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Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a unique landscape park in Kassel, Germany. Art historian Georg Dehio (1850–1932), inspirator of the modern discipline of historic preservation, described the park as "possibly the most grandiose combination of landscape and architecture that the Baroque dared anywhere" ("vielleicht das Grandioseste, was irgendwo der Barock in Verbindung von Architektur und Landschaft gewagt hat.").
The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres), making it the largest European hillside park, and second largest park on a mountain slope in the world. Construction of the Bergpark, or "mountain park", began in 1696 at the behest of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and took about 150 years.
It was my first time there, but certainly not the last. Thanks to the great company of @paulines_pictures and the beautiful surroundings of the forest. Looking back it was very strange to stand next to @albertdrosphotography and not being aware it was one of my greatest inspirators. Next time we will introduce ourselves Albert 😉
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a unique landscape park in Kassel, Germany. Art historian Georg Dehio (1850–1932), inspirator of the modern discipline of historic preservation, described the park as "possibly the most grandiose combination of landscape and architecture that the Baroque dared anywhere" ("vielleicht das Grandioseste, was irgendwo der Barock in Verbindung von Architektur und Landschaft gewagt hat.").
The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres), making it the largest European hillside park, and second largest park on a mountain slope in the world. Construction of the Bergpark, or "mountain park", began in 1696 at the behest of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and took about 150 years.
I am so fascinated with levitation photography and figuring out how to trick the mind.
Two of my favorite inspirators, Brook Shaden and Miss Aniela played a huge role in motivating me to make this image. Experimenting with these different techniques really force growth in myself.
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'Why do you keep coming back here?', Elvin asked. This was the second time we met, and it was on one of my favorite places: de Maasvlakte. I didn't have to think long about his question. I just think there's always something to shoot, it's nearby and maybe even more important, I love walking here and to look around, and taking my camera with me makes a good excuse to go out!
Unfortunately I was a bit late, due to a road closure. But making this shot, and having a chat was already enough for me. The light was changing rapidly, and we started walking ahead. Landscape photography has prooven me many times to be full of surprises, and this evening there was a big one right in front of us. It was one of my inspirators, and Flickr-friend Karin de Bruin, who has shot many great photographs here (and anywhere else she went!). If you look very close you can see her standing, under the colored cloud :)
I had a great time, talking about our passion. So thank you both for the wonderful evening!
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Keine Sorge, Kühe und Berge sind bestens in meinem Archiv gelagert und kommen demnächst wieder zum Einsatz.
Für mich war mein kleiner Ausflug eine willkommene Abwechslung, mich mit anderen Themen zu beschäftigen. Nachtfotografie, Städtepanorama, Architektur. Stadt ist ein komplett anderes Sujet und man muss erst den Verstand ausschalten, um kreativ mit etwas Neuem umgehen zu können. Oder manchmal braucht es einen Inspirator/in, jemand, der einem einen Tip gibt, wie man Stadt bzw. neue Themen fotografisch erfassen kann. Aber in den Kreativmodus zu kommen ist noch immer die eigene Anstrengung.
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Die Brücke Dom Luís I liegt im Herzen von Porto und überspannt als eine der insgesamt sechs Brücken der Stadt den Douro. Mit 385 m Länge war sie zu der Zeit ihrer Konstruktion die längste schmiedeeiserne Bogenbrücke der Welt. Was sie auch heute noch architektonisch interessant macht, ist die Bauweise in zwei Ebenen: der untere Teil, auf dem Autos, Busse, Motorräder, Fahrräder und Fußgänger zirkulieren, hängt komplett am oberen, luftigen Teil der Brücke, auf dem paradoxerweise die U-Bahn und weitere Fußgänger den Douro überqueren.
Das Design der Brücke stammt von dem deutschstämmigen Architekten Téophile Seyrig. Obwohl dieser Name nur wenigen geläufig sein wird, ist der Name seines Lehrers und Inspirators dafür vielen ein Begriff: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Das Brückenprojekt war zu Beginn auch tatsächlich als Projekt von Eiffel geplant. Als es bei der Planung jedoch zu Differenzen kam – es gab Unstimmigkeiten beim Design der Brücke - stieg Eiffel aus dem Projekt aus. Seiner Vorstellung nach sollte das Bauwerk nur eine einzige Ebene aufweisen und vom Design her sehr minimalistisch konstruiert werden. Die zu der damaligen Zeit stark wachsende Metropole Porto brauchte jedoch dringend eine starke Verbindungsader zwischen Nord- und Südufer.
Ich werde sicher noch Bilder zeigen, auf denen man dann auch sehen kann, dass es sich um eine Bogenbrücke mit zwei Ebenen handelt ... ;-) ...
