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Está considerado el primer ayuntamiento de España al serle concedido en 824, siendo por entonces parte del Reino de Asturias, la primera carta puebla otorgada.
Munio Núñez concedió la Carta Puebla a sus súbditos dotándoles de derechos. Les concedió el libre uso de todo en el valle con dos únicas condiciones: dar parte de ese uso al que quisiera venir a poblar el valle; y abonar al conde la mitad de la paga que se cobrara a los de las villas cercanas que hubieran apacentado sus ganados en estos terrenos. A cambio, los pobladores de Braña-Osaria estarían exentos de vigilancia militar y del servicio en los castillos cercanos.
Así nació el Fuero de Brañosera, la primera carta puebla, fechada el 13 de octubre del año 824, que constituye formalmente la primera organización administrativa local, el germen de los actuales ayuntamientos.
A partir del año 860 queda bajo el señorío del conde Rodrigo formando parte del Condado de Castilla, zona fronteriza erizada de fortalezas que protegía la entrada de los invasores sarracenos.
En épocas posteriores los habitantes de Brañosera confirmaron su fuero, al menos, en dos ocasiones. En el año 912, lo hizo Gonzalo Fernández de Burgos, reforzando esos fueros en la villa que fundara su abuelo el conde Munio Núñez. Y en el año 968, los habitantes de Brañosera volvieron a confirmar sus fueros ante Fernán González —hijo del citado Gonzalo Fernández de Burgos—. Después, parece ser que también se confirmaron en el año 998 ante Sancho García.
" Je pêche parce que j’aime pêcher; parce que j’aime les lieux – toujours splendides – où vivent les truites, et que j’abhorre ceux – invariablement laids – où vivent les gens. Je pêche pour toutes les publicités télévisées, tous les cocktails et autres pince-fesses auxquels cette activité me permet d’échapper. Je pêche parce que, dans un monde où les hommes semblent pour la plupart passer leur vie à faire des choses qu’ils détestent, la pêche est pour moi à la fois une inépuisable source de joie et un petit acte de rébellion; parce que les truites ne mentent ni ne trichent et qu’elles ne se laissent pas acheter ni corrompre ni impressionner par une quelconque démonstration de pouvoir. Parce qu’il n’est que dans les bois que je puisse goûter la solitude sans me sentir esseulé. Parce que peut-être qu’un jour j’attraperai une sirène. Enfin, je pêche non pas parce que je considère cela comme quelque chose de si terriblement important, mais parce que je soupçonne la plupart des autres préoccupations des hommes d’être tout aussi vaines - et rarement aussi plaisantes." (Robert Traver)
I consider street photo one of the most difficult styles of photography as your subject is constantly changing. You are not capturing a bridge or a river or a colorful fall forest. You are capturing moments from the city, an urban scenery, you are capturing expressions of random people while they are not posing for you, people doing their every day thing. So quite often I am trying to focus on something static on the street, something that caught my eye and then wait until the "right people" get into my frame. I think I got lucky on this one, as it felt like these 2 guys were just leaving the area after not finding what they were looking for (404 error, web administrators may get the joke). Picture taken at Little Five points, in Atlanta, GA.
Shurik'n - Samouraï
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Κατα τη γνωμη μου η φωτογραφια δρομου ειναι ισως το πιο δυσκολο ειδος φωτογραφίας καθως το θεμα σου αλλαζει συνεχως. Δεν φωτογραφιζεις μια γεφυρα, ενα ποταμι η ενα πολυχρωμο δασος το φθινοπωρο. Στη φωτογραφια δρομου το θεμα ειναι οι στιγμες σε μια πολη, ενα αστικο σκηνικο, οι εκφρασεις τυχαιων ανθρωπων που ομως δεν ποζαρουν για σενα, τυχαιοι ανθρωποι που κανουν καποιες κινησεις ρουτινας. Ετσι συχνα προσπαθω να εστιασω σε κατι στατικο, σε κατι που τραβηξε την προσοχη μου και επειτα να περιμενω μεχρι οι "σωστοι ανθρωποι" να μπουν στο καδρο μου. Νομιζω σταθηκα αρκετα τυχερος εδω αφου οι 2 αυτοι τυποι εμοιαζαν να απομακρυνονται απο την περιοχη αφου δεν βρηκαν αυτο που εψαχναν (σφαλμα 404, οι web admins μαλλον θα πιασουν το αστειο). Η φωτογραφια τραβηχτηκε στην περιοχη Little Five points στην Atlanta της πολιτειας της Georgia.
Photographed on April 21st 2018. The Eastern Phoebe is a bird that many bird watchers consider their early spring return (& not the American Robin) as one most reliable signs of spring’s arrival.
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You know that feeling you get where you want to be left alone. You dont want to have anyone ask anything of you and you only want to have to consider yourself for once. Well I get that now and then because my life is so busy and I got what I wanted on Monday when everyone was off doing their own thing and I was left alone overnight ALL ON MY OWN. And it was great.....for about an hour ;-)
Habrá quien considere ridículo llamar hermano a un perro, pero para mí lo eras, te quería y te quiero igual y tu muerte me ha dolido en el alma, pero no podía ser de otra manera, no había esperanza. Tu vida ha sido larga y feliz, de eso no me cabe duda, como un rey, siempre correteando por el campo ó la playa, elegantemente vestido con tu arnés rojo, comiendo cosas ricas y rodeado de cariño. Siempre estarás cerca de nosotros. Agur querido Araitxu.
