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Happy Holga accidents can also show the city-country relationship well. This is Il Duomo, that architectural marvel of Firenze, and this is also the olive orchard behind Carlotta and Giovanni's house in the hills above Firenze. Grazie a un incidente con la mia Holga, habbiamo questa foto bizzara che mostra la relazione tra la cita e la campagna. C' i Il Duomo e gli arbori di oliva fuora di la casa di mia amica, Carlotta in le colline di Firenze.
Details best viewed in Original Size.
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Museum of the Works of the Cathedral) in Florence, Italy is a museum containing many of the original works of art created for the Cattedrale di Santa Maria dei Fiore, the cathedral (Duomo) and the Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of Saint John) in Florence. The museum is located just east of the Duomo, near its apse. It opened in 1891, and now houses what has been called "one of the world's most important collections of sculpture".
The Penitent Magdalene is a wooden (white poplar) sculpture of Mary Magdalene by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello, created around 1453-1455. The sculpture was probably commissioned for the Baptistery of Florence. The piece was received with astonishment for its unprecedented realism. The Penitent Magdalene is currently housed in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence.
Additional information may be obtained at Museo dell'Opera del Duomo or at Penitent Magdalene (Donatello).
Il Duomo is on the left of the photo. I've included versions of this scene; the other uses HDR. Which do you prefer?
The Basilica di San Lorenzo (Basilica of St Lawrence) to the center right.
Situated at the centre of the city’s main market district, and the burial place of all the principal members of the Medici family from Cosimo il Vecchio to Cosimo III. It is one of several churches that claim to be the oldest in Florence; when it was consecrated in 393 it stood outside the city walls.
For three hundred years it was the city's cathedral before the official seat of the bishop was transferred to Santa Reparata. San Lorenzo was also the parish church of the Medici family.
Another photo from the Duomo in Milano from my trip earlier this week. This one is shot from the roof of this amazing building, there are so many details - unbelieavable!
Milan , Italy
* Length: 157 metres (515 feet)
* Width at transept: 92 metres (302 feet)
* Internal width of nave: 16.75 metres (55 feet)
* Internal height of nave: 45 metres (148 feet) (second highest vaulted nave in the world)
* Height of nave columns: 24.5 metres (80 feet)
* Height of central octagon: 65.5 metres (215 feet)
* Height of spire: 106.5 metres (350 feet)
* Dimensions of apsidal windows: 20.7 x 8.5 metres (68 x 28 feet)
* The Cathedral can hold 40,000 people.
* Location: [show location on an interactive map] 45°27′51″N, 9°11′27″E .
Drawing in Siena....I had tried doing watercolours earlier in the week, but realising I was hopeless, stuck with the photography thereafter!
Doesn't everyone have shots of these coin-operated binoculars in their photostreams? I hope mine offers a slightly different perspective on these oft-photographed objects. This one can be seen atop the dome of Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. Its "observation deck" offers a grand 360 degrees view of the city and the surrounding hills. Some views that can be had are shown in the outtakes below.
The Abbazia-Lazzari Capel, with the painting of the Redeemer by Sante Prunati inside Il Duomo in Verona.
Verona’s Duomo was consecrated in 1187, having been built on the site of an ancient Christian structure, and has served as one of the city’s many centres of religious devotion ever since.
It has been worked on for almost all of its 825-year history, with major restoration carried out in the 15th and 16th centuries and the bell tower added in 1927.
The interior is a mixture of architectural styles, from Romanesque in its lower levels to Gothic the higher up you go, which each chapel has its own individual feel.
There is a grand organ and artwork by the likes of Titian and Falconetto decorating the interior.
The Duomo is part of a larger cathedral complex with the churches of San Giovanni in Fonte and Sant’Elana, the latter built roughly over the location of a fourth-century basilica.
Recent restoration has involved the restoration of the frescoes and the lighting system.
Milan , Italy
* Length: 157 metres (515 feet)
* Width at transept: 92 metres (302 feet)
* Internal width of nave: 16.75 metres (55 feet)
* Internal height of nave: 45 metres (148 feet) (second highest vaulted nave in the world)
* Height of nave columns: 24.5 metres (80 feet)
* Height of central octagon: 65.5 metres (215 feet)
* Height of spire: 106.5 metres (350 feet)
* Dimensions of apsidal windows: 20.7 x 8.5 metres (68 x 28 feet)
* The Cathedral can hold 40,000 people.
* Location: [show location on an interactive map] 45°27′51″N, 9°11′27″E .
The Abbazia-Lazzari Capel, with the painting of the Redeemer by Sante Prunati inside Il Duomo in Verona.
Verona’s Duomo was consecrated in 1187, having been built on the site of an ancient Christian structure, and has served as one of the city’s many centres of religious devotion ever since.
It has been worked on for almost all of its 825-year history, with major restoration carried out in the 15th and 16th centuries and the bell tower added in 1927.
The interior is a mixture of architectural styles, from Romanesque in its lower levels to Gothic the higher up you go, which each chapel has its own individual feel.
There is a grand organ and artwork by the likes of Titian and Falconetto decorating the interior.
The Duomo is part of a larger cathedral complex with the churches of San Giovanni in Fonte and Sant’Elana, the latter built roughly over the location of a fourth-century basilica.
Recent restoration has involved the restoration of the frescoes and the lighting system.
