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Count Friedrich wears typical German armour of the mid-14th century: knee cops, thigh defences (note the rivets), mail chausses, a shortened surcoat, plate gauntlets, a coat-of-plates with chains connecting his arms and a bascinet with a camail and a loose-hanging nasal.
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Fluxus boxes were intended as non linear narratives to be handled, touched, performed, disseminated, destroyed, reassembled, counted and reconfigured.
Just as cinema montage and music had learned, the orchestration of symbols, visions and other sensorial components was able to create novel scenarios. Interactivity and tangibility created a state of continuous recombination, multiplying interpretation and cognitively activating people, who became part of the artwork while handling, imagining and communicating. The connection with the ordinary flow of life created new dimensions in the world: stratified, recombinant and engaging.
In occasion of the 50 years of FLUXUS we have decided to research on this wonderful form of expression, both for the innovation it has provided in the arts and for its connection with many of the mutation processes that are going on with contemporary humanity and their ability to experience media, communicate and interact.
At the event Mercoledì da NABA series of events, on December 15th 2010, we will hold a workshop/performance in which we will build a Fluxus Box using Augmented Reality and other cross-medial techniques and technologies.
The ojective will be to research on the Fluxus Box approach, and to appy it at a “meta” level. The objects contained in the box will be tools through which the experience of multiple Fluxus Boxes will be holdable, remixable, juxtaposable, recombinable, enacting a meta-performance encompassing possibly infinite remixed reenactments of Fluxus performances, experiences and events.
The box we will produced will be donated to the NABA, and the custom software that will be created for the occasion will be released under a GPL2 licensing scheme, so that it will be usable by artists, students and practitioners worldwide, in a further level of the performance.
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The fellow in the purple fez is Count Smokula, a regular at the Doo Dah Parade. I had tried to snap a photo of him and the genie (magician? wizard? fortune teller?) but they were surrounded by photographers and videographers for much of the parade. I finally managed to capture this shot with my long lens but I never got them full-frame. I would have loved to get a full view of those shoes!
And you say you had a bad day? It's a good thing you can duck if it hits the fan!
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The seal is attached to a document of 1302 in which the count settles a dispute regarding goods in the village of Kortessem that were granted to the Commandery of Alden Biesen.
Arnold V of Loon is depicted in full panoply of an early 14th century knight.
Note the sword being attached to Arnold’s body by a chain, possibly indicating a coat-of-plates worn over the hauberk and under the surcoat. The shield’s guige hangs around the count’s neck. Ailettes are worn on the back (!) of his shoulders. The crest, in the shape of a wyvern, is also worn on the horse’s head. Note the very large mantle falling down from the great helm’s crest. Such mantles were common (at least on seals) during the late 13th and early 14th century.
The coat of arms of Loon, ‘barry of 10 Or and gules’, is depicted on the shield, saddle and caparison of the horse.
The Chiny coat of arms of ‘gules crusily fitchy two barbels addorsed Or’ is also present on a small shield, which can be seen just above the sword.
Another seal of Arnold of Loon, attached to the Charter of Kortenberg of 1312 can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/40586500623/in/album-72...
Pictures taken at the exhibition "Limburg tussen staf en troon, 1000 jaar graafschap Loon" in Alden Biesen Castle, Bilzen, province of Limburg, Belgium (October 26th 2018 - March 10th 2019).
Federal Chancellery (1, Ballhaus square 2, identical to Löwel street 2-4). Instead of an Imperial Meierhof (which stretched in the area of today's Ballhaus square and Löwel street, a Pfisterei (bakery) is mentioned already 1347) was 1717-1719 on order of Charles VI built by the imperial court architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (architect Christian Alexander Oedtl) a representative building for the Secret/Effective (Austrian) Court Chancery at that time (bordering the Court Hospital in the north). The foundation stone was laid on 13 September 1717.
