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More Ceiling Art throughout Chatsworth.
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Visitors who knew the room in the past will find it transformed when they visit again. A replica of the original stained-glass ceiling and banks of ornately trimmed ceiling coffers, new and restored furnishings, a fresh coat of paint, and re-creations of the original bronze wall sconces give the room a warm and elegant tone.
One the absolute highlights of my visit, St Edmund's church in Southwold is one of -the most impressive parish churches in the country. Arriving late in the afternoon I was delighted to find the church still open and lose myself in its beautiful interior.
The building dates from the latter half of the 15th century and makes an assertive statement, all grandeur and civic pride on a grand scale. Great Perpendicular traceried windows punctuate the walls of the entire edifice and make it gloriously light inside (mostly plain glazed as no original glass survives and wartime bombing removed what the Victorians put in).
Within the eye is drawn to the hammerbeam roof, adorned with angels (though all are partially or wholly Victorian replacements for the originals that were mutilated by iconoclasts). The chancel beyond (structurally continuous) adds to the effect further with its ceiling painted in a heavenly shade of blue. A canopy of honour is created between the two halves with painted figures of angels, overpainted by restorers but stylistically clearly close to the original work underneath.
This ceilure of course added emphasis to the rood, long since vanished alas but the screen that supported it remains and is the most remarkable feature of the church, extending its entire width (though the screens in the aisles could be identified as separate additions). All the lower panels retain their sequence of late medieval painted figures including an unusual sequence of angels, but sadly all have been defaced by iconoclasts, most likely during the reign of Edward VI when the biggest militant purge of church artwork occurred. The quality and richness of detail however is still apparent.
The choir retains some fine medieval carved woodwork including choir stalls (the misericords are disappointingly plain designs, but the armrests feature more lively details). Ornate screens enclose this space on either side.
This vast church requires time to soak up its atmosphere and bask in its beauties, it is one of the loveliest buildings one could hope to visit and will reward any visitor to this pictureque seaside town, being generally kept open and welcoming within reasonable hours.
“I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above” ~ Bastille
Magdalen College Oxford.
Regarded by some as one of the most beautiful of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Magdalen is also one of the most visited. It stands next to the River Cherwell and has within its grounds a deer park and Addison's Walk. Magdalen College School also lies nearby. The large, square Magdalen Tower is a famous Oxford landmark, and it is a tradition since the days of Henry VII that the college choir sings from the top of it at 6 a.m. on May Morning. The college's current president, Professor David Clary FRS, was earlier a Fellow and Senior Tutor at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
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GCT, interior, rain, he Graybar Passage, if you are unfamiliar, is the hallway which connects the Main Concourse within Grand Central Terminal to the Graybar Building located on Lexington Avenue. To find it, all you need to do is look for the sign that reads, “Tracks 17 to 11 Graybar Passage”. While walking about one-half of the way down it, you will come upon an example of some wall murals that were done by WPA artists in the 1930s. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a government program started by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression and in an effort to create jobs for artists.
This mural located within the Graybar Passage is one of the last paintings remaining from the WPA effort as most were painted over during prior restorations. This work is titled “Transportation and Construction” and is by Edward Trumbull. Trumbull is most famous for another mural which he painted inside the nearby Chrysler Building. Depicted within Trumbull’s mural are various images to depict technological progress including wagons, trains and airplanes.
You probably do remember more murals, but period photographs and written accounts indicate that they were only cloud forms. The Graybar Building was built in 1926-1927 and designed by Sloan & Robertson. The artist Edward Trumbull painted an industrial panorama, four sections showing railroads, airships, telephone communication and skyscraper steelwork. Trumbull also did murals in the Chrysler Building and the Oyster Bar.
In 1927, The New York Times noted that the other ceiling panels were painted only in imitation of cumulus cloud forms, which have indeed been painted out, perhaps because later owners considered them just smudges of white. S. J. Vickers, writing in The Architectural Record, praised the main mural and regretted that Trumbull had not been retained to do all the vaults. Who's Your Hatter?
Graybar Mural: In the Graybar Passage which connects Grand Central and the Graybar building, you’ll find a mural called “Transportation and Construction”. It was created in 1931 by the same artist that did the murals in the Chrysler Building, no one quite knows why this is the only ceiling painted here.
Ceiling Artwork - I laid on the floor to shoot this photograph of the ceiling of St. Peter in Chains Church.
One of many ornately painted ceilings in the Musee du Louvre, a reminder that this amazing building was once a royal palace.
Reminds me of the Sistine Chapel ceiling , painted by the famous painter Michelangelo ... Taken inside the venetian hotel ceiling........
I may have the number wrong, but I was told that this dome was composed of something like 3,185 pieces of stained glass. During WWII, there was concern that it would be damaged by bombs. Therefore the entire thing was taken apart piece by piece, put into storage, and then restored after the war.
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The ceiling of The Core building at the Eden Project – wood, with skylights letting the light shine in past the curved wooden beams.
Dale Chihuly (American, born 1941)
Persian Ceiling
2011
Blown Glass
Artwork © 2011 by Chihuly Studio, All rights reserved.
Photograph © 2011 by Nick Benson.
"I just like the name 'Persian.' It sort of conjured up the Near East, Byzantium, The Far East, Venice- all the trades, smells, senses i don't know, it was an exotic name to me, so i just called them Persians."
- Dale Chihuly
Chihuly's Persians are among his most effective forms for installation art - mounted vertically in wall displays, incorporated in chandeliers, massed in ceilings. The rondel, a flower-like form distinguished by large size and wavy, irregular edges, is the most typical Persian. As a rule, Chihuly likes to manipulate glass as simply as possible, using few tools and molds, and allowing gravity, movement, and centrifugal force to act upon the molten material. To watch his team spin the molten disc of a Persian, then let it droop naturally into shape is to see a breathtaking display of skill and control, using minimal means.
Persian Ceiling provides a rare opportunity to completely immerse yourself in an artist's work - look up and luxuriate.
Chihuly - Through the Looking Glass
Exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
April 10, 2011 - August 8, 2011
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