Considerado uno de los hoteles más hermosos del mundo, el Palacio de Buçaco se yergue imponente en el seno del Bosque de Buçaco. Diseñado por el escenógrafo Luigi Manini, este edificio deslumbrante es una recreación de la arquitectura manuelina, inspirada por obras como la Torre de Belém o el Monasterio de los Jerónimos y reproduciendo su decoración rica en detalles. Grandes nombres del arte portugués, como Norte Júnior, Carlos Reis o Jorge Colaço, están vinculados a la estructura y la decoración del edificio, convertido en uno de los hoteles más emblemáticos en el país, una extraordinaria arquitectura que combina a la perfección con la exuberancia del bosque.
Considero il mondo per quello che è: un palcoscenico dove ciascuno deve recitare la sua parte.
(William Shakespeare, Il mercante di Venezia)
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El Hawa Mahal (en español: 'Palacio de los vientos') es un palacio de la ciudad de Jaipur en la India. El palacio fue construido en el año 1799 por el marajá Sawai Pratap Singh y fue diseñado por Lal Chand Usta. Forma parte del Palacio de Jaipur.1 Servía como extensión de la zenana o cámara de las mujeres destinada al harén. La función original del edificio era la de permitir a las mujeres reales observar la vida cotidiana de las calles de la ciudad sin ser vistas.
El palacio tiene cinco pisos, los dos superiores un poco más estrechos, lo que le confiere una cierta forma piramidal. Está construido en arenisca roja y rosa, con incrustaciones realizadas en óxido de calcio. La fachada que da a la calle tiene un total de 953 pequeñas ventanas. El viento que circulaba a través de ellas le dio nombre al palacio. Este viento es el que permitía que el recinto se mantuviera fresco incluso en verano.
El Hawa Mahal no está rodeado de jardines como suele ser habitual en los palacios indios sino que se encuentra en el centro de una de las principales calles de la ciudad. La estructura exterior del palacio recuerda a la cola de un pavo real, animal de gran simbolismo en la India. No hay escaleras que lleven a los pisos superiores a los que se accede mediante rampas. Está considerado como el máximo exponente de la arquitectura rajput. Aunque en la actualidad se conserva poco más que la fachada, el palacio se ha convertido en el símbolo de la ciudad de Jaipur.
When building a castle, access to sufficient water is one of the most important points to consider.
The builders of Ryzmburk Castle in Bohemia certainly took this into account. And so they diverted water from a spring directly into the castle. You can see this access point here. I am quite sure that this spring was one of the main reasons for building the castle in exactly this location.
Even after more than 700 years, the water is still flowing. To me, as a layperson, this looks like good planning.
Wenn man eine Burg baut ist der Zugang zu ausreichend Wasser einer der wichtigsten Punkte, die es zu berücksichtigen gilt.
Das haben natürlich auch die Erbauer der Burg Ryzmburk in Böhmen bedacht. Und so haben sie das Wasser einer Quelle direkt in die Burg umgeleitet. Diesen Zugang seht Ihr hier.
Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass diese Quelle einer der Hauptgründe war, die Burg exakt an dieser Stelle zu bauen.
Auch nach mehr als 700 Jahren fliesst das Wasser noch immer. Das sieht für mich als Laie nach einer guten Planung aus.
Se considera una de las zonas más bellas y agradables de la isla de Madeira, tal vez por ofrecer al visitante un poco de todo: hermosos paisajes, clima agradable, playas fabulosas, una naturaleza única, condiciones fantásticas para actividades deportivas.
Caniço es muy solicitado por los turistas que visitan Madeira, ya sea en verano o en invierno. Se aprecia como un lugar de diversión, pero también como un lugar de descanso. Uno de los puntos fuertes es la Reserva Natural Parcial de Garajau. Es la única reserva marina exclusiva en el país, que debido a su riqueza biológica extraordinaria y sus aguas azules y cristalinas ofrece condiciones inigualables para las prácticas de snorkel y buceo.
Más allá de la playa de Garajau (donde se recomienda una visita al mirador y la estatua de Cristo Rey), las playas de Galo y Reis Magos (muy popular para practicar surf) son otros fabulosos lugares para disfrutar de fantásticas inmersiones.
Dotado con buenos servicios de hoteles y restaurantes, Caniço combina hoy su aspecto más moderno con el lado rural de la zona y tiene en la agricultura, sobre todo en la producción de cebolla, una actividad agrícola importante.
Finalizamos 2019 con el que considero que ha sido el tren del año y la mejor persecución de mi vida de momento (o rallye como les mola llamarlo a algunos, que por cierto también participaron). No será el más exclusivo ni el más importante, pero si es cierto que ha sido sin lugar a dudas uno de los más bonitos de los que ha circulado por la geografía turolense, valenciana y conquense y todo en el mismo día.
Espero que en 2020 pueda estar más activo, que este año he estado más centrado en otras cosas de mi vida que no haya sido el ferrocarril, aunque, nunca se pierde lo que a uno de verdad le gusta.
Sin más, desear un feliz 2020 a todos los más allegados de este mundillo y que la sigamos liando en las cazas como este año, que no seremos exclusivistas, pero la unión y la compañía que tenemos es brutal y es lo que pienso que más vale, al fin y al cabo, la excusa de salir de casa, son los trenes. Hasta otra!
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Muy bello pueblo medieval ,considerado entre los màs bellos de Francia, antiguo feudo de los condes de Turenade .Aparece aquì ,en medio de un frondoso y apacible campo lleno de castaños y nogales.
Es para disfrutar este pintoresco encanto y sus famosas piedras de arcilla roja .
Nos encontramos en Francia, en la región de Lemosín, departamento de Corrèze, en el distrito de Brive-la-Gaillarde y cantón de Meyssac.