Court Chancery
The Court Chancery had until then been lodged in a tract of the Hofburg. It was the counterweight to the Imperial Chancery, led by the Imperial Chancellor (see Imperial Chancellery of the Hofburg). The foreign policy department, established from 1705 under the auspices of the Hofkanzlei under Sinzendorf (Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf (26 December 1671 – 8 February 1742) was an Austrian diplomat and statesman who for nearly four decades served as Court Chancellor responsible of foreign affairs of the Habsburg Monarchy), received the name Staatskanzlei in 1719.
When Maria Theresia united the former Austrian and Bohemian Court Chancellery in 1749 into a joint administrative authority responsible for both groups of countries, the new "Directorate" moved into the former building of the Bohemian Court Chancery (Jewish Square - Wippling street), this designation is already listed around 1770 on the Huber plan), the house on Ballhaus square was assigned to the Staatskanzlei (later German Federal Foreign Office) for the sole use. State Chancellor was 1753-1792 Wenzel Anton Count Kaunitz (starting from 1764 Reichsfürst/Princes of the Holy Roman Empire von Kaunitz-Rietberg), especially after the death Franz' I (1765) this one had a great influence on the government business (especially with regard to his opposition to Prussia and his alliance with France).
Secret Court Chancery according to Salomon Kleiner, 1733 (detail) (pictures are clickable by activating the link at the end of page!).
Hofkanzlei with its small garden on Löwel Bastion, above it the Paradeisgartel (Tomato garden), on the left the Amalienburg (detail from the Huber-Plan, published 1773).
The Staatskanzlei with the surroundings 1824. Above the Löwel Bation with the bastion garden belonging to the Staatskanzlei. The state chancery bordered the Minorite Monastery.
Conversion by Pacassi
From 1764 to 1767, the building on order of Maria Theresa was modified and extended by her Court Architect Nikolaus Pacassi. The main facade (Ballhausplatz) (however, apart from the altered roof and the missing attic statues) still corresponds to the construction of Hildebrandt. The extension served mainly the accommodation of the office and the establishment of an archive in which Maria Theresia, in particular, housed the Austrian and Lorraine state and house documents as well as the Hungarian and Bohemian state certificates (house, court and state archive). At that time the house of Hiernonymus Reichsfreiherr/Imperial Baron of Scalvinioni (at that time the supervisor of the court buildings) opposite the front, placed in front of Amalienburg, erected and expanded yet 1700, was also abolished, thus giving us the present floor plan of the Ballhausplatz.
Ballhausplatz 2, former Secret Court and State Chancery, c. 1850
The "Ballhausplatz" in the era of Metternich experienced great events (1810-1848 State Chancellor): the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), the Police State before 1848, but also the tumults of the revolution of 1848 and the passing of Metternich. During his term of office happened the reconstruction of the wing at Löwel street (1821) and renovations (1826) The interior of the building is still predominantly from the 19th century as far as architecture is concerned. 1881-1882, the Löwel street wing was extended to Metastasio alley, 1900-1903 (after the demolition of the Court Hospital and the Minorite Monastery) it came to the construction of the House, Court and State Archives (plans of Otto Hofer), adjoining the Federal Chancellery.
Use by the Republic
From November 1918, the building was the seat of the government formed by the "Provisional National Assembly for German-Austria", led by Chancellor Dr. Karl Renner.
Ballhausplatz 2, 1., Ballhausplatz 2 (c. 1941)
War Damages on the Federal Chancellery (1946)
From 1920, the ministerial council meetings were held here. In 1922, the Federal Chancellery also moved from its original seat in Palais Modena (now the Ministry of the Interior), so that both the Federal President (Wing in Löwel street) and the Federal Chancellor and the Foreign Minister in this building officiated. On July 25, 1934 during the National Socialist coup attempt, Federal Chancellor Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss in the Chancellor's Office was murdered.
After the "Anschluss" a kind of liquidation office of the "Austrian provincial government" was quartered in the house, while Reichskommissar/Reich Commissioner Gauleiter/district leader Josef Bürckel resided in the parliament. It was not until his successor, the former Reichsjugendführer (highest paramilitary rank of the Hitler Youth), and now the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter/Reich Lieutenant Baldur von Schirach, as the Federal Chancellery was chosen as his office. On September 10, 1944, the building was damaged by bombs (destruction of the former Chancellor's room).
