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My first piece designed for a Flickr challenge.
Parée Erica’s Texture Fun Challenge 46
Ankh with thanks to Parée Erica
Texture with thanks to Parée Erica
Artistic and practical: wooden ceiling beams
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Die Balken der Decke
The central pillar and ceiling of the Chapter House, Wells Cathedral. They don't build 'em like that these days.
There are many stunning #ceilings in the world. And then there are the ceilings in underground car parks illuminated by harsh strip lights. Do they have a beauty of their own though?
Amiens Cathedral
The cathedral is the tallest complete cathedral in France, its stone-vaulted nave reaching a height of 42.30 metres (138.8 ft). It also has the greatest interior volume of any French cathedral, estimated at 200,000 cubic metres (260,000 cu yd). The cathedral was built between 1220 and c.1270 and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981. Although it has lost most of its original stained glass, Amiens Cathedral is renowned for the quality and quantity of early 13th century Gothic sculpture in the main west facade and the south transept portal, and a large quantity of polychrome sculpture from later periods inside the building.
beneath the architectural ballet of hangover's airport, a constellation of ceiling lights casts a geometric dance of shadows and illumination. here, the interplay of light and dark sketches a silent symphony upon the surface, each bulb a soloist in an orchestrated performance of brilliance and contrast. the design, both purposeful and aesthetic, captures the eye, inviting travelers to pause and look upward, to find artistry in the mundane, a moment of beauty amidst the bustle of transit.
This is the ceiling in the Thistle Chapel at St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. It's a small side chapel off the main part of the cathedral. There is so much detail and history in this beautiful small chapel I easily spent a half hour within it.
The Order of the Thistle is Scotland’s great order of chivalry, and membership is considered to be one of the country’s highest honors. The Order is traditionally given to
Scots or people of Scots ancestry, who have given distinguished service. Appointments are entirely in the Thistle a personal gift of the Sovereign.
The Order of the Thistle has roots in the Middle Ages, but the present day order was largely created in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland (King James II of England). The nave of Holyrood Abbey was adapted as its chapel, but in 1688 the Abbey was ransacked by the Edinburgh mob, furious at King James’ Roman Catholic allegiance. After that, the Knights of the Thistle had no chapel of their own for over 200 years.
The Thistle Chapel was designed by Robert Lorimer and finished in 1911. It contains stalls for the 16 knights, the Sovereign’s stall and two Royal stalls. The chapel contains a wealth of detail, both religious and heraldic, and much of it peculiarly Scottish, including angels playing bagpipes.
Entered through a low-vaulted vestibule or ante-chapel at the east end of the Preston aisle, the chapel is a rectangle of three bays, with a polygonal eastern apse and a stone vault encrusted with a rich pattern of ribs and carved bosses. The effect is greatly enhanced by heraldic and figurative stained glass in the windows.Thistle Looking up
Along the sides of the chapel are the knights’ stalls, which are capped by lavishly carved canopies with the helms and crests of the knights rising above. The richest effect of all, however, is reserved for the Sovereign’s stall at the west end of the chapel.
It was a bit of challenge for me to capture this photo as I was using a small point-n-shoot hand held as I didn't bring my tripod for the bigger DSLR.
I manually stitched two photos together as my panorama software couldn't render all the detail. Regardless of the challenges, it was great capture this amazing ceiling.
From thedailylumenbox.com EZ-400 shot with Leica Ic and Voigtlander 15mm. Developed by The Darkroom.
Amazing huh? This whole shed was covered with this stuff. I said to my friend, "Ya know I bet there is a stack of this stuff in a shed somewhere." We nosed around and did find a little stack but it wasn't the neat stuff like this. There was one wall inside the barn that was covered so it was indoors and not rusty. Would love to get my hands on some of them. There was also a chicken house that had this on the north side. I will post a pic of that too some time soon. I hope I am not boring everyone with this stuff. I love it so I post it!
Boveda estrellada de la capilla del Condestable en la Catedral de Burgos, cuyo verdadero nombre es Capilla de la Purificación de la Virgen.
Fue mandada construir por don Pedro Fernández de Velasco y Manrique de Lara, condestable de Castilla, y doña Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, hija del Marqués de Santillana y hermana del Cardenal Mendoza. La ejecución del proyecto corrió a cargo del artista burgalés Simón de Colonia, entre 1482 y 1494.
Foto tomada a pulso, con una compacta.
Rome '16.
Castel Sant'Angelo was originally the mausoleum of the emperor Hadrian but it was converted into a fortress by the popes.
The Cittadella was initially a pre-historic settlement[1] and later a Roman temple dedicated to Juno was developed, and the remains of this temple existed until the present day as part of the cathedral. Following the Christianization of Malta and Gozo, the temple was converted into a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Later on, Byzantine church was probably built on the site of the temple, until it was destroyed while Malta was under Arab rule.
Following the expulsion of the Arabs, another church was built. The earliest reference of a parish church within the Cittadella dates back to 1299, and it was enlarged over the course of the 15th and 16th centuries. The church was sacked by the Ottomans during the invasion of 1551, but was reopened by September 1554. It was damaged once again in the earthquake of 1693, and the decision was taken to demolish the old building and construct a new church instead.
The foundation stone of the present church was laid down on 21 September 1697, and the building was designed by the Maltese architect Lorenzo Gafà.[4] It was inaugurated on 14 August 1711, and was dedicated on 11 October 1716.
The church was elevated to a cathedral when it became the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo, which was established on 16 September 1864.<Joseph Bezzina, Religion and Politics in a Crown Colony, Valletta 1985,
The building is listed on the National Inventory of the Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands.
Architecture
Interior of the cathedral, with the trompe-l'œil painting of the dome visible
The cathedral is built in Baroque architecture, and its groundplan has the shape of a Latin cross. The building's façade is similar to that of the Church of the Gesù in Rome. The cathedral has a bell tower on its north-east side.
The interior of the cathedral is well-proportioned, containing pilasters raised on tall platforms. The building has an aperture for a dome, but this is roofed over with a flat ceiling containing a trompe-l'œil painting.
The Hurezi Monastery was founded in 1690. It is a masterpiece in "Brâncovenesc style". Hurezu, Romania