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While at Photokina I took the chance to visit the cathedra. I love the ceilings and the stained glass. I very rarely do HDR but to get the detail in the ceiling and the windows I needed too bracket my exposure and bring them together in post.
This the ceiling of the Chapter Room at York Minster Cathedral. I laid on my back to take this and still could not capture the whole thing. I brought the wrong lens with me for this kind of photo but the beauty and symmetry of this architectural work of art had to be captured as best it could with the lens I had. The Cathedral Chapter is like a Vestry or board of directors who take care of the business of the cathedral.
The central sky lit dome of a resplendent victorian arcade . Melbourne is fortunate to have a number of these grand shopping arcades of the past .
The Block
Melbourne . Victoria
Ceiling of the Overgate Shopping Centre in Dundee photographed witha Fuji X-T2 and 16-55 mm lens in February 2019.
The Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh is famous for its Nationality Rooms ---real classrooms, but decorated to reflect various nationalities.
The Chinese room has one of the most ornate ceilings of all the Nationality Rooms. There was a large round table in the middle of the room. I sat down, stretched my arms as far as possible to place my camera, facing up, near the center of the table. (Luckily my screen can be rotated in any direction so I could see what was framed in the image.) I took a few shots. But the dragon was facing the wrong way, so I turned the photo 180º.
At this site, (www.nationalityrooms.pitt.edu) you can view photos of the rooms. Hold your cursor over a photo, then click on the country name to see a short video (2 to 5 min) about each of the 30 rooms.
The building was completed in 1937,. Most of these rooms were dedicated between 1938 and 1957, however newer rooms have been dedicated as recently as 2012. Other rooms are planned or under consideration for the future.
Much of the work on the building was done by immigrants from various countries. The rooms were meant to celebrate the heritage of the many immigrant communities in Pittsburgh. Representatives of each country were permitted to choose the decor of one classroom. Most represent a time from the late 1700's or earlier. There were a few rules they had to follow. There had to be a chalk board in the room. Usually it is hidden behind decorative cabinet doors. There had to be seating for students and a table or desk for the instructor. Several rooms are quite large and can hold classes for dozens of students, but many are smaller rooms suitable for a small group to sit around a table. Those that have desks usually have custom-made chairs in the style of the country with a writing arm desk on the right. The Turkish room has fold-down desk arms for both left and right-handed students.
Taken on honeymoon in Costa Rica.
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Springfield, OH. May 2021.
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I thought the ceiling in the one gallery was rather interesting. The gallery itself had a fantastic series of paintings, sort of "Old Dutch Masters" still lifes, with a modern twist.
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The Cathedral Church of SS Peter & Paul, Dyfrig, Teilo and Euddogwy is the mother church of the Diocese of Llandaff and is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff. The Diocese, one of the six dioceses comprising the Province of the Church in Wales, covers the general area of South Wales bounded by Cardiff in the South East to Neath in the South West, the Heads of the Valleys to the North and Rhymney Valley to the East .
The Cathedral also serves as a Parish Church, the Dean also being the Vicar of the Parish of Llandaff. The Cathedral lies close to the bank of the River Taff in the ancient "City of Llandaff" much of which is now a conservation area. Despite being surrounded on all sides by the bustling modern city of Cardiff, the Llandaff conservation area remains comparatively unspoilt and surprisingly tranquil.
Llandaff Cathedral stands on one of the oldest Christian sites in Britain. In the sixth century St Dyfrig founded a community close to the ford where the Roman road crossed the river Taff. He was succeeded by St Teilo and then Teilo's nephew, St Euddogwy. These three Celtic Saints remain patron saints of the present Cathedral and are represented by the three mitres in the Cathedral badge. Nothing remains of the original church but a Celtic Cross that stood nearby can still be seen near the door of the Chapter House.
The present cathedral dates from 1107 when Bishop Urban, the first Bishop appointed by the Normans, instigated the building of a much larger church. The arch behind the High Altar was built at that time and the doorway that now leads to the St David (or Welsh Regiment) Chapel may have been the West door of Urban's church until it was moved to its new site when the Cathedral was extended and widened and a new West front built about 1220. This West front is judged by many to be one of the two or three most notable mediaeval works of art in Wales.
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