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The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Sistine Chapel built within the Vatican by Pope Sixtus IV, begun in 1477 and finished by 1480.
Its various painted elements comprise part of a larger scheme of decoration within the Sistine Chapel which includes the large fresco of The Last Judgment on the sanctuary wall, also by Michelangelo, wall paintings by several other artists and a set of large tapestries by Raphael, the whole illustrating much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
An example of one type of suspended ceiling system, showing cross-sectional view, from bottom: 1'x 1' ft. square adhered ceiling tile; dark brown adhesive for ceiling tile ("glue pod"); coarse-textured plaster ceiling substrate; gypsum panel ceiling substrate.
The radio station where I work participated in a concert with Quinton Mills, Sounds Of Praise, The Nortons and The Oxendine Family. The concert took place Saturday March 3, 2018 in Lumberton, NC. I was a co emcee for the event and snapped some pictures when I could.
Mudéjar style ceiling, 16th century (Spain), carved, painted, and gilded pine, 33 x 28 feet constructed of thirty panels (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The ceiling of the Hypostyle Hall at Dendera Temple is enriched with an incredible amount of figurative detail carved in low relief and painted in subtle shades against a blue background. The subjects include numerous deities and hybrid figures (some familiar, others much less so) and even astrological elements, such as recognisable figures from the zodiac.
Over the centuries the ceiling had become so darkened by dirt and soot to become heavily obscured and hard to read, and this is how I saw it for the first time in the 1990s, when many visitors probably missed it altogether. Now it has been fully cleaned and restored it shines again not only as one of the glories of the temple but one of the most remarkable surviving decorative schemes of ancient Egypt. The contrast with its previous blackened, unrestored condition is dramatic, giving an entirely different impression from our previous visit.
The Temple of Hathor at Dendera is one of Egypt's best preserved and most beautiful ancient shrines. This magnificent edifice dates to the Ptolemaic period, late in Egyptian history, though the site long had been the cult centre for the goddess Hathor for centuries before (the earliest extant remains date to c360BC but a temple is recorded here as far back as c2250BC). Most of the main building dates to the reigns of the last Cleopatras and further decoration and building work within the complex continued in the Roman period up to the reign of Trajan.
The dominant structure in the complex is the Temple of Hathor, an enormous structure with a rectangular facade punctuated by the Hathor-headed columns of the hypostyle hall within. This hall is an architectural wonder, a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian design and decoration, which covers every surface and has been recently cleaned, revealing a superb astrological ceiling in all its original vibrant colours.
Sadly there was much iconoclasm here during the early Christian period and most of the reliefs of the walls and pillars have been defaced. Worse still is the damage to the 24 Hathor-head capitals: not one of the nearly a hundred huge faces of the goddess that once smiled down on this hall has been left unblemished, most with their features cruelly chiselled away.
The main temple building is otherwise structurally intact, and extends into further halls and chapels beyond, again with much relief decoration (much of which is again defaced). In one corner is an entrance to a crypt below, an unusual feature in Egyptian temple architecture consisting of several narrow passages adorned with carved relief decoration in good condition.
There are further sanctuaries and chapels above on the roof of the temple, accessed by a decorated staircase and including the room where the famous Dendera Zodiac was formerly located (today its place in the ceiling taken by a cast of the original, now displayed in Paris). The highest part of the roof complex is no longer accessible to tourists, but I can still recall making the ascent there on our first visit in 1992.
Several other buildings surround the main temple, the most impressive of which is the mammisi or 'birth-house'. This consists of a large rectangluar hall surrounded by a colonnade near the entrance to the site and has some well preserved relief decoration on its exterior. Most of this structure dates to the Roman period, but the ruins of its predecessor built under Nectanebo II (Egypt's last native pharoah) stand nearby.
Dendera temple is one of the most rewarding in Egypt and shouldn't be missed. It is one of the most complete and evocative ancient monuments in the country and its recent restoration has revealed a surprisingly extensive amount of colour surviving within (we were amazed by the dramatic contrast with the soot-blackened ceiling we'd beheld on our previous visit in the 1990s). Despite its relative youth (in Egyptian terms at least!) it is easily one of my favourite sites in Egypt.
Paris, Third Day: Louvre Sculptures
The details couldn’t be fully appreciated in the moment. Our tour guide is chattering to us in a heavy accent though our headphones, we are trying to keep up with him, yet wonder after wonder steals our attention. I couldn’t help but stop and photograph the entrance to this room… I mean, just look! It’s so vibrant and rich. I love how the little cherub sculpture is sitting in a seashell while the women hold up the vine around him.
I like to say that photography for me is trying to show others the way I see something. I am not sure if I managed to instill in this photograph the atmosphere I feel in the Muddy Cup coffeehouse in New Paltz, with its high ceilings painted this coppery color. The warmth is palpable and I enjoy just relaxing in a soft chair and gazing up at it.
I saw these colourful paintings in the ceiling of a mandapam (hall with pillars) in front of the temple in Alagarkoil.
The Roman Catholic cathedral in Montreal made my jaw drop, my eyebrows rise, and I think I said 'Wow' for about 20 minutes straight, albeit very quietly. I think it might have been designed to do that.
Submitted for Monthly Scavenger Hunt - October for "Over the Top."
Looking upward, this is the colorful glass ceiling at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.
The ceiling was specially commissioned for the hotel in 1998 and created by renowned glass sculpter and artist Dale Chihuly.
It is really quite a sight to look up and see these more than 2,000 pieces of handblown glass sweeping above the lobby. To me, they look like colorful surrealist creatures floating in the sea.
The ceiling fan in my bedroom - Straight Out Of Camera.
Our Daily Challenge: FAN
#53 Long Exposure in 113 pictures in 2013
in frank lloyd wright's office at taliesin west.
he would have had a similar view while sitting at his desk. [scroll down on page]
The winter flea, 10 weeks, is held in the Williamsburg(h!) Savings Bank Building, which is now a bunch of schmancy condos.