Communauté de communes des Villages du Midi Corrézien
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Praia do Rosa, considerada uma das 30 baías mais bonitas do mundo e a Praia da Vila, que além de beleza encantadora, formado por ilhas próximas uma das outras e trilhas como a Trilha Ecológica do Farol, possui uma das maiores e melhores ondas do Brasil para a prática do surf, e foi palco principal do WCT - campeonato mundial de surf, de 2003 a 2010.
Praia do Rosa fica no município da Logoa de Ibiraquera no Estado de Santa Catarina Brasil. A Lagoa de Ibiraquera, também chamada de Barra de Ibiraquera ou simplesmente Ibiraquera, está localizada no município de Imbituba, no estado brasileiro de Santa Catarina. A Praia de Ibiraquera , que localiza-se em seu território, é considerada uma das melhores praias do país para a prática dos esportes windsurf e kitesurf, e recebe anualmente campeonatos brasileiros das duas categorias. A Lagoa de Ibiraquera também é famosa pela pesca do camarão rosa (Penaeus brasiliensis) e pela preservação ambiental, já que faz parte da Área de Preservação Ambiental (APA) da Baleia Franca
Punta San Vigilio è considerata la "Portofino del Lago di Garda".
La bellissima penisola, di proprietà dei Conti Guarienti di Brenzone, fa parte del Comune di Garda, in provincia di Verona.
Una visita a Punta San Vigilio è assolutamente da non perdere se ci si trova di passaggio sul Lago di Garda sponda orientale.
Si può decidere di raggiungere Punta San Vigilio sul Lago di Garda per fare una bella e romantica passeggiata partendo da Garda, oppure per passare una giornata nella bellissima spiaggia Baia delle Sirene (a pagamento), per vedere l'eleganza della Villa Guarienti, la Chiesetta, la locanda storica, il porticciolo, il Parco.
Oppure si può andare alla Punta San Vigilio per ammirare il tramonto sul Lago di Garda in uno dei più belli scorci che il Garda regala.
San Vigilio è da sempre stata considerata una penisola splendida, meta di importanti ospiti, come il Re di Napoli, Winston Churchill, il principe Carlo di inghilterra, Laurence Olivier e molti altri.
Considéré comme l'un des plus beaux de France, le grand orgue de la cathédrale d'Amiens est composé de trois claviers (Positif de dos basé sur une Montre de 8', Grand Orgue basé sur une Montre de 16' et un Bourdon de 16', Récit expressif basé sur un Quintaton de 16') et d'un pédalier (basé sur un Bourdon de 32'). Les claviers ont une tessiture de 56 notes et la pédale compte 32 notes.
La tribune du grand orgue est construite chêne, et repose sur de culs-de-lampe.
En 1429, sur l'initiative d'Alphonse Lemire, valet de chambre du roi Charles VI, une certaine somme est réunie grâce à des dons pour qu'un grand orgue soit construit dans l'immense nef de la cathédrale. Cet instrument, achevé en 1431, était tenu pour le plus grand orgue du royaume de France. De cette époque subsistent la tribune, le soubassement du buffet et certains montants supérieurs.
Des traces du vieux buffet gothique sont toujours visible à l'intérieur du meuble.
La chiesa di Santa Maria di Castello può essere considerata un simbolo della storia urbana di Alessandria; viene indicata, infatti, come luogo più antico della città in assenza del polo religioso per eccellenza: l'antica cattedrale di San Pietro del XII secolo demolita su ordine di Napoleone Bonaparte nel 1803. La chiesa è situata nella omonima piazza e insieme costituiscono il cuore di Borgo Rovereto, antico quartiere del centro storico di Alessandria. Castrum Roboreti, o più semplicemente Roboretum, così erano gli antichi nomi latini, già curtis regia nell'VIII secolo, fu uno degli otto insediamenti che contribuirono alla fondazione della città di Alessandria nella seconda metà del XII secolo. La costruzione della chiesa va posta in relazione con le dinamiche dell'insediamento e del popolamento del borgo Rovereto, sede di mercato, presso il ponte sul Tanaro, difeso dal castrum fortificato. A tal proposito ci viene in aiuto Girolamo Ghilini: «Vogliono similmente alcuni, che questo Castello fosse nel medesimo sito, dove à nostri giorni si vede il Convento con la Chiesa de' Canonici Regolari sotto il titolo di Santa Maria, che perciò fu chiamata del Castello». All'interno di questo primo nucleo e del suo polo religioso, si incrociano privilegi reali, pretese di gruppi nobiliari e diritti di diocesi vicine. Riguardo al castello associato al nome della chiesa, non esiste nessuna documentazione iconografica attendibile, se non tarde immagini convenzionali con schematiche visioni di edificio "turrito". Nel periodo tra il X e l'XI secolo i "castelli" consistevano, per lo più, in rozze cerchie difensive ed è verosimile che la chiesa fosse parte integrante del tessuto fortificato da terrapieni e palizzate. Fonte: Wikipedia.
This frame i consider to fit most aspects I wanna have i a shot! I shot with wide angle, used polar filter, had adhessives on the filter for more glowing effects, shot in an incredible light atmospheric Ambient! The is sun us setting, the golden hour is at maximum! The shot is HDR, it isn‘t AI. Some masking was done to Set the illumination in a good peaked equlibrium. I hope you enjoy!
Given the opportunity to consider this shot, gave rise to thoughts of time. Have you ever pondered it and tried to explain time? Or listened to those who attempt to do so? Typically. the defining term becomes one of direction. Time appears to move only forward, unlike the other elements that constitute our universe.