The Florence Cathedral's octagonal-shaped, Brunelleschi-engineered dome has an average internal diameter of about 144 feet (44 m), making it slightly larger on average than the circular dome of the Pantheon of Rome, which had been the world's largest dome since antiquity. "Brunelleschi's Dome" was completed in 1436 and was world's largest dome until the late-19th Century; it remains the world's largest brick and mortar dome.
Photoshop contest - Week 238 ~ Gable
source by : Lamerie
cathedral by : Fouad GM
scaffolding by : tilo driessen
texture by : pareeerica
6/365 Photo Manipulations Project
The Pillars of the Earth
The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in Kingsbridge, England. It is set in the middle of the 12th century, primarily during the time known as The Anarchy, between the time of the sinking of the White Ship and the murder of Thomas Becket.
I pilastri della terra
I pilastri della Terra è un romanzo storico che racconta la costruzione di una cattedrale a Kingsbridge (una località immaginaria nel Wiltshire in Inghilterra); scritto da Ken Follett e ambientato nel XII secolo (precisamente tra il 1123 e il 1174), dall'affondamento della White Ship (la nave in cui morì l'erede al trono inglese) fino all'assassinio dell'Arcivescovo di Canterbury Thomas Becket, già descritto da T. S. Eliot nel suo dramma teatrale del 1935 Assassinio nella cattedrale.
Milan , Italy
* Length: 157 metres (515 feet)
* Width at transept: 92 metres (302 feet)
* Internal width of nave: 16.75 metres (55 feet)
* Internal height of nave: 45 metres (148 feet) (second highest vaulted nave in the world)
* Height of nave columns: 24.5 metres (80 feet)
* Height of central octagon: 65.5 metres (215 feet)
* Height of spire: 106.5 metres (350 feet)
* Dimensions of apsidal windows: 20.7 x 8.5 metres (68 x 28 feet)
* The Cathedral can hold 40,000 people.
* Location: [show location on an interactive map] 45°27′51″N, 9°11′27″E .
* Length: 157 metres (515 feet)
* Width at transept: 92 metres (302 feet)
* Internal width of nave: 16.75 metres (55 feet)
* Internal height of nave: 45 metres (148 feet) (second highest vaulted nave in the world)
* Height of nave columns: 24.5 metres (80 feet)
* Height of central octagon: 65.5 metres (215 feet)
* Height of spire: 106.5 metres (350 feet)
* Dimensions of apsidal windows: 20.7 x 8.5 metres (68 x 28 feet)
* The Cathedral can hold 40,000 people.
* Location: [show location on an interactive map] 45°27′51″N, 9°11′27″E .
Arguably the most recognizable landmark in Florence, Italy is the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, or Florence Cathedral for short. In the shot above, I was quite happy to capture it bathed in the warm late afternoon/early evening light, with the baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni) casting a perfectly centered shadow on the main part of the cathedral.
I'm not going to detail the cathedral's history or significance here, that's what wikipedia is for. I will say that it has a very interesting looking and memorable façade, with its green, pink and white colored marble. The campanile (Campanile di Giotto) towers above the other buildings in the immediate vicinity, but the dome (you can see part of it in the last outtake below) is even taller and is absolutely massive in real life.
Below is a stream of outtakes...
Milan , Italy
For a spectacular view of the city and even of the Alps (on a clear day) you may climb to the top of the Duomo via a spiral stone staircase of 919 steps. An elevator to the top is also available. Tickets and entrance to both the staircase and the elevator are on Corso Vittorio Emanuele (the left side of the Duomo if you are looking at it straight on). Entrance 9.00 - 17.45, cost € 5,00 by elevator, and by stairs: € 3.50.
Details best viewed in Original Size.
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Museum of the Works of the Cathedral) in Florence, Italy is a museum containing many of the original works of art created for the Cattedrale di Santa Maria dei Fiore, the cathedral (Duomo) and the Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of Saint John) in Florence. The museum is located just east of the Duomo, near its apse. It opened in 1891, and now houses what has been called "one of the world's most important collections of sculpture.
The sculpture of San Giovanni Battista (Testa) (Saint John the Baptist (Head)) was created by Tino di Camaino.
Additional information may be obtained at Museo dell'Opera del Duomo or at Tino di Camaino.
Details best viewed in Original Size.
Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria dei Fiore ("Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower"), is the cathedral of Florence, Italy (Duomo di Firenze). It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the dome designed by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink, bordered by white, and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until the development of new structural materials in the modern era, Brunelleschi's dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed. After the Cathedral's principal architect Arnolfo di Cambio died in 1310, work on the cathedral slowed for thirty years. When the relics of Saint Zenobius were discovered in 1330 in Santa Reparata, the project gained a new impetus. In 1331, the Arte della Lana, the guild of wool merchants, took over patronage for the construction of the cathedral and in 1334 appointed Giotto to oversee the work. Assisted by Andrea Pisano, Giotto continued di Cambio's design. His major accomplishment was the building of the campanile. When Giotto died the January 8th of 1337, Andrea Pisano continued the building until work was halted due to the Great Plague in 1348. In 1349, work resumed on the cathedral under a series of architects, starting with Francesco Talenti, who finished the campanile and enlarged the overall project to include the apse and the side chapels.
Also seen in this image, looming on the right margin, is the Baptistery of Saint John, (Battistero di San Giovanni).
Additional information may be obtained at Wikipedia.