After the Second World War, the Federal Chancellery was once again the seat of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Government, which also meet here for the ministerial council meetings (the Federal President is in the Leopoldine tract of the Hofburg). The Federal Chancellery has been restored and partially reconstructed (such as the stucco ceiling of the stairwell). The reconstruction was completed on 20 February 1950.
The most important rooms on the main floor: the large reception hall ("Congress Hall") is located above the main entrance, on the left (corner Löwel street), the former small dining room (today the Gray Corner Hall). Afterwards follow the great dining room (today Council of Ministers hall) in Löwel street, the library, the study of Metternich and the audience room. On your right (corner towards Minorite square) lies the Blue Conference Hall (today Marble Corner Room), alongside follow the Green Reception Hall (later Yellow Salon and Study of the Chancellor), the Column Hall (today the working room of the Chancellor) and (again on the corner) the meeting room (today study of the Head of Cabinet, in the direction of the House, Court and State Archives still follow the sleeping room of Metternich (today reception hall).
Bundeskanzleramt (1, Ballhausplatz 2, identisch mit Löwelstraße 2-4). Anstelle eines kaiserlichen Meierhofs (der sich Im Bereich des heutigen Ballhausplatzes und der Löwelstraße erstreckte; eine Pfisterei (Bäckerei) wird schon 1347 erwähnt) wurde 1717-1719 über Auftrag Karls VI. vom kaiserlichen Hofarchitekten Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (Baumeister Christian Alexander Oedtl) ein repräsentatives Gebäude für die damalige Geheime (Österreichische) Hofkanzlei erbaut (das im Norden an das Hofspital angrenzte). Die Grundsteinlegung erfolgte am 13. September 1717.
Hofkanzlei
Die Hofkanzlei war bis dahin in einem Trakt der Hofburg untergebracht gewesen. Sie war das Gegengewicht zu der vom Reichsvizekanzler geleiteten Reichshofkanzlei (siehe Reichskanzleitrakt der Hofburg). Sie im Rahmen der Hofkanzlei unter Sinzendorf ab 1705 aufgebaute Außenpolitische Abteilung erhielt 1719 den Namen Staatskanzlei.
Als Maria Theresia 1749 die bisherige Österreichische und Böhmische Hofkanzlei zu einer gemeinsamen, für beide Ländergruppen zuständigen Verwaltungsbehörde vereinigte, zog das neue „Direktorium" in das ehemalige Gebäude der Böhmischen Hofkanzlei (Judenplatz - Wipplingerstraße) ein, und das Haus am Ballhausplatz (diese Bezeichnung ist bereits auf dem Huber-Plan um 1770 eingetragen) wurde der Staatskanzlei (später Auswärtiges Amt) zur alleinigen Benützung zugewiesen. Staatskanzler war 1753-1792 Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz (ab 1764 Reichsfürst von Kaunitz-Rietberg), der besonders nach dem Tod Franz' I. (1765) auf die Regierungsgeschäfte großen Einfluss nahm (vor allem hinsichtlich seiner Gegnerschaft zu Preußen und seiner Allianz mit Frankreich).
Geheime Hofkanzlei nach Salomon Kleiner, 1733 (Ausschnitt).
Hofkanzlei mit dem zugehörigen kleinen Garten auf der Löwelbastei, darüber erkennbar das Paradeisgartel, links die Amalienburg (Ausschnitt aus dem Huber-Plan, erschienen 1773).
Die Staatskanzlei mit Umgebung 1824. Oberhalb die Löwelbastei mit dem zur Staatskanzlei gehörigen basteigarten. Die Staatskanzlei grenzte an das Minoritenkloster.
