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Max Broock was a real estate developer in early 20th Century Detroit. He is responsible for naming the tony Arden Park subdivision just off Woodward Avenue; he was also involved in developing the Boston-Edison neighborhood. The Arden name was supposedly inspired by the Forest of Arden mentioned in Shakespeare's "As You Like It." The Max Broock realty firm continues to this day, having been in business for more than 100 years.
This mausoleum is in the Roman Revival style with fluted Ionic columns. The entablature and pediment are practically unornamented.
The Ballarat Synagogue at 2 Barkly Street in East Ballarat, is one of the few surviving Nineteenth Century synagogues in Victoria. Designed by architect T. B. Cameron, the Synagogue was built in 1861. Situated on the Victorian goldfields, its importance was such that its first Rabbi was Av (head) of the first recognised Australian Beth Din. The gold rush brought many Jewish people to Ballarat and the first congregation was held in 1853 and for decades the local community was the largest in the Victorian colony.
The single storey building is one of the early surviving buildings in Ballarat and is important in the streetscape and townscape of the city and in the history of the area. Architecturally the structure is an interesting example of conservative Classical design, given distinction by the architectural treatment of its facade and portico. The main facade of the brick structure was corner Tuscan pilasters supporting a parapet entablature. Paired Tuscan squared columns and pilasters support the pedimented prostyle portico and the windows are roundheaded.
The interior of the building, with features such as the ladies gallery, is in very good condition. The interior seen today is the result of extensive remodeling in 1878 including notable internal use of Victorian iron lacework panels on the balconies of the gallery and magnificent ceiling fretworks from which hang impressive crystal chandeliers. Beautiful windows with blue and red stained glass panels fill the Synagogue with light. Presiding above all is a very grand arched stained glass window created in 1884, which according to legend, is made from glass taken from a 16th Century Irish mansion.
The Ballarat Synagogue at 2 Barkly Street in East Ballarat, is one of the few surviving Nineteenth Century synagogues in Victoria. Designed by architect T. B. Cameron, the Synagogue was built in 1861. Situated on the Victorian goldfields, its importance was such that its first Rabbi was Av (head) of the first recognised Australian Beth Din. The gold rush brought many Jewish people to Ballarat and the first congregation was held in 1853 and for decades the local community was the largest in the Victorian colony.
The single storey building is one of the early surviving buildings in Ballarat and is important in the streetscape and townscape of the city and in the history of the area. Architecturally the structure is an interesting example of conservative Classical design, given distinction by the architectural treatment of its facade and portico. The main facade of the brick structure was corner Tuscan pilasters supporting a parapet entablature. Paired Tuscan squared columns and pilasters support the pedimented prostyle portico and the windows are roundheaded.
The interior of the building, with features such as the ladies gallery, is in very good condition. The interior seen today is the result of extensive remodeling in 1878 including notable internal use of Victorian iron lacework panels on the balconies of the gallery and magnificent ceiling fretworks from which hang impressive crystal chandeliers. Beautiful windows with blue and red stained glass panels fill the Synagogue with light. Presiding above all is a very grand arched stained glass window created in 1884, which according to legend, is made from glass taken from a 16th Century Irish mansion.
Kolonnaden im Ruhwaldpark, Überreste des ehemaligen „Kavaliershauses“ oder Restaurationsgebäudes, Berlin-Westend, 1873
The Ballarat Synagogue at 2 Barkly Street in East Ballarat, is one of the few surviving Nineteenth Century synagogues in Victoria. Designed by architect T. B. Cameron, the Synagogue was built in 1861. Situated on the Victorian goldfields, its importance was such that its first Rabbi was Av (head) of the first recognised Australian Beth Din. The gold rush brought many Jewish people to Ballarat and the first congregation was held in 1853 and for decades the local community was the largest in the Victorian colony.
The single storey building is one of the early surviving buildings in Ballarat and is important in the streetscape and townscape of the city and in the history of the area. Architecturally the structure is an interesting example of conservative Classical design, given distinction by the architectural treatment of its facade and portico. The main facade of the brick structure was corner Tuscan pilasters supporting a parapet entablature. Paired Tuscan squared columns and pilasters support the pedimented prostyle portico and the windows are roundheaded.
The interior of the building, with features such as the ladies gallery, is in very good condition. The interior seen today is the result of extensive remodeling in 1878 including notable internal use of Victorian iron lacework panels on the balconies of the gallery and magnificent ceiling fretworks from which hang impressive crystal chandeliers. Beautiful windows with blue and red stained glass panels fill the Synagogue with light. Presiding above all is a very grand arched stained glass window created in 1884, which according to legend, is made from glass taken from a 16th Century Irish mansion.
Hi friends, so were back in Paris visiting Notre Dame de Paris, on of my very favourite pieces of Gothic architecture. This was the highlight of our trip. I'd like to complete the set I have started - these photos are a year and a half old already!