As a companion, its meaning lead me to compose this image. Headstones for leading lines, and a tree branch to frame them. This photos purpose is related to the mysteries of time, its "direction", and the enigma that lay ahead.
Summer season on the railway brings track work to much of the CN system. On a warm August morning the L522 transfer has a healthy cut of ballast loads on the head end as it crosses the North Saskatchewan River. The 3 SD's on the head end are the regular power for the transfer, and I still consider myself very lucky to have this to shoot on any given day.
When your self-esteem is on the ground, and you consider yourself inferior to others, remember that you were the cleverest sperm.
if you consider yourself a walking graffiti encyclopedia, stay the fuck away from me please! haha fuckin fags.
I am not going to do anything with you: not if you mean by that “do something to you” without your leave. We might do some things together. I don’t know about sides. I go my own way; but your way may go along with mine for a while. …
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A fine day in the forest today with an old friend, talking and catching up, balancing rocks, taking photos and talking with Ents
Riverside ~ Time Travellers
(Pomatorhinus ferruginosus ferruginosus)
Ngoc Linh
Vietname
If we consider the parameters (f/6.3, 1/30s, and ISO10000), we should be able to get an idea of the dimness existing when this photo was taken.
The photography in Vietnam was very technically demanding because the hides, set up in the middle of the forest, while allowing excellent proximity to the birds on one hand, also presented terrible lighting conditions.
However, it was still preferable to photograph with a dull sky than when there were some rays of light penetrating in certain spots, as most of the time it reflected on the leaves, which became almost perfect mirrors, making it impossible to obtain decent photos.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Vietname (2022) (206)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Timaliidae (Timaliídeos) (26)
- All the photos for this species Pomatorhinus ferruginosus (4)
- All the photos taken this day 2022/12/04 (1)
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SAN VICENTE DE LA BARQUERA, EN UN DÍA LLUVIOSO Y DE TORMENTAS.
PUENTE DE LA MAZA
Comenzó a construirse en piedra en el S.XV, sobre otro anterior en madera del S.VI, que en su época con 32 arcos, era considerado el mayor puente del Reino.
El puente nuevo data de la época de Carlos III.
Hay mas información en google, pero como ya he subido bastantes fotos del lugar, no me extiendo.
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Patrimonio de la humanidad por la UNESCO.
La tumba de NEFERTARI está considerada como la Capilla Sixtina de Egipto.
Relieve en la tumba.
¡Aunque parecen bicicletas, no son bicicletas!
Dicen que RAMSÉS II tuvo al menos 152 hijos e hijas, evidentemente no con su mujer Nefertari, si no con multitud de esposas reales, esposas secundarias y concubinas.
Al morir Nefertari, RANSÉS II se casó con su hija HENUTTAUY
¡Cosas de la historia!
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OTRO PEQUEÑO CUENTO PARA EL DÍA DE LOS REYES MAGOS
-Siéntate nieto y cuéntame de pe a pa, dónde tienes los regalos de Reyes Magos de tus hermanos que tenía guardados a buen recaudo en él sótano.
-No sé de qué me hablas, abuelo.
-Pues hablo que mires la hora que es y tus hermanos no paran de preguntar.
Les engaño diciéndoles que con estas nieblas se habrán despistado los Reyes, pero que llegaran en cualquier momento.
-Mira abuelo, te voy a ser franco, si yo no tengo el SCALEXTRIC aquí ni dios tiene regalos, que se joda Pablito sin su bicicleta, ni Carlitos con su nuevo EXIN CASTILLOS.
Ajo y agua, abuelo.
-Hablas igual que un arriero, parece mentira que vayas a un colegio de pago.
Te recuerdo Alfonsín, que fui durante muchos años lanzador de cuchillos en el circo ATLAS de los Hermanos TONETTI y te podría dejar ese cuerpecito igual que un colador.
O mejor, te doy un par de bofetones y me cantas “La Parrala” de Doña Concha Piquer y luego de propina, “Dos Gardenias “de Antonio Machín.
-Abuelo, no pido más que un Scalextric.
-Deja los regalos donde estaban y te prometo que mañana tienes tú SCALEXTRIC, chantajista.
-Vale, pero sin artimañas de última hora, que te conozco, abuelo.
Y ahora una canción – All I want for Christmas Is you.
La iglesia parroquial de Tortonda es uno más de los ejemplos que nos ofrece el románico rural de Guadalajara. En este caso anclado el caserío dentro de lo que geográfica e históricamente se consideran tierras del Ducado de Medinaceli. El pueblo nació en tiempos de la repoblación del siglo XII, en torno a alguna antigua torre redonda que le prestó el nombre: Tortonda, torre redonda. De inmediato comenzó la construcción del templo parroquial, situado aislado del caserío, y en su parte más alta.
De la antigua construcción, hoy solamente queda la galería del norte, plenamente románica, del siglo XIII en su primera mitad. El resto del templo fué reedificado en el siglo XVI, formando una sola nave alta, con remate de crucero, presbiterio y un añadido para sacristía detrás de éste. Sobre el crucero surge una gran linterna ochavada, y encima del primer tramo de la nave, se levantó la gran torre de las campanas, que ocupa toda la anchura del edificio, y que se remata en una terraza almenada, recordando como sin querer a las torres de la catedral de Sigüenza, edificio matriz que indudablemente ejerce una notable influencia estilística.
Esa influencia de la iglesia mayor seguntina se traduce en Tortonda no sólo en la torre de las campanas, almenada como si fuera una fortaleza defensiva, sino en varios detalles de la parte románica que aún queda. El atrio de este templo está abierto al norte, lo cual es una excepción en la ordenación habitual de las iglesias medievales. Solamente las de Baides y Carabias entre las hoy existentes ofrecen esta característica.
