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The Banqueting Hall of the old Greenwich Hospital, with its extraordinary Baroque decoration. Designed by Wren, but completed by Hawksmoor and Sir John Vanbrugh, famous for its Baroque Painted Hall, which was painted by Sir James Thornhill in honour of King William and Queen Mary.
12.10.06
"Our space is one of contrasts, a fusion of the old and new, the heavenly and worldly. Traditional Korean architecture contrasts with elements of modernism found in the chic lightings, tea bar and angular dark wood furniture. Commanding the ceiling, the decorative Korean dan chung mural contrasts with the simplicity of the walls. The colorful elaborate patterns on the ceiling which were traditionally used to enhance the majesty of ceilings in Korean palaces and temples symbolized the utopian world of ultimate freedom and peace. At Franchia, the dan chung represents our philosophy of freeing the mind and spirit through tea tao."
Built in 1241, and survived a major earthquake in 1755, the church made me think of an apocalypse movie. The ceiling/roof had obviously be redone.
A tiny ceiling detail from the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg.
Wikipedia: The Peter and Paul Cathedral (Russian: Петропавловский собор) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg, built between 1712 and 1733 on Zayachy Island along the Neva River. Both the cathedral and the fortress were originally built under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini. The cathedral's bell tower is the world's tallest Orthodox bell tower. Since the belfry is not standalone, but an integral part of the main building, the cathedral is sometimes considered the highest Orthodox Church in the world.
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's Snake Ceiling at the Museum of Fine Arts.
The Boston Globe said it was a "pointedly political" work. Ai created it to commemorate an estimated 5,000 Chinese schoolchildren who perished when their government-built schools collapsed during a 2008 earthquake. Crafted by stitching together 350 identical black-and-white backpacks, the serpentine, ceiling-mounted work is meant to evoke children heading to school — and perhaps the danger of a growth-hungry state.
Palacio de los Cordova is a XX century reconstruction of a XVI century palace with all of its preserved treasures returned to the new building. The palace now houses the City Historical Archives. Construction of the Palace of the Cordovas began in a different location in approximately 1530, and was completed in 1592. However, due to the urban transformations suffered by the city at the beginning of the 20th century, the palace was demolished in 1919, although much of its materials of historical and artistic value were kept and preserved. Thus, between 1960 and 1967, the palace was rebuilt in its present location thanks to preserved plans and drawings.
Architecturally, the palace has a Mannerist façade topped by a large flight wing, and the Renaissance courtyard with its singular use of the orders, where Gothic elements and the Mudejar coffer ceiling are found.
The palace is surrounded by beautiful gardens and vegetable plots.
Granada, Spain, 2015
The Legislative Council chamber of the Queensland Parliament. This room is no longer used for legislating, since the upper house was abolished in 1922. It's still fitted out as a parliamentary chamber, but is now used only to host functions and VIP visits.
The lighting balance was a killer for this shot. We have daylight streaming in the windows, tungsten lighting from the chandeliers, and strips of fluorescents around the edges of the ceiling (making that greenish glow).
Coimbra library ceiling .
The reason that the ceiling looks pristine is that the library is unlit, no light is permitted so no flash on the camera also no noise so no shutter, but my camera has an e-shutter and I cradled it upwards and pressed the shutter. The library is kept in near darkness to preserve the books some of which are centuries old i.e. over 500 years. Also you have limited time inside to limit the humidity from your breath, so if you visit be aware of the limitations that you will face.
Danish Museum of Art & Design (Designmuseum Danmark), Bredgade, Copenhagen, Denmark. København, Danmark.
Believe me! You can see amazing detail in ORIGINAL SIZE
These are two photos with a little variation in lighting. I let a tad more light in this shot. I could not decide which was best, so I posted both. May be we can have a contest...
Igreja de Sta.Maria
St.Mary's Church
Bragança
Portugal 2007
After taking some pics of Manhattanhenge on 07.11.14, I went to Central Park to listen to the free concert by the New York Philharmonic. The free concert is done every summer at different parks in all boroughs and in Manhattan, the NY Phil usually plays two days in Central Park. I was lucky to have been there and enjoy the free concert that night as the next scheduled date was cancelled due to the rainy weather. These are pics I took after the concert. I tried to take some decent shots of the Bethesda Terrace at night but there was a guy already there who wouldn't budge from his post. Oh well, you can see him in one of my photos. :-) It was also the night before the supermoon and I tried to get a pic or two of the large moon. But it was the reflection of the lights of the midtown buildings on The Lake that was kind of mersmerizing. I could have stayed there all night just looking at my view.
Ok, I'm taking a break from the music shots for a bit.
This is the ceiling of the House of Representatives Chamber in the Texas State Capital building.
Nikon D300 with Nikon 50mm 1.8 lens
Het museum is genoemd naar Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702-1778), een zeer rijke laken- en zijdefabrikant. Als aanhanger van de Verlichting liet hij in zijn testament opnemen dat zijn collectie en vermogen in een stichting ondergebracht zouden moeten worden. De stichting zou tot doel moeten hebben kunst en wetenschap te bevorderen.