Here's some wonderful information on stained glass - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stained_glass
Notre Dame de Paris ('Our Lady of Paris' in French) is a Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
Notre Dame de Paris ('Our Lady of Paris' in French) is a Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. It is the cathedral of Paris and the seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. It was restored and saved from destruction by Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French. Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.
Notre Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress [arched exterior supports]. The building was not originally designed to include the flying buttresses around the choir and nave. After the construction began and the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher, stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. In response, the cathedral's architects built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued as such.
The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. During the 19th century, an extensive restoration project was completed, returning the cathedral to its previous state.
This is a grand mansion with lots of land surrounding it. Set well back off a tiny road, it's hard to get a great shot with all of the trees on the property.
The Prince's Palace (French: Palais Princier) is the official residence of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco and his family.
The Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice. In Italian it is called the Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice.
Its two most visible facades look towards the Venetian Lagoon and St Mark's Square, or rather the Piazzetta. The use of arcading in the lower stories produces an interesting "gravity-defying" effect. There is also effective use of colour contrasts (unfortunately, the patterns are not well shown in the illustrative photographs accompanying this article...from a distance the colours blur).
The current palace was largely constructed from 1309 to 1424, designed perhaps by Filippo Calendario. It replaced earlier fortified buildings of which relatively little is known. Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon created the Porta della Carta in 1442, a monumental late-gothic gate on the Piazzetta side of the palace. This gate leads to a central courtyard.
The palace was badly damaged by fire in 1574. In the subsequent rebuilding work it was decided to respect the original gothic style, despite the submission of a neo-classical alternative design by Palladio. However, there are some classical features, for example since the sixteenth century the palace has been linked to the prison by the Bridge of Sighs.
As well as being the ducal residence, the palace housed political institutions of the Republic of Venice until the Napoleonic occupation of the city. Venice was ruled by an aristocratic elite, but there was a facility for citizens to submit written complaints at what was known as the Bussola chamber.
For more info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge's_Palace
Sebastiano Ricci (Italian; 1659–1734). Oil on canvas, ca. 1690. J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, California.
The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on the Castle hill in Budapest, around Matthias Church. It was designed and built between 1895 and 1902 on the plans of Frigyes Schulek. Between 1947–48, the son of Frigyes Schulek, János Schulek, conducted the other restoration project after its near destruction during World War II.
From the towers and the terrace a panoramic view exists of Danube, Margaret Island, Pest to the east and the Gellért Hill.
Its seven towers represent the seven Magyar tribes that settled in the Carpathian Basin in 896.
The Bastion takes its name from the guild of fishermen that was responsible for defending this stretch of the city walls in the Middle Ages. It is a viewing terrace, with many stairs and walking paths.
A bronze statue of Stephen I of Hungary mounted on a horse, erected in 1906, can be seen between the Bastion and the Matthias Church. The pedestal was made by Alajos Stróbl, based on the plans of Frigyes Schulek, in Neo-Romanesque style, with episodes illustrating the King's life.
It was featured as a Pit Stop on the sixth season of The Amazing Race.
For more info and photos - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman%27s_Bastion
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The Lincoln Memorial is a United States Presidential memorial built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and was dedicated on May 30, 1922. The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules Guerin.
The building is in the form of a Greek Doric temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln. The memorial has been the site of many famous speeches, including Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on August 28, 1963 during the rally at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Like the gilded bronze lustres in the nave, the great Crown of Light has two levels topped with copper turrets. It was made by goldsmith Poussielgue-Rusand (1824-1889) following Viollet-le-Duc’s designs [1]. These works were created during the major restoration campaign of 1845, during which Viollet-le-Duc strived to reconstitute the gothic furniture. At the time, it hung at the crossroads of the transepts, and today the cathedral’s crown of light is being restored in the north deambulatory.
The lampesier or lampier was a circular lustre (in silver, copper, iron or wood) often very wide in diameter, bearing small oil cups with wicks, hanging from one or several chains, most often three.
When these lampiers supported a large number of cups, or sometimes wax candles, they were called crowns of light or wheels. They were entirely lit up for solemn festivals. Large churches maintained them thanks to set allocations and often considerable donations.
More ornate than simple lampiers, these Crowns were made of gilded copper and enriched with enamel, crystal balls, lacework cut-outs, and pendants designed to bring out the light’s sparkle. The medieval goldsmiths made them dazzle. Apart from the Crown of Light’s utility and its brilliance that coincides with light coming in from the Gothic windows, it expresses the mystical nature of light, giving worshipers an image of Heavenly Jerusalem and of Christ, this light shining on the world, symbolised by the orb-like circle.
Here is a photo of it hanging in the cathedral.
