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Detail of the south choir aisle ceiling at St Paul's, with mosaic decoration by William Blake Richmond, completed during the 1900s.
Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral dominates the heart of the City of London as it has always done (if a little overshadowed by more recent developments these days). The only English cathedral to require total building, Wren embraced the opportunity for a fresh start after the Great Fire of London destroyed its predecessor in 1666. The present building was completed in 1715 when Wren's vision of a major dome (something he had proposed adding to the medieval building before the fire) was finally realised.
England's only purpose built Baroque cathedral, it is built on an impressive scale, one of the very largest churches in the country (echoing the impressive scale of its predecessor, which was an even longer building).
The interior is vast and richly adorned (especially the choir which was adorned with glittering mosaics in the late 19th century) and contains many monuments (many to military heroes) with yet more to be found in the sprawling crypt beneath.
St Paul's always arouses mixed emotions in me, it is beyond doubt a magnificent building, a true spectacle that cannot fail to impress within and without. Wren was a genius, pure and simple, though it should be added this wasn't the design he wanted to build which is closer in plan to a medieval cruciform church; his original proposals deviated from the traditional layout more dramatically and failed to win the support of a more conservative elite.
My appreciation of the present building is always tainted by a sense of loss, of what the great medieval St Paul's might have been had it survived, leaving a permanent gap in our legacy of great medieval cathedrals. We know the appearance of Old St Paul's from engravings and it was a remarkable building, the longest in the country, with a solid Romanesque nave and transepts (crowned by a gothic tower and formerly a soaring spire too) and a splendid Gothic choir culminating in a huge rose-window, and the home of many important tombs and monuments which have almost all been lost. However owing to Civil War damage and neglect, the building was in very bad shape in the years immediately before the Great Fire and had already undergone major alterations in classical/Baroque style with Wren proposing far more radical changes, so had there been no Great Fire we still likely would not have had the complete medieval church but some sort of strange Baroque/Gothic hybrid, and Wren would still have had his dome crowning it.
Like many major London attractions the cathedral now charges fees which discourage lower income visitors and bans photography within its walls. Happily however some evening events have been held during August 2017 where photographers were allowed free reign (full access to cathedral and crypt though not the dome galleries), thus I bought a ticket and had my first look around inside for many years......
Groin vault #ceiling painted by Albright painting company in Valencia was created using mixed #hues of #grey #Meoded Paint. Fantastic interior design work produced by the intersection of right angles. For more ideas visit meodedpaint.com
Now a Marriott hotel, staying in this location is a great experience. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Trust_and_Savings_Bank_Bu...
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]
Der sehr sehenswerte Kreuzgang des Dominikanerklosters neben der Kirche Santa Maria sopra Minerva ist leider nur während Ausstellungen oder Veranstaltungen zugänglich. Die Säulengänge des zuletzt in der 2. Hälfte des 16. Jh. umgebauten Kreuzgangs sind über und über mit Fresken mehrerer wenig bekannter Künstler bedeckt, die vor allem Szenen aus der Bibel und dem Leben der heiligen Dominikaner Thomas von Aquin und Dominikus darstellen.
I went to the Real Ale Brewery for their Friday tasting. I took a bunch of pictures and for some reason this is my favorite - the one of the ceiling. Who knows...
I am lying on the floor and turned the camera to the ceiling.
Camera Canon Eos-1Ds
Lens Sigma 50mm f1.4 EX DG
Exposure 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture f/1.4
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Distance 0.5m
AB9S9530
Photographing the kitchen area with the Olympus EM5 & Olympus 7-14mm f2.8. The prefect combination for real estate photography.
Beauty cascades all around you inside the enchanting Bellagio lobby. Peer overhead and discover a ceiling adorned in a breathtaking display of 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers - the Fiori di Como, created by world-renowned artist, Dale Chihuly.