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Couple of weeks ago I spent some time in Liverpool Cathedral as the place is just beautiful. The architecture is stunning, the amount of hard work that has been put into making this building just blows me away. I shall be posting more images from my visit in the next few days.
Canon EOS 7D, Canon 17-40mm f/4, 7 Exposures.
To me this looks like a took the picture from above. Actually, I was standing on the floor and was looking up.
Day 53 of 2015. I hosted a fishbowl conversation on the "bamboo ceiling" (the disproportionately smaller percentage of Asian-American leaders in corporate America), featuring my friend, Michael Lin, who is passionate and thoughtful about these issues.
About a dozen friends and colleagues representing many different sectors sacrificed their Sunday afternoon to explore questions around leadership and equity. It was a great conversation, but it was even more fun watching my friends from all different walks of life engaging with each other and finding simple ways to support each other.
The Outer Peristyle is a large garden south of the museum. At the Getty Villa.
The Getty Villa is an art museum located about 19 miles (31 km) west of downtown Los Angeles, California. The site is built in the style of an ancient Roman palace. It houses ancient Greek, Roman and Etruscan art and artifacts dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD. Items from after 400 AD are housed in a companion museum, the Getty Center, elsewhere in Los Angeles. I visited the Getty Villa on June 20, 2015.
Heritage Days in Brussels
(Open Door)
18 September 2016
Nikon D7200
Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX-II 11-16mm f/2.8
Back to Europe for a while..
These are some more shots of my Tour to Europe in Sept - Nov 2012. I has been a while since I last saw them.. great to be able to catch up on them at last!
This was my last day of the Cosmos Tour Oct 17, 2012 Spain. I took a morning trip to Toledo from Madrid.
The Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo (Spanish: Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Toledo, Spain, see of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo.
The cathedral of Toledo is one of the three 13th-century High Gothic cathedrals in Spain and is considered, in the opinion of some authorities, to be the magnum opus of the Gothic style in Spain. It was begun in 1226 under the rule of Ferdinand III and the last Gothic contributions were made in the 15th century when, in 1493, the vaults of the central nave were finished during the time of the Catholic Monarchs. It was modeled after the Bourges Cathedral, although its five naves plan is a consequence of the constructors' intention to cover all of the sacred space of the former city mosque with the cathedral, and of the former sahn with the cloister. It also combines some characteristics of the Mudéjar style, mainly in the cloister, and with the presence of multifoiled arches in the triforium. The spectacular incorporation of light and the structural achievements of the ambulatory vaults are some of its more remarkable aspects. It is built with white limestone from the quarries of Olihuelas, near Toledo.
It is popularly known as Dives Toletana (meaning The Rich Toledan in Latin).
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Toledo
Palermo - Sicily - soffitto del gymnasium dell'orto botanico.
Palermo - Sicily - ceiling of the gymnasium of the botanical garden.
Palermo - Sicily - Het plafond van het gymnasium van de hortus botanicus
Una vecchia foto che ho trovato nel mio archivio.
An old photo i found on my archive.
Een oude foto die ik heb gevonden in mijn archief.
See where this picture was taken. [?]
il "Gymnasium", in origine era la sede della "Schola Regia Botanices", dell' "Herbarium", della Biblioteca e della dimora del Direttore.
The Gymnasium was the original site of the "Schola Regia Botanices," the Herbarium, the Library, the Directors quarters.
This is the ceiling of an old time saloon in Old Sacramento. It was very dark in there so I set the camera on its side on the table and pointed up. No flash used.
Some of the ceiling tiles have been removed in order for the construction team to have access to pipes and ductwork.
This grand Victorian Gothic catholic church is otherwise known as Erdington Abbey, and the adjoining range of school buildings in a similar style once served as the monastic complex. The church is an impressive attempt at invoking 14th century Decorated by Charles Hansom (who was 'helped' by Fr Daniel Haigh) in the late 1840s. It all feels rather Pugin, but his only role here was the design of the (Hardman) east and west windows, which are busy and heavily populated by small figures.
The interior is on the whole surprisingly light, brightened up with whitewash and richly furnished, the chancel in particular; Pevsner dismisses it as full of 'fussy and distracting detail', but I found it one of the more attractive of Victorian church interiors. An odd feature is the former south porch, which has been converted into a pretty miniature oratory complete with vaulted ceiling.
I've been here twice and found it open on weekdays, always with an atmosphere of hushed quietness and usually one or two people in meditation in a side chapel. It's very much a place to tiptoe round quietly, but a pleasant one nonetheless.