ready to fly, relieving some tension, or just keeping the blood flowing.
The Eared Dove is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina. It is a close relative of the North American Mourning Dove. The head has a grey crown, black line behind the eye, and the blue-black on the lower ear coverts. These black markings give the species its English and specific name. (Wikipedia)
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Cuerpo de mujer, Pablo Neruda
Cuerpo de mujer, blancas colinas, muslos blancos,
te pareces al mundo en tu actitud de entrega.
Mi cuerpo de labriego salvaje te socava
y hace saltar el hijo del fondo de la tierra.
Fui solo como un túnel. De mí huían los pájaros
y en mí la noche entraba su invasión poderosa.
Para sobrevivirme te forjé como un arma,
como una flecha en mi arco, como una piedra en mi honda.
Pero cae la hora de la venganza, y te amo.
Cuerpo de piel, de musgo, de leche ávida y firme.
Ah los vasos del pecho! Ah los ojos de ausencia!
Ah las rosas del pubis! Ah tu voz lenta y triste!
Cuerpo de mujer mía, persistiré en tu gracia.
Mi sed, mi ansia sin límite, mi camino indeciso!
Oscuros cauces donde la sed eterna sigue,
y la fatiga sigue, y el dolor infinito.
In 1901 the drawing were approved for a new Church,which would relieve St.Peter`s and St.Paul`s parishes,where the population growth was large.Construction started in 1903,with a planned completion date of 1906,which was when St.John`s Parish was founded .The Church was finally inaugurated by Bishop Gottfrid Billing on Holy Teinity Day,june 1907.Designed in the Art Noveau style by Axsel Anderberg.
Tower height: 60,2m.Height to ceiling 26,13m. Length of Church 52,27m.
Both externally and internally,the Church is adorned with roses cut and carved by hand,which is why it is called "The Church of Roses".The are more than 1,000 roses in the Church.
Each of us is interconnected in the web of existence, and we are deeply affected by each other’s suffering. If Christ’s suffering brings a Christian to see the cross in everyone’s suffering, then the Christian will do all he or she can to help relieve that suffering. It’s then that the gospel has done its job. If Israel’s suffering brings a Jew to see his or her suffering in the suffering of everyone else, it’s then that the Torah has done its job. Without taking action to relieve suffering there can be no Jew; there can be no Christian.
-Jesus : first-century rabbi / Rabbi David Zaslow with Joseph Lieberman.
" I always look forward to this time of year. When the first tinge of yellow touches the leaves with the contrast between shade and sunshine. A comparison of opposites where a gentle breeze can chill or relieve one making you appreciate the other once it has gone. Here's to new beginnings. Happy New Year to my friends and family! The best is yet to come... "
Hope all enjoy the work
Amsy ♡
Gori Fortress (Georgian: გორის ციხე) is a medieval citadel in Georgia, situated above the city of Gori on a rocky hill.
Standing on the hilltop, the fortress's outlines follow the natural relief, hence the irregular shape. The inner fortifications occupy the entire plateau, from which the walls descend towards the road along the western slope. Originally, the walls reached the river below and the water had to be diverted through a tunnel, but the river has retreated since.
The fortress first appears in records from the 13th century, but archaeological evidence shows that the area had already been fortified in the final centuries BCE. The fortress was of major strategic importance, given its dominant position guarding a regional trade route, and accommodated a large garrison. In the 16th century the Ottomans captured it to overawe Tbilisi. In 1598 the Georgians, led by their king Simon I, besieged it for nine months to no avail; in 1599 they feigned relieving the siege for Lent and then launched a surprise night attack to regain control over the citadel. The fortress continued to change hands between the Georgians and the Persians in the 17th century.