Umbau durch Pacassi
1764-1767 wurde das Gebäude im Auftrag Maria Theresias von ihrem Hofarchitekten Nikolaus Pacassi verändert und bedeutend erweitert. Die Hauptfassade (Ballhausplatz) entspricht jedoch (abgesehen vom veränderten Dach und den fehlenden Attikafiguren) noch heute dem Bau Hildebrandts. Die Erweiterung diente vor allem der Unterbringung der Kanzlei und der Einrichtung eines Archivs, in welchem Maria Theresia insbesondere die österreichischen und lothringischen Staats- und Hausurkunden sowie die ungarischen und böhmischen Staatsurkunden unterbringen ließ (Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv). Damals wurde auch das der Front gegenüberliegende, der Amalienburg vorgelagerte und noch um 1700 aufgestockte beziehungsweise ausgebaute Haus des Hieronymus Reichsfreiherrn von Scalvinioni (damals Oberinspektor der Hofgebäude) abgetragen, sodass sich der uns heute geläufige Grundriss des Ballhausplatzes ergab.
Ballhausplatz 2, ehemalige Geheime Hof- und Staatskanzlei, um 1850
Der „Ballhausplatz" erlebte in der Ära Metternich (1810-1848 Staatskanzler) große Ereignisse: den Wiener Kongress (1814/1815), den vormärzlichen Polizeistaat, aber auch die Tumulte der Revolution 1848 und die Verabschiedung Metternichs. Während seiner Amtszeit kam es zu einem Umbau des Trakts an der Löwelstraße (1821) und zu Renovierungen (1826). Die Ausstattung des Gebäudes im Inneren stammt noch heute überwiegend aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, soweit es sich um die Architektur handelt. 1881/82 wurde der Löwelstraßenflügel des Gebäudes bis zur Metastasiogasse verlängert, 1900-1903 kam es (nach dem Abbruch des Hofspitals und des Minoritenklosters) zum Bau des an das Bundeskanzleramt angrenzenden Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchivs (Pläne von Otto Hofer).
Nutzung durch die Republik
Ab November 1918 war das Gebäude Sitz der von der „Provisorischen Nationalversammlung für Deutsch-Österreich" gebildeten Regierung, die von Staatskanzler Dr. Karl Renner geleitet wurde.
Ballhausplatz 2, 1., Ballhausplatz 2 (um 1941)
Kriegsschäden am Bundeskanzleramt (1946)
Ab 1920 wurden hier die Ministerratssitzungen abgehalten, 1922 übersiedelte auch das Bundeskanzleramt aus seinem ursprünglichen Amtssitz im Palais Modena (heute Innenministerium) hierher, sodass schließlich in der Ersten Republik im Gebäude sowohl der Bundespräsident (Trakt in der Löwelstraße) als auch der Bundeskanzler und der Außenminister amtierten. Am 25. Juli 1934 wurde während des nationalsozialistischen Putschversuchs Bundeskanzler Dr. Engelbert Dollfuß im Kanzleramt erschossen.
Nach dem „Anschluss" quartierte sich im Haus eine Art von Liquidationsstelle der „österreichischen Landesregierung" ein, während Reichskommissar Gauleiter Josef Bürckel im Parlament residierte. Erst sein Nachfolger, der vorherige Reichsjugendführer und nunmehrige Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter Baldur von Schirach, wählte das Bundeskanzleramt zu seinem Amtssitz. Am 10. September 1944 wurde das Gebäude durch Bomben beschädigt (Zerstörung des früheren Kanzlerzimmers).
Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde das Bundeskanzleramt wieder Amtssitz des Bundeskanzlers und der Bundesregierung, die hier auch zu den Ministerratssitzungen zusammentritt (der Bundespräsident amtiert im Leopoldinischen Trakt der Hofburg). Das Bundeskanzleramt wurde wiederhergestellt, teilweise (wie etwa die Stuckdecke des Stiegenhauses) auch rekonstruiert. Der Wiederaufbau war am 20. Februar 1950 abgeschlossen.