El atrio de Tortonda, aunque restaurado en parte hace años, todavía necesitado de una definitiva actuación dignificadora, ofrece una estampa evocadora y bellísima. Tal como vemos en el esquema adjunto, que hicimos en nuestro reciente viaje a la villa, aparece una galería de siete arcos, siendo el central más ancho y alto, abierto hasta el pavimento, para servir de ingreso al recinto. A sus lados, separados de él por jambas anchas, se abren cuatro arcos semicirculares que apoyan en breve moldura, en capiteles y columnas que a su vez descansan sobre pétreo basamento.
Los arcos están afirmados por doble columnata y, por lo tanto, por doble línea de capiteles. Estos son magníficos, de tema vegetal, muy estilizados, ofreciendo en diversos modos racimos de hojas de acanto que en las esquinas rematan en volutas, tallados con gran limpieza y elegancia. Una parte de estos arcos, concretamente dos del lado derecho, están ocultos todavía por las reformas posteriores, que consistieron en la construcción, en su lugar, de una puerta, obra del siglo XVI, semicircular con arquivolta externa de bolas. También tenía un ingreso este atrio por su cara oeste, pero hoy está tabicada. Es por ello que decimos, que aún le queda al templo parroquial de Tortonda algunos arreglos que le dejen en condiciones de ser admirado como merece.
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-Artificial intelligence “image generators” give everyone the opportunity to be creative, and thanks to their abilities, millions of people have this experience. But there is confusion and new questions. As the artistic prowess of artificial intelligence emerges, it raises questions we haven't encountered before about what it means to be human. Some consider AI products to be works of art, while others object. I evaluated the facts analytically in terms of art philosophy and wrote my ideas in this article.
Below is the article I wrote about art, artist concepts, can artificial intelligence make art, analysis of human art and artificial intelligence products.
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AN ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE "ART" ADVENTURE OF HUMANS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The concept of "art" is the field of creativity, the only feature of being human. As the artistic prowess of Artificial intelligence emerges in a fast-moving world, it raises questions we've never encountered before about what it means to be "human". What kind of a period will "art", which is the result of human concepts such as existence, society, communication, subconscious, emotions, imagination, intuition, love, sensitivity, impulse, instinct, dream, originality and of course, creativity, enter into a period with Artificial intelligence (AI)? With its revolutionary technology that will change production, thinking, lifestyles and the future, will artificial intelligence, which is designed to replace people in other fields of activity, be more creative than humans in the field of art and reach the competence to challenge the artist?
According to Hegel, art carries the spirit of the artist, who is transferred to matter and likens matter to himself. Well, since the products created by machines without a soul today are not generated by an artist, can they carry spirit and meaning?
For years, computer technology has already made an impact and contribution to visual arts with image technologies such as vector, bitmap, 3D, CGI as a tool that creates, processes and changes the image. Today, many smart image generators such as Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Craiyon, Midjourney, Nightcafe Ai, etc. are software systems that can statistically evaluate themselves over large datasets containing millions of images, train themselves, and produce new images that are not included in the original dataset. Not just images, AI is already being used in other branches of the arts to create music, poetry, sculpture, stories, articles and films.
There are many new questions and concepts such as whether the products created by a system that has human skills but is not human are real works of art, whether programmers and machines will be accepted as artists, whether AI products can be included in the broad and general definition of art. Although there are objections, acceptances, doubts, different opinions, it has been met with great interest by the majority.
First of all, it is necessary to talk about the concepts of “Art” and “Artist”. In its most general definition, art is a reflection of the human mind and cultural evolution, an expression of creativity, way of thinking and imagination. The artist, on the other hand, is the one who makes art with the awareness of "being human", humanizes and shapes life, and realizes the phenomenon of art with action. The artist combines facts with aesthetic elements from a different point of view and records them in social memory. Behind his creative works lie deep stories of man, his age and society. He uses his imagination, patience, enthusiasm and self-sacrificing efforts to embed his passions, memories, dreams, imaginary and abstract ideas, symbols, philosophy and his inner world, the dynamics of the era and society he lives in, with aesthetic expressions. The process of creating the artist's art is complex and difficult, while filtering everything he is affected by and incorporating it into his works. He feels both sadness and happiness most deeply, and experiences his anxiety and pleasure at the highest level.
Art originates from life and human beings and belongs to humans. “Art is an object made by man for man. “ (E.H.Gombrich, The Story of Art) This is a very accurate definition and “Art” is based on a human-made phenomenon that takes its source from the human artist and seeks meaning with its historical, social accumulation and imagination; existence occurs in the unity of human, artist, meaning, aesthetic object and aesthetic taste. In this respect, there is a deep bond of existence between man, art and work of art that complements each other.
The artist searches for the meanings behind artistic intentions and desires and vital phenomena. Since AI is not a living, emotional being, it lacks imagination, the reality of its external world, and the qualities of being human. Unfortunately, those who claim in advance that the products of AI are art, underestimate the artist who realizes the thousands-year-old deep source of art and the artistic production process, and find it unnecessary to question the artist's effort and necessity. Decisions made by those who do not know the depth of the creative process, without entering the enthusiastic world of an artist, are in favor of accepting and affirming AI products without questioning them. We see that the capitalist world, which wants to benefit from the stimulating effect of the trade created by AI products, has great expectations to use this situation in its favor and turn it into money.