The citadel acquired its present-day form under the Georgian kings Rostom of Kartli in the 1630s and Erekle II in 1774. Following its completion, King Rostom asked the Italian missionary Cristophoro Castelli, who lived in Gori, to draw the fortress. His stunning illustration from approximately 1642 is a valuable historical document. After the Russian annexation of Georgia in 1801, the fortress was garrisoned by a Russian grenadier battalion, but its importance gradually declined and the fortifications went defunct. The city plan of 1824 shows the citadel, the city on the hill slopes and a moat encircling both. The British Encyclopædia Metropolitana reported in 1845:
At the foot of a chain of low sandstone hills stands the Town and Fortress of Gori, (perhaps the Gursenna of Strabo,) the next place in magnitude and importance to Tiflis. The Castle, an oblong, 200 paces in length, placed sixteen fathoms above the level of the Liakhvi, running at the foot of the hill on which it stands, is now abandoned, a Chapel in its South-Eastern angle being the only part in use.
Gori Fortress was significantly damaged by an earthquake in 1920. The best preserved structure is Tskhra-kara ("the Nine-gated"), facing to the west and adjoined by supplementary walls on the south and east.
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Etta's wound after having it closed up with tension relieving sutures above & below the wound. Interesting. As long as it works they're great :)
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Explore #49
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Relieves murales. Historias en piedra
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De: www.worldhistory.org/trans/es/1-12950/angkor-wat/
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Angkor Wat está diseñado para representar el monte Meru, el nexo espiritual y físico en el hinduismo que es el centro de toda la realidad. Los cinco picos del Monte Meru están representados por las cinco agujas del templo. Se creía que Brahma y los Devas (semidioses) vivían en el monte Meru y es famosa la referencia que se hace en el Mahabharata cuando Yudhishthira y sus hermanos viajan a las puertas del cielo. Los hermanos van muriendo uno a uno hasta que solo quedan Yudhishthira y su fiel perro. Cuando llegan a la frontera del cielo, el guardián de la puerta le dice a Yudhishthira que puede entrar por la vida digna que vivió, pero que no se admiten perros en el cielo. Yudhishthira rechaza cualquier paraíso que no incluya a los perros y se aleja, pero el guardián lo detiene y se revela como Vishnú, que solo lo estaba probando una última vez antes de permitirle la entrada.
Historias como esta se cuentan por todo el templo, donde se encuentran escenas de las obras clásicas de la literatura religiosa hindú, como el Ramayana y el Bhagavad-Gita. La gran batalla de Kurukshetra del Gita se representa con claridad, al igual que la batalla de Lanka del Ramayana. Como la mayoría de la gente no sabía leer en el siglo XII d. C., Angkor Wat sirvió como un gigantesco libro en el que se podían relatar visualmente los importantes relatos religiosos y culturales.
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Wall reliefs.- Stories in Stone
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From: www.worldhistory.org/Angkor_Wat/
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Angkor Wat is designed to represent Mount Meru, the spiritual and physical nexus in Hinduism which is the center of all reality. The five peaks of Mount Meru are represented by the five spires of the temple. Brahma and the Devas (demigods) were thought to live on Mount Meru and it is famously referenced in The Mahabharata when Yudhishthira and his brothers travel to the gates of heaven. One by one the brothers die until only Yudhishthira and his faithful dog are left. When they reach the border of heaven, the gatekeeper tells Yudhishthira that he may enter for the worthy life he lived but that dogs are not allowed in heaven. Yudhishthira rejects any paradise which does not include dogs and turns away, but the gatekeeper stops him and reveals himself as Vishnu who was only testing him one last time before allowing him entrance.
Stories such as this are told all over the temple where one finds scenes from the classic works of Hindu religious literature such as the Ramayana and Bhagavad-Gita. The great Battle of Kurukshetra from the Gita is depicted clearly as is the Battle of Lanka from the Ramayana. As most people could not read in the 12th century CE, Angkor Wat served as a gigantic book on which the important religious and cultural tales could be related visually.
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Anytime I am in need of a little stress relief, I always look to the sea. It never disappoints. :-)
Looking a bit southward from Cape Mears Oregon.