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27. Januar 1945, Russische Soldaten befreien Auschwitz und Birkenau
This week I lost my friend John Linde who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) a lethal muscle disease that affects only boys. John was a true hero who lived his life to the max! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ibnmzrULIc He was all about rock and roll, the most positive human being i met in my whole life; a true optimist, inspirator and bon vivant! I will miss him so dearly.. Please take your time to read about this disease and maybe you can make a donation for research so that they can find a cure to end this awful and incurable disease www.prinsesbeatrixspierfonds.nl/index.php?p=spierziekte&a.... and mda.org/disease/duchenne-muscular-dystrophy
T H A N K Y O U !!!
To Music
Music: breathing of statues. Perhaps:
silence of paintings. You language where all language
ends. You time
standing vertically on the motion of mortal hearts.
Feelings for whom? O you the transformation
of feelings into what?--: into audible landscape.
You stranger: music. You heart-space
grown out of us. The deepest space in us,
which, rising above us, forces its way out,--
holy departure:
when the innermost point in us stands
outside, as the most practiced distance, as the other
side of the air:
pure,
boundless,
no longer habitable.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
Date: August 2009
Medium: Digital Photography Montage
Dimensions: w 24” x h 24” (Larger and Smaller Sizes Available)
© 2009 Tony DeVarco
Dedicated to innovator, inspirator and astronomer Owen Durden.
This piece was created for Bonnie DeVarco's article called Visioning Sustainability-
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Whirlpool Galaxy courtesy of NASA and ESA.
I didn't want to call this "Angry Birds", so here's a list of 26 possible names for this piece:
Annoyed Avians
Bitter Birdies
Cranky Corvids
Distressed Dodos
Enraged Egg-layers
Furious Feathered Fowls
Grunting Geese
Hysterical Hens
Irritated Icarus' Inspirators
Jilted Jays
Knavish Kookaburras
Livid Levitators
Mad Mallards
Nefarious Nesters
Outraged Ostriches
Provoked Parrots
Quirky Quackers
Raging Raptors
Seething Swans
Tantrum-throwing Twitterers
Upset Umbrellabirds
Vicious Vultures
Wrathful Wingers
Xenophobic Xolmis
Yirring Yellowhammers
Zany Zoo Zigzaggers
Europe, Netherlands, Noord Brabant, 's Hertogenbosch, Museum of Contemporary Art Design 's-Hertogenbosch (cut from all sides)
Displayed here (BG and FG) are sculptures of Etore Sottsass totem series. In the FG are totem Menta, Odalisca en Agra (1967-1994). They are displayed at the Sottsass expo in the Museum of Contemporary Art Design 's-Hertogenbosch
This is what the museum says about these sculptures:
“Ettore Sottsass loves stacking things. He utilises this fundamentai structurai method in all his designs, but in his ceramics in particuiar, and in a manner uniquely is own. ln the traditionaiistic ceramics worid this caused quite a stir Particularily when he stuck the separate items together using glue. This characteristic design method perhaps originates from Sottsass` sickbed in PaloAlto. There he drew the series ot pills e had to take every day on a piece of cardboard. The pills, eniarged in ceramics, provide the basic shape for the many stacks he was yet to create. “
Architect, writer and designer Etore Sottsass is considered to be the inspirator of the anti-design or radical design, 'Architettura Radicale' or counterdesign movement. Opposing to modernism, the anti-design movement was founded on the belief in the importance of the social and cultural value of the object as well as its aesthetic function. The design values that were rejected by modernism were reinstated and amplified. It’s postmodern art so homage was paid to values like temporality, irony, kitsch. Highly saturated colors and scale distortions were used. All with the intention to undermine the purely functional values of an object and the views on taste and good design. It culminated in the Memphis movement in 1980. (Source: Kunstbus: here)
Scenes from the Victorian Iron Horse Roundup, August 25, 2021, on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. On this day Eureka and Glenbrook teamed up to pull a photo train from Antonito, Colorado, to Big Horn and return with several photo stops along the way. D&RG 425 was under steam at Antonito for equipment demonstrations.
Hi everyone!
Here's my new custom 30K figure. So you can probably tell that the colors are not acurate at all. That's because I've never played the game and I was experimenting with some now paints and shades that I bought a while ago. I'm also still working on a pair of legs for him since these legs look kinda odd compared to the set.
Friends and inspirators are tagged.
Add yourself if you like to.
-Leonardo
(and BTW Dan I'm still working on your chief but it just takes a shitload of time)
Hello everyone!
Here is my newest custom: the mark 42! And heeeel this one took a long time! I started with thi one around the release of iron man 3 but I was being lazy. So I finished him today and it took about 10 hours. So my neck and but hurt because I was contstandly hanging foward.
Anyway I'm glad he's done because this fig is a birthday present wich I'm gonna give tomorrow