The production process of AI is formed by the combination of computer, programmer, data, algorithm, output, aesthetic taste of the receptive subject. Since AI does not perform its actions by focusing on aesthetic values, aesthetic harmony and meaning, the output it produces is only a sensory, aesthetic value uncertain, non-essential, formal object. Because it lacks the subjective point of view and the values of the special creation process in the mind of an artist. The software, which does not take its source from the human mind, does not have emotions, and produces from ready-made data, has the potential to produce likeable outputs. It can even produce outputs, albeit rare, that, by chance, can give aesthetic pleasure and cause emotional and artistic excitement in people. Again, it is the receptive subject himself who adds artistic value to such an output with his artistic disposition, education and dreams. Because, while the output is devoid of a communication basis, an expression to be conveyed and has no artistic value, the perception style, psychological orientation and point of view of the receptive subject who establishes the communication raise the output to the value of an object that gives aesthetic pleasure. The receptive subject participates in the process with its level of perception of the object, aesthetic judgment and creativity, and needs the qualities of its own self and visual capacity. With a subjectivist attitude, he takes the artistic value not from the object but from his own psychology, customizes the object with his own emotions and attributes a meaning to the output. What makes the output of AI valuable is not the qualities of the aesthetic object formed by the activity of an artist, but the way of seeing of the receptive subject.
The work of art is a human creation, the creative subject is the artist. The artist produces by adding meaning to his work, and the visible form has a meaning integrity, a unity of form and content. In his work, the artist formally expresses a reality about life in his work. That is, the meaning is not added after making the work, and the meaning exists as a substance in the mind of the artist before the work takes shape. In the work, the expression to be conveyed without communicating with the receptive subject is already present and ready; all this is hidden in the work as a reality and waits to be seen by a competent receptive subject. This is the process of discovery of the work of a spirit that repeats the aesthetic creation formed in the artist's soul. The receptive subject, who judges the output of artificial intelligence, lacks the pleasure and effort of creating, perceiving and recreating the expression level of the artist, that is, the human being. Because understanding and making sense of a work of art requires an effort like the creativity of the artist.
E.H. “We cannot hope to understand a work of art if we do not have the ability to share that sense of liberation and triumph that the artist has over his finished work,” says Gombrich.
We see that while art is realized with the connection of the artist, the work (aesthetics) and the receptive subject (aesthetic interest), the process in the AI product takes place with the connection of data, algorithm, object (sensory) and receptive subject (aesthetic interest).
Human art is the aesthetic relationship between man and objective reality and includes artistic reality. Its source is life, human, society, created by the artist, it focuses on the whole process and is holistic. It is based on the reproduction of the aesthetic values that the artist brings to the object by the receptive subject, the connections and interaction with the aesthetic judgment. It is directly and tightly connected to human practice, society and social life. The work of art is personal, original, and the artist has a compositional knowledge and skill that will require much more than repetitions, different blending and attachment techniques in AI output. In a way that takes its origins from life and focuses on the soul and meaning, art considers beauty as a unity of values. Like artificial intelligence, it focuses not only on the result, but also on the whole process, and this is what we need to distinguish.
Although AI is capable of creativity, this does not mean that it is an artist. Likewise, neither a programmer nor an algorithm is an artist. Because their production is outside of the vital, emotional, spiritual and meaning integrity we have explained above, they produce automatically and with commands. The algorithm does not create the object by considering artistic values, qualities and concerns, that is, the algorithm is not aware that it is dealing with art, so it is not conscious of reality. It scans the database and generates predictive compositions with the ability to fuse, add, subtract, associate and learn.
Artificial intelligence products can only be at the limit of the general definition of art. The creation process is automatic and is not identical with human art with the layers of existence it has; the source, formation and result are realized by a completely different method. Therefore, it is a phenomenon of experimental production that, although it is ostentatious and surprising, is not competent, imitates art as a form, its essence is incomplete, although it gives the impression of art.
Based on the context of reality, the search for meaning, the layers of existence and the social source of life, it would be appropriate to call it "Human Art" because it represents human beings, and "Artificial Intelligence Art" because it is created by codes. Because we cannot see artificial intelligence, which enters art as a separate actor, as if it is making productions of the same value as human beings and art. What makes human art valuable is that it tells its own story and the struggle for existence with the accumulation of thousands of years of creation process.
As AI enters more and more scientific, everyday and artistic and human fields, we have to make the rules, boundaries and definitions of human domain, arrangements, positioning and criticisms that include what human being is, to remain "human". The important thing is to create and place concepts that will preserve the depth, value, originality, creativity and freedom of the human domain. While doing this, we should determine the roles by defining the field that artificial intelligence, that is, the machine can have. For this reason, the categorical distinction was made as "Human Art" and "AI Art" because it was based on codes. To make both the same, to say that both achieve similar goals in different ways, is a disrespectful, unfair approach to art and the artist and should be objected to.
Of course, AI will enable artists to create new and original products through collaborative work as a resource to benefit from. With artificial intelligence in artistic creation, the artist can expand his creativity, get inspired, try new things, and also think of artificial intelligence as a collaboration tool. Even if the artist is involved in the creation process of the products created by this collaboration, even if he has the initiative, the use of AI based on the source codes will bring about discussions.
The approach to artificial intelligence products will also mean the sincerity exam of people. The artist and no one should not escape easily, and try to show stolen ideas or directly as his own work. It should not make an effort to reflect worthless products as if they are valuable.
Deciding whether the output has value and the quality of its connection with the art means reaching the big problem area in art. A wide variety of factors should be taken into account while making an aesthetic interpretation. Knowing who the work belongs to is also a factor that will affect our decision. Interpreting a work that is not clear by whom it was generated may cause exaggeration or vice versa, underestimation and incompleteness. Evaluating an object as artistic and beautiful is relative (apart from reconciliation with assumptions that make aesthetic judgment general and based on common feeling) and is difficult, but this is a mysterious and normal state of art.