Die wichtigsten Räumlichkeiten im Hauptgeschoß: Über dem Haupteingang liegt der Große Empfangssaal („Kongreßsaal"), links (Ecke Löwelstraße) der ehemalige Kleine Speisesaal (heute Grauer Ecksalon), dem in der Löwelstraße der Große Speisesaal (heute Ministerratssaal), die Bibliothek, das Arbeitszimmer Metternichs und das Audienzzimmer folgen; rechts (Ecke zum Minoritenplatz) liegt der Blaue Gesellschaftssaal (heute Marmorecksalon), daneben folgen der Grüne Empfangssaal (später Gelber Salon und Arbeitszimmer des Bundeskanzlers), der Säulensaal (heute Arbeitszimmer des Bundeskanzlers) und (wiederum an der Ecke) das Sitzungszimmer (heute Arbeitszimmer des Kabinettschefs); in Richtung Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv folgt noch das Schlafzimmer Metternichs (heute Empfangsraum).
Kapelle
Im Zuge des Pacassischen Umbaus wurde 1767 eine über zwei Geschoße reichende Kapelle errichtet. Als der überkuppelte hohe Raum 1818 durch eine Zwischendecke geteilt wurde (um ein Bibliothekszimmer zu gewinnen), verschoben sich die Proportionen. Das ursprüngliche Altarbild „Heiliger Nepomuk vor Maria" (1741) kam 1821 nach Gerasdorf (dort verschollen).
The highly detailed effigy of count Gottfried IV von Arnsberg (+1371), made around or shortly after his death by the 'Master of the St. Peter Portal Apostle'.
The armour depicted shows the typical German style of the years between 1360 and 1380: a diverse combination of much mail and plate (or cuir bouilli), an already globose breast of the coat of plates, a jupon, and retention chains. By 1380 full plate for the limbs would become generally more adopted, a trend that started much earlier in England and France.
The count wears (Westphalian/North Western German) armour of the 1360s:
- a rounded bascinet with a camail attached by vervelles on a very decorative band
- a jupon with edges ending in trefoils, probably worn over a coat of plates, depicting the Arnsberg arms: the eagle being 'canting arms', a pun on the Middle Low German word for eagle. 'Arend' is still the present-day Dutch word; 'Adler' being the High German word.
- three retention chains for the sword, dagger and great helm are attached to the breast
- a hauberk with three-quarter sleeves and a skirt ending in four points (front, sides, behind)
- a decorative hip belt; the bronze dagger and sword are more recent replacements
- splinted vambraces (similar to www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/8602415024/in/album-721... ), worn under the mail sleeves, and early hourglass gauntlets
- rerebraces, attached by points, which are apparently typical for Western Germany/Westphalia; compare to those seen in the almost contemporary Osnabrücker Altar: www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/51117835883/in/album-72...
- plate (?) cuisses made up of two parts, the upper part ending in a toothed edge
- poleyns with early wings worn over those cuisses and mail cuisses as well (?) (the edge is visible), which are worn over mail chausses with narrow indented greaves (similar to the rerebraces)
- narrow sabatons on the feet and rowel spurs
Note the crested tournament helm (with an eagle and hearts) on the sides of the tomb.
Kidding of course, even when we were there we didn't try to count the bison and that would be just the kind of thing we normally would do... Utah State Parks says the herd numbers between 550 - 700 animals. Take away a few for the ones off screen here and the ones we we saw elsewhere and that's ... a lot of bison. Made us wonder what the west must have looked like long ago before we got here when the herds numbered in the hundreds of thousands.
I wish I could have gotten the sound of the grunting better, that's one thing that really added to the experience of seeing them. A lark sparrow and a few meadowlarks made it into the audio before the plane flew over so that's something, but I wanna go back and keep trying until I get it all in!
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June 23rd, 2013 - 44 Quiet Nights, Day 25 - Woke up near Causey Reservoir east of Ogden, Utah with the intention of revisiting one or both of the Cottonwood canyons but it was so cold last night we changed our minds and detoured to try for a campsite and a shower and a quick warmup on Antelope Island. Maybe we could add a few more bison to the trip...
This is the Apponale Tower in Riva del Garda. It has nice views of the town.
It has 165 steps (didn't count them), but I went all the way up to the top of it.
Thought entry was free (got confused with a under 16 and over 65). Which means from 16 to under 65 you have to pay €1 to go up it.
As you can see it has stunning views of Riva del Garda.