Wie die Zeit vergeht - das EVU Lokomotion ist auch schon seit über 20 Jahren auf den Schienen Deutschlands, Österreichs und Italien aktiv. An dem Unternehmen sind zu 30% die Rail Traction Company aus Italien beteiligt, weitere Aktionäre an der Gesellschaft sind die STR AG mit 20 %, zu 20 % die Kombiverkehr GmbH & Co. KG sowie auch zu 30 % die DB Cargo. Ziel bei der Gründung des Unternehmens war, insbesondere die Brennerautobahn zugunsten der Umwelt zu entlasten und die Güter auf die Schiene zu bringen. Eine relativ neue Leistung von Lokomotion ist der DGS 44131 von Plattling nach Poggio Rusco. Mit diesem Zug wird Zucker nach Italien transportiert. Am 09. Oktober 2024 war die Jubiläumslok 193 774 eingeteilt, bei Niederaudorf gelang eine Aufnahme der Leistung mit dem Kranzhorn als Hintergrund.
How time flies - the rail transport company Lokomotion has also been active on the German, Austrian and Italian railways for over 20 years. The Rail Traction Company from Italy holds a 30% stake in the company, while other shareholders include STR AG with 20%, Kombiverkehr GmbH & Co. KG (20%) and DB Cargo (30%). The aim when the company was founded was to relieve the pressure on the Brenner motorway in particular and to transfer freight to rail. A relatively new service provided by Lokomotion is the DGS 44131 from Plattling to Poggio Rusco. This train transports sugar to Italy. On 9 October 2024, the anniversary locomotive 193 774 was dispatched for this connection and a photo of the train was taken near Niederaudorf with the Kranzhorn in the background.
I have brought the sky to you
Leave this unrelenting earth
What kindness did it show you
Except a massacre of truth
Loosen your bonds and move freely
Become what you are worth
Could anyone have shown more love
Could anyone have died more cruelly
Surely you are now your true self
Pure light of the spirit
Let go of that last breath
No more torture or death
Move forwards without regret
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Thank you to everybody who has so kindly viewed, faved & commented on the first work in this Easter Series, "Sacrifice". I think what I shall do is a massive catch up with you all after the last work in this series goes up on Easter Day. Then I can enjoy all your galleries again!
So meanwhile...for Good Friday I have chosen one of my “Christ Tree” images, as this particular tree seems to embody the evocative feelings that gazing upon these series of photographs that I took at that time in my life always brings me, even now, some time after.
Christ was the World Tree, that we cut down. We potentially cut down our own future, but He knew that these memories would remain, that His sacrifice would never be forgotten while there were people who resisted the curtailment of freedom of spiritual choice in this world.
This living Christ Tree shows that love can still grow if we let it, that compassion can still flourish. But this living Christ Tree is also a reminder that all living things can contain a sorrow within them, as we carry our memories with us, not just from events in our own lives but also from events in the past, from our history.
This living Christ Tree is a reminder that we are part of the life on this planet, that what we do affects everybody else, we can never really escape it, because this life is all around us, and what we have made of it, for good or ill.
There comes a time when we must leave our lives on this earth, and let our souls travel on; how brave are those who choose to sacrifice themselves to further mankind’s understanding. But even for them, the light will come to relieve them of their burdens, enabling them to finally rest. Christ was such an individual, part human, part divine.
There is a spark of divinity in all of us, and will respond if given a chance to grow. The world could be a much better place if we listened to that voice telling us how things could be. All we have to do is turn to the Light.
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The Christ Tree was photographed in Sussex in the UK, near a village called Wilmington, and one of my most favourite places to be. In the right light, the Christ Tree speaks to you.
I have paired this work with Ólafur Arnald’s wonderful piece of music “Epilogue”, which has that sense of a final ‘letting go’ that captures the mood I was trying to create with this work for Good Friday. Please find link below.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q5dQaKdhqM
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