Artificial intelligence will be an encouraging and supportive force with its ease not only for artists, but for everyone. In addition, the copyright problem of the entries that make up the database should be solved, and the rights of the artist and everyone else who does not want to be in the database should be respected.
It should never be forgotten that; The importance of painters and painting did not decrease with the invention of photography, the transformation of smart phones into talented cameras did not turn everyone into a photographer, AI cannot turn anyone into miraculous and fantastic artists, nor transfer talents.
While the subject is being discussed, painting is generally focused on because of its popularity. But how do we react when AI produces an image with details and visual quality indistinguishable from a real photograph? Especially when we compare it with documentary photography, the situation will become more complicated. At this stage, the values shaped in our aesthetic, emotional and imaginary world, which we judge the paintings, will not be enough. We will need to ask whether the photograph is based on objective reality, and we will build our judgmental values after the definition of reality. Because, as a document, that photograph is real, it reflects the state of the world while connecting the lived past to the future, it has a place and a story, it is direct, it is a human and social memory and transfers it to other generations. The photograph created by AI has no story, it only depicts unreal scenes with automatic editing, and the composition is created only with the ability to imitate. Such a photograph will not go beyond an image that only arouses technical admiration before the viewer. For this reason, I think that unmanipulated and documentary photography will become more valuable in the future. Because it will never lose its value as a tool that reflects reality and directly reflects events.
Can you consider William Turner's painting "The Slave Ship" separately from the historical, social, reality of the outside world and the dynamics of the artist's inner world? This painting is not just a painting, it is a work that has meanings far beyond the painting. Now let's imagine that a similar picture is generated by artificial intelligence. Even if pictorial values, light and composition are used appropriately, what historical, artistic, cultural, emotional value can it have? In other words, in the background of art, there are stories of life and a context, while artificial art has nothing to tell, it is a storyless phenomenon that is disconnected from the context of reality, as a product of a system under the control of virtual codes, and has no history.
In today's society, communication habits have changed, the world of possibilities has grown, and even magicalized. AI "image generators" give everyone the opportunity to be creative, and thanks to their amazing ability, they make this experience available to millions of people. Even a child who has learned to read and write can accidentally create remarkable products in front of his computer. It does not make anyone who can write keywords to the computer and who does not have artistic personality and creativity an artist and does not include them in art. Millions of people are attracted to this attractive game without age limit and are entertained by its amazing and strange results, as if they have achieved a magical power. It is more accurate to call them "experimental participants". It is a fact that outliers, complex, uncertain, surreal, mystical, imagination-stimulating images attract a lot of attention. Friedrich Schiller and his theory that art is a game come to mind. But in his theory, Schiller meant real art. Besides, art is a much more complex phenomenon than play.
Although the outputs are strange, unencountered, interesting and attractive, as they multiply uncontrollably in the internet environment, they have a high potential to turn into habitual, valueless, artificial, ordinary objects.
It is human beings who will stand against the destructiveness of technology and protect humanity. Being human, despite your shortcomings, is unique. Do we have the human intelligence, virtue, honesty, will, courage and plan to use the future to be a better human being “together” and to create a world based on beauty and equality? While AI becomes human, we never want a role change where people become automatic, ineffective and robotic.
Man interprets and makes sense of life with his art, resists against time, and transfers his relationship with life to the art environment in freedom with his searches and discoveries. Art is formed in reality through "labor" by the artist. All innovations and technological changes should never be allowed to trivialize art and artists. Because Artificial Intelligence lacks the human touch, love, impulses and, in short, a life.
Einstein said, "The criterion of being intelligent is not knowledge but imagination," and reconciling human imagination with intelligence.
Akil Alparslan / 01 2023
Una carga considerable
Los granos de polen que trasladan las abejas pueden llegar a representar el 30 % de su peso
Para el desarrollo del trabajo los científicos capturaron 20 ejemplares de abejas melíferas y examinaron sus patas con imágenes de alta resolución cuando regresaban a las colmenas, ya que además de transportar el polen entre las plantas, las abejas también se quedan parte de los granos para obtener alimento.
Tras el hallazgo los expertos sugieren ahora la posibilidad de diseñar polinizadores artificiales con el objetivo de favorecer la reproducción de las plantas con flor, imprescindible para el mantenimiento de la vida en la Tierra.
La eficiencia de las abejas melíferas recae no sólo en su condición física, sino también en el hecho de que visitan solamente una especie de flor en cada uno de sus viajes, en los que recogen la cantidad suficiente de polen para su propio alimento y también para las necesidades del grupo en el que viven. En un solo día pueden visitar miles de flores de una misma especie, recogiendo el néctar y el polen y esparciendo largo y tendido los granos.
Fuente: Natural
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Situada en pleno Camino de Santiago, Frómista es referente obligado en el románico español por su iglesia de San Martín de Tours. Fue construida en la segunda mitad del siglo XI en un estilo románico considerado ejemplar, por lo que su apariencia exterior es característica de ese período, destacando en su parte frontal las dos torres cilíndricas enmarcando la fachada principal y el cimborrio octogonal elevado sobre el crucero.
Considerado como uno de los mejores jardines de Japón, Ritsurin Koen está en la ciudad de Takamatsu . El jardín tiene 6 estanques y 13 colinas ajardinadas.
they toil not
they spin not
and yet Solomon
in all his glory
was not arrayed
like one of these ...
swooned over eight years ago on this glorious third of July in the Secret Garden.
