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The Unitarian Memorial Church
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
December 19th, 2014
I was lucky enough to me invited to spend the afternoon inside one of the town of Fairhaven's most iconic structures, the Unitarian Memorial Church. The first image seen here is not of the church but of the stage in the adjacent building's auditorium that is connected to the church. There is not a single inch inside these buildings that there isn't a feast for the eyes.
Many, many images to follow, stay tuned.
Some history of the church in general:
"The Unitarian Memorial Church in Fairhaven Massachusetts was built, financed and donated to the Unitarians in 1904 by Henry H. Rogers in memory of his mother, Mary Eldredge Huttleston. The architects Brigham, Coveney and Bisbee of Boston designed this church in the 15th century Gothic perpendicular style.
The Unitarian Memorial Church is one hundred fourteen feet in height, one hundred feet long in body and fifty-three feet wide. The nave is thirty-two feet wide and seventy-one feet long. The main aisle is sixty-two feet long and six feet wide.
The church, parish house and former parsonage (now Harrop Center) of the Unitarian Society are so placed as to form three sides of a quadrangle, set among well-kept lawns and shrubbery.
Granite (locally quarried) with Indiana limestone decorative carvings dominate the exterior while marble and limestone carvings dominate the interior. All stonework artistry was created by forty-five Italian craftsmen brought to Fairhaven by Rogers."
SOURCE: unitarianmemorialchurch.org/
Not sure of history as its known by many names. Quite a sprawling estate and made for a nice couple hours exploring.
The man down Italian toll tour. Taking in some Italian delights on a 4 day explore.
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El Cosmovitral es un jardín botánico de unos 3.500 m² que se encuentra en la ciudad de Toluca capital del Estado de México, en México. El edificio que alberga el jardín botánico es una impresionante estructura Art Noveau de hierro forjado y cristal de principios del siglo XX, que durante el Porfiriato alojara al Mercado 16 de septiembre. El Cosmovitral atesora en su interior un bello jardín botánico, en él se pueden admirar plantas de diversas partes del mundo. Este edificio, que años atrás albergara el mercado de la ciudad entonces llamado 16 de Septiembre, esta situado en el corazón de la Ciudad de Toluca.
El diseño plástico de este gran vitral es fruto de los sueños y realidades del artista mexiquense Leopoldo Flores. El cosmovitral es una sucesión cromática y temática sin principio ni fin, cuya contemplación puede iniciarse en cualquiera de sus partes.
En el frente de este vitral destaca un gran círculo de fuego donde se inscribe la figura del hombre, recordando la proporción áurea pitagórica. Quien se interna en el jardín, se olvida de la ciudad y sus ruidos, para deleitarse en un mundo de vegetación, luz y color. La visión inmediata del vitral deja percibir el tema principal de la obra: el día y la noche, la vida y la muerte, la creación y la destrucción; así, invita a observar esa eterna lucha de opuestos plasmada con vidrio.
El cosmovitral de la ciudad de Toluca es uno de los más grandes del mundo; Leopoldo Flores tardó un año en diseñarlo y los artesanos dos en ejecutarlo, para construirlo se emplearon aproximadamente 75 toneladas de estructura metálica, 45 toneladas de vidrio soplado y 25 toneladas de cañuelas de plomo; lo forman 500,000 fragmentos de vidrio en 28 colores diferentes.
Mas información en: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmovitral
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The Cosmovitral is a stained glass mural and botanical garden located in Toluca, Mexico. The building takes its name from the mural which is set in the buildings huge windows that surround the building and in the ceiling. The building originally was construction in 1910 as the 16 de Septiembre Market, but when this was closed in 1975, Leopoldo Flores successfully convinced the city government to convert the building into a space for art.
More info about it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmovitral
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The Hall of Mirrors is about 250 feet long and it has 17 arched mirrors that span the entire length. This fisheye photo captures about 200 feet of the ceiling paintings and portions of 12 of the mirrors.
The Hurezi Monastery was founded in 1690. It is a masterpiece in "Brâncovenesc style". Hurezu, Romania
Ceiling fan.
People on holiday don’t usually lie on the floor of kitchen in their accommodation taking intentional-blur pictures of the ceiling fan. But apparently I do :)
OK. The trouble with pictures of ceiling fans is they are pretty boring. You just get the motor and the blur of the rotors in monotonous monochrome. Curiously I expected the motor would rotate too but … er… they don’t. The motor is at least round and pleasingly symmetric but that's about your lot.
Sliders Sunday playtime beckoned. Always a good place to recycle images unlikely to inspire a wow from anyone. And recycling as we well know by no is a Good Thing.
So into the playpen I went with this (the original in-camera capture is linked in the first comment).
The basic work was done it Topaz Studio (that toy box of delights) and AI Remix. This is an adjustment that claims to convert your image into a style reminiscent of famous paintings. Well maybe. But, playing with it, one thing I noticed is that it is good at exploding a bland image into a pizazz of pulchritudinous polychrome (which, translated into English means a mess of pretty colours ;) ).
So this is remix with extra titivating in Radiance, Glow and Abstraction. Then taken into Corel Painter (another fun toy box, but primarily for digital painters) to add first the paint relief in the original and then a paper texture (which you can best see zoomed in). Finally back into Studio for a play with the snazzy new Digital Frame adjustment.
Thank you for taking a moment to look. I hope you enjoy the image (in spite of it being mainly created rather than captured :) ) Happy Sliders Sunday!!!
Stunning #paints on the #ceiling of the #Vatican #Museum that will keep your head up. #Art at its best.
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Submitted for #FlickrFriday #Ceiling. The lobby ceiling of the North Conway Grand Hotel, Conway, New Hampshire.
I had to lay flat on the floor to get this shot of a chandelier in Amsterdam's Royal Palace. Got a lot of weird looks from fellow visitors and guards.