Brighton Town Hall
For Nick: www.flickr.com/photos/jacobjacobi2/ to illustrate his observation about looking up from the thrumming of the crowded city and, there's beauty all around us
"The Nereid Monument is a sculptured tomb from Xanthos in classical period Lycia, close to present-day Kinik in Antalya Province, Turkey. It took the form of a Greek temple on top of a base decorated with sculpted friezes, and is thought to have been built in the early fourth century BC as a tomb for Arbinas (Lycian: Erbbina, or Erbinna), the Xanthian dynast who ruled western Lycia.
The tomb is thought to have stood until the Byzantine era before falling into ruin. The ruins were rediscovered by British traveller Charles Fellows in the early 1840s. Fellows had them shipped to the British Museum: there some of them have been reconstructed to show what the East façade of the monument would have looked like."
British Museum, London
March 18, 1995
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This marble cruciform building executed in the Roman Corinthian order is truly impressive. The building was originally designed by Ammi Burnham Young, Supervising Architect of the US Treasury Building in Washington, DC. Construction was suspended until 1870 with the outbreak of the Civil War. Architect A. B. Mullet's reduced-cost plan was finished in 1879. Charleston, South Carolina
Hi friends, so were back in Paris visiting Notre Dame de Paris, on of my very favourite pieces of Gothic architecture. This was the highlight of our trip. I'd like to complete the set I have started - these photos are a year and a half old already!
Here's some wonderful information on stained glass - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stained_glass
Notre Dame de Paris ('Our Lady of Paris' in French) is a Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
Notre Dame de Paris ('Our Lady of Paris' in French) is a Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in Paris, France, with its main entrance to the west. It is the cathedral of Paris and the seat of the Archbishop of Paris. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. It was restored and saved from destruction by Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French. Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.
Notre Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress [arched exterior supports]. The building was not originally designed to include the flying buttresses around the choir and nave. After the construction began and the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher, stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. In response, the cathedral's architects built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued as such.
The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. During the 19th century, an extensive restoration project was completed, returning the cathedral to its previous state.
The historical church in Sài Gòn. It has a distinctive colonial façade and gotta love this pastel yellow of the painted color.
I helped my daughter with supervision of her Grade 5 class on June 1st to a trip to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) and to Queen's Park, home of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
My daughter has a friend who is the personal assistant to the Speaker of the House, the Honourable Steve Peters, and through his assistant, we were able to have a personally conducted tour of his personal apartment in the 115 year old building and a guided tour of the Assembly Hall. The Assembly Hall was vacant as we toured it, but the Ontario Legislature is currently in session.
Queen's Park is an urban park in the Downtown area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1860 by Edward, Prince of Wales, it was named in honour of Queen Victoria. The park is the site of the Ontario Legislative Building, which houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and so the phrase Queen's Park is also frequently used as a metonym to refer to the Government of Ontario. The property is technically owned by the University of Toronto, but was leased to the Government of Ontario in 1859 for a period of 999 years, set to expire in 2858. Queen's Park is also the name of a street and a subway station.
Please see the official site of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
History of the architecture and construction of the Legislative Assembly - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Legislative_Building
I helped my daughter with supervision of her Grade 5 class on June 1st to a trip to the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) and to Queen's Park, home of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
My daughter has a friend who is the personal assistant to the Speaker of the House, the Honourable Steve Peters, and through his assistant, we were able to have a personally conducted tour of his personal apartment in the 115 year old building and a guided tour of the Assembly Hall. The Assembly Hall was vacant as we toured it, but the Ontario Legislature is currently in session.
Queen's Park is an urban park in the Downtown area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1860 by Edward, Prince of Wales, it was named in honour of Queen Victoria. The park is the site of the Ontario Legislative Building, which houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and so the phrase Queen's Park is also frequently used as a metonym to refer to the Government of Ontario. The property is technically owned by the University of Toronto, but was leased to the Government of Ontario in 1859 for a period of 999 years, set to expire in 2858. Queen's Park is also the name of a street and a subway station.
Please see the official site of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
History of the architecture and construction of the Legislative Assembly - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Legislative_Building
Elevation of il Gesu. The principal church of the Jesuits in Rome, il Gesu was built between 1568 and 1575, to the designs of Vignola and Giacomo della Porta; and Baciccia, Antonio Raggi and Leonardo Retti (nave ceiling). The marble decoration of the nave interior is of a later date.
Today the building is completely covered by a large white tent-like structure to protect it from the elements. Restoration work continues under the tent.
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This map is particular in that it is surrounded by etchings of notable buildings, including: the General Post Office, the Marble Arch, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Waterloo Bridge, Albion Chapel, and East India House, as well as several others. Charles Dupin, on his visit many years before would not yet have seen the relatively new construction of the General Post Office, but he would no doubt have thought it a significant mark of the effectiveness of transportation in Great Britain. Of course, the French were not too far behind in their postal service, indeed, they issued the first French postage stamp, only nine years after Britain, in 1849.
Image: europeana.org