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It is well known that the lakes in the Upper Engadine freeze at an altitude around 1800 metres in winter, and I wanted to experience this for myself. I travelled there in mid-February in the most beautiful weather - and it was far too warm for the time of year! But the Lake Sils was frozen and I - like many others - hiked across it to the mouth of the Aua da Fedoz. There, however, the lake was open and formed gorgeous ice sculptures. I just had to make sure that the ice under my feet was stable enough, a cold bath would have been a bit unpleasant...
Es ist bekannt, dass die Seen im Oberengadin auf rund 1800 Meter im Winter gefrieren, und das wollte ich einmal selber erleben. Mitte Februar bin ich bei schönstem Wetter hingereist - und es war viel zu warm für die Jahreszeit! Doch der Silsersee war zugefroren und ich bin - wie viele andere auch - darüber gewandert bis zur Flussmündung der Aua da Fedoz. Dort war der See allerdings offen und bildete wunderschöne Eisskulpturen. Ich musste beim Fotografieren nur gut aufpassen, dass das Eis unter meinen Füssen stabil genug war, ein kaltes Bad wäre etwas unangenehm gewesen...
These two scenes of the altarpiece of the Seven Joys of the Virgin in the church of Brou representing the Annunciation and the Visitation allow us to admire all the beauty and finesse of this white marble sculpture dating from the 16th century.
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Une sculpture de toute beauté
Ces 2 scènes du retable des Sept Joies de la Vierge dans l'église de Brou représentant l'Annonciation et la Visitation nous permettent d'admirer toute la beauté et la finesse de cette sculpture en marbre banc datant du 16ème siècle.
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Monastère de Brou/Brou Monastery - Bourg en Bresse - Ain - France
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
Albert Einstein
"Looking and seeing are two different things."
John Paul Caponigro
Pareidolia is defined as a situation in which someone sees a pattern or image of something that did not exist.
This small sculpture I found on a recent trip intrigued me enough to have an impromptu photo session. I'm so glad I did. The image has seized my imagination, lending itself to stories galore.
"An Australian Native" (Portrait of a lady), Tom Roberts, 1888. oil on canvas.
Bust - "Miss Grace Dunham", 1896, Bertrama E MacKennal, Aust 1863- England 1931. carved and polished marble.
National Gallery of Australia. Canberra.
Sculpture In front of Chattanooga Art Museum. I photographed it. Sculptor ris Tom Ottness If you are wondering, this museum is worth a look
Autour de la place de la fontaine-aux-Lions-de-Nubie, Will Ryman érige sept sculptures de « têtes » jaune soufre, allant de trois à sept mètres de haut. De facture abstraite et dotée d’ouvertures de tailles diverses (ou « yeux »), chacune est délibérément imparfaite. Façonnées dans l’argile puis moulée dans la résine, les Heads portent des titres tirés de répliques d’En attendant Godot de Samuel Beckett (1948). Écrit à l’origine en français, puis traduit en anglais par Beckett lui-même en 1953, les thèmes universels et philosophiques de la pièce n’ont rien perdu de leur pertinence.
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First of all, do not believe your eyes. It's not what you think.
This image is curious on so many levels. Undoubtedly, it is the Meyer Library on the Stanford campus, not at all where the Rodin sculpture garden is. It has no sculpture in front of it today, to the best of my knowledge. I have no idea what was going on there at that time, but I can assure you that this old scan of a color negative has not been doctored in any way.
Explored on 11/11/22 at #39. Why? It seems, just because the time came. Does not feel fair to so many others.
Sculpture by Hans (Jean) Arp, Marble, 1958. Kunsthalle, Hamburg. Arp started out as a Dadaist, then developed constructionist and abstract shapes such as this delightful one. It is, of course, a photographer's joy. Fuji X-Pro1.
Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London
The Royal Arsenal at Woolwich dated from the late 17th century and at the time of the First World War covered 1,285 acres and employed close to 80,000 people. It finally closed as a factory in 1967 and the Ministry of Defence moved out in 1994. Today it is open to the public and is being redeveloped for housing and community use.
It has been discovered that Greek and Roman sculptures were often painted and quite colorful. This new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum --Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color, demonstrates how they discovered the color and recreates many such statues in color. They are striking! You can learn more about the exhibit here: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/chroma
Sculpture - Animals
We are so fortunate that these works of Art are available to us to see. From the gigantic to the very small, they can be viewed everywhere. A real treat is a double-decker bus ride, you just never know what you will see from the top-deck. These images are just a few of what has been taken recently.
The Striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) is a small maple tree with a characteristic stripy bark. It is native to Northern America where it is also known as the Moosewood or Moose maple because moose (as well as deer and beavers) found its bark particularly tasty in winter months. Old Arboretum; Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury, South Gloucestershire, England, UK.
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Carnegie Museum of Art
Our Hall of Sculpture was inspired by the iconic Parthenon temple in Athens, Greece. Dedicated to the goddess Athena, the Parthenon was known for its imperial scale, stunning decorative sculptures, and harmonious architectural elements. The Hall of Sculpture is modeled after the Parthenon’s inner sanctuary, or cella, which featured a double tier of columns. (From the CMoA website)
La sculpture géante "Wonderland" de Jaume Plensa est située devant le gratte-ciel "The Bow" à Calgary.
"Wonderland", the 10 meter's high wire-mesh sculpture by Jaume Plensa is situated in front of the Bow skyscraper in Calgary.
Sculpture by Henry Moore, 1966 (Bronze). Henry Moore Studios and Gardens, Perry Green, Hertfordshire; processed in Luminar and macOS High Sierra.
Sculpture by Henry Moore, 1966 (Bronze). Henry Moore Studios and Gardens, Perry Green, Hertfordshire. 7Artisans manual lens; processed in Luminar and macOS High Sierra.
This dolphin sculpture is made from recycled trash found along the beaches and shorelines in the surrounding area. It is part of an exhibit commissioned by the Texas State Aquarium from local artists and groups to highlight the problem of litter, especially on the very busy beaches. To us it is just an eyesore, to sealife it can be life ending.
"Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again."
Nhat Hanh
I visited Southern California the 3rd week of September 2008 and was pleased to have come across this lovely monumental bronze of Richard Dana at Dana Point, California.
The Porte Saint-Denis is a Parisian monument located in the 10th arrondissement, at the site of one of the gates of the Wall of Charles V, one of Paris' former city walls. It is located at the crossing of the Rue Saint-Denis continued by the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, with the Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle and the Boulevard Saint-Denis.
To replace the old gateway of Porte Saint-Denis, Louis XIV commanded architect François Blondel and the sculptor Michel Anguier to build him a monumental archway that would honor the capture of Franche-Comté in 1668 and the victories on the Rhine during the Franco-Dutch War. Work began in 1672 and was paid for by the city of Paris.
A monument defining the official art of its epoque, the Porte Saint-Denis provided the subject of the engraved frontispiece to Blondel's influential Cours d'architecture, 1698.[1] It was restored in 1988.
The Porte Saint-Denis was the first of four triumphal arches to be built in Paris. The three others are the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (1674), Porte Saint-Martin (1674), and Arc de Triomphe (1836).