In Italian is it La Torre Apponale.
The Apponale Tower
Riva from above. Climbing the Apponale Tower. A really special view of a really special place.
Each of the 165 steps leading to the top of the Torre Apponale brings you closer to the sky. The tower, challenging the massive body of the fortress, reveals the geometric designs of the squares below. Climbing the tower you will experience the thrill of entering its interior, the excitement of the ascent, the dizzying emotion of reaching the summit, the surprisingly breath-taking view.
The Apponale Tower is first mentioned in the archives of the town in 1273 , and it certainly pre-dates this. L. A. Banuffaldi claims that it was the "keep of a fortification that defended the port". It is so named because it faces towards the 'Ponale' , south west of the port.
It is 34 metres high, and the town's bell, called the 'Ranga' which was cast in 1532.
Right on the top is a weather-vane, with an image of an angel with a trumpet, known as Anzolim de la tor, which has become the symbol of Riva.
(Taken from the sign outside the tower)
I've now gone around the outside rim at the top of the tower (near the columned barrier). Views all around the tower. Amazing.
View of Piazza Catena from the tower. Can also see Hotel Europa from up here.
View of the rooftops.
Houston Texas Sesame Street Live musical ELMOS GREEN THUMB Elmo find a new home for Sunny the sunflower February 8 2009 Bert Big Bird Ernie Oscar the grouch Grover Cookie Monster Zoe Rosita Count Von Count Abby Cadabby Telly Baby Bear Prairie Dawn Grundgetta Honkers
Rhyming text that repeats and is predictable introduces families of animals. It starts with one animal and builds to a family of 10 animals. Animals that live in a meadow are presented which includes: turtle, red fox, robin, chipmunk, honeybee, beaver, frog/pollywogs, owl, spiders and rabbits.
At the end the musical score for singing this as a song and all the lyrics are printed.
The illustrations are lovely and unique. Some are full colored and others are pencil-gray with a yellowish color.
Multiply the quantity of graves in this photo by 250 to equal the quantity of covid-19 deaths in U.S.A.
Photo taken on Memorial Day morning in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Saint Louis County, Missouri.
Since returning, the jet lag is killing me....even counting sheep doesn't seem to help! www.jenniferreynolds.ca
Protect The Results COUNT EVERY VOTE RALLY at McPherson Square at 15th and I Street, NW, Washington DC on Wednesday evening, 4 November 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Elvert Barnes PRESIDENTAL ELECTION 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/Election2020
Elvert Barnes COVID-19 Pandemic / Part 3 / Fall 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/CV19Fall2020
Elvert Barnes Wednesday, 4 November 2020 DAY AFTER THE ELECTION docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/4November2020
Caring Counts: Ambassador Winant and the Special Relationship. A lecture by Ambassador Matthew Barzun at the US Embassy London, 7 December 2016.
I love the rest stops in the U. S. They are plentiful, clean and usually picturesque. This one is at Santiam Oregon which is about eight miles north of Albany. It is almost 11 and we had been on the road for about eight hours. We stopped for breakfast just outside Portland for an hour. The weather has turned beautiful but there is still snow on the ground. In this photo you will see a homeless woman leaning against the wall. When I saw her it really struck me how fortunate I was to be on this holiday. Most people in our crowded world don't get a chance ever to leave the place they are born in. I gave her twenty dollars, wished her a good day and send a silent prayer of thanks. Then I skipped back to the car with a song in my heart!
Recently, radio commentator Rush Limbaugh said that cutting taxes to US president Obama is like the Holy Cross to (Count) Dracula. US recovery hinges on providing tax cuts to create employment helping lift poverty. Former president Bush wanted to cut taxes for rich business owners.
I practiced my panning technique with the cyclists racing in the Boxing Day time trial this week.
1/30 at f20.
I give up on this winter........lolol......I can count on one hand how many clear days we've had this winter. A warm winter means lots of clouds.
From last winter.......a house finch on a clear winter day..........I've seen just one lonely female this year.
I wonder if the warm weather is causing many of our winter visitors to stay put in their northern climes this year.