I consider myself very lucky to have a willing victim of my photographic exploits. My hubby, Ron Harper and I have been married for 10 years now and still loving it. I asked him to sit for a portrait session today to commemorate the moment.
Por muchos está considerado como el más hermoso y espectacular de los edificios de la ciudad de Guadalajara. Aún siendo un edificio, un conjunto de edificios modernos (solo en 2016 cumplirá su primer centenario), puede calificarse como de una portentosa obra de arquitectura que a muchos que lo visitan (especialmente llegados desde fuera de Guadalajara) les parece el mejor de sus monumentos.
Doña María Diega Desmaissières y Sevillano, condesa de la Vega del Pozo, marquesa de los Llanos de Alguazas, y duquesa de Sevillano, tenida por la mujer más acaudalada de España en su época (finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX) quiso crear en esta ciudad donde residió muchos años un enorme conjunto de edificios que sirvieran para acoger a jóvenes huérfanas, dándoles educación y mantenimiento. Y al mismo tiempo construir un enorme panteón donde reposaran los restos de sus padres y demás familia.
Para construir algo tan grande, y espectacular, llamó al mejor arquitecto de la época, el burgalés Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, de exquisita consideración en sus edificios respecto a la utilización de elementos y formas de la arquitectura clásica hispana. Así se levantó el edificio principal de la “Fundación San Diego de Alcalá, en el que resaltan su fachada orientada al norte, con un enorme escudo nobiliario de la comitente, y un patio/claustro central en revival románico, que asombra a cuantos lo ven.
Añadió una iglesia preciosa, dedicada a la tía de la duquesa, Santa María Micaela del Santísimo Sacramento, en revival mudéjar con impresionantes decoraciones, que hoy sirve de parroquia al barrio en que asienta, y finalmente, aislado en medio de jardines, el suntuoso mausoleo o panteón que es el que se describe y estudia en este libro.
El cronista Herrera analiza brevemente la biografía de la constructora y sus relaciones familiares. Luego presenta el conjunto de edificios que construye para alojo de jóvenes, y que finalmente terminó siendo ocupado por religiosas adoratrices. Y se entretiene en la descripción pormenorizada del edificio del panteón, señalando las obras de arte más importantes de su interior (el altar con pinturas de Alejandro Ferrant, el grupo escultórico de la cripta de Angel García Díaz), mosaicos, mármoles tallados, capiteles, mil cosas que revelan un espacio luminoso, colorista y deslumbrante.
I always consider the banking pose for birds in flight the "money shot" after which I'm satisfied and ready to pack up and head home.
Special thanks to my buddy for tipping me off to these guys. We used our vehicle as a blind and stayed very still until the owls started passing close by. They are entertaining to watch with their bouncy, moth-like flight pattern.
Our patience was rewarded and we came away with many great sequences.
I look forward to observing this species for the remainder of the season before they head North to their breeding grounds.
Species: Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Location: California, USA
Equipment: Sony A9 III + Sony FE 200-600mm
Settings: 1/1250s, ISO: 3200, f/6.3 @600mm, Handheld
Edificio de 1883 construido por Emile Commander. Esta considerado como uno de los mejores restaurantes de los Estados Unidos. Desde 1974 es propiedad de la familia Brennan.
Conocido por la galardonada calidad de su comida y su ambiente agradable, la historia de este famoso restaurante ofrece un vistazo al pasado histórico de New Orleans y ha sido el destino favorito de la cocina alta criolla y el encanto caprichoso de Louisiana. Ganador de siete Premios de la Fundación James Beard, el restaurante se ha convertido en una leyenda culinaria.
Cuando Ella, Dottie, Dick y John Brennan se hicieron cargo de la supervisión personal del restaurante en 1974, comenzaron a darle un nuevo aire al espléndido ambiente antiguo, tanto por dentro como por fuera, incluyendo la pintura exterior del icónico "Commander's Blue".
Un desfile constante de chefs de renombre (Emeril Lagasse, Paul Prudhomme, Jamie Shannon y ahora Tory McPhail) han convertido al Commander's Palace en el restaurante de clase mundial de lo que es hoy y su cocina de alta criolla de vanguardia refleja lo mejor de la ciudad.
Reflexiones cristianas | Cómo considerar el propio deber (Español Latino)
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Dicen que “los que tienen cerebro mandan sobre los que tienen músculos” y la mayoría de las personas aspiran a destacar y ser admiradas. El protagonista de este vídeo no es una excepción. Titulado universitario, tras descubrir la fe en Dios siempre quiere llevar a cabo deberes en la iglesia que le permitan destacar y ganarse el aprecio de los demás. Cuando le mandan deberes comunes y corrientes, se molesta y se vuelve negativo, siente que su estatus y prestigio han quedado dañados y es incapaz de someterse. ¿Cómo descubre al final el origen de su sufrimiento gracias a las palabras de Dios? ¿Y cómo reconoce los problemas de sus puntos de vista sobre la búsqueda y logra aceptar con serenidad cada deber que le asignan? Si a menudo tú también te encuentras atrapado en este tipo de sufrimiento, mira el relato de las experiencias del protagonista para que veas cómo lo superó.
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Why do you worry? Don't even think about your raiment. Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
[Matt 6:28; Luke 12:27]
The dry mix of Douglas fir, arbutus, and Garry oak ecosystem makes for good white fawn lily habitat. These flowers prefer dry open forests and meadows and they are plentiful on the more open west side of the Vancouver Island. On the east side their numbers were fewer, possibly due to the thick cover of snowberry bushes: islandnature.ca/2012/04/white-fawn-lilies-at-pipers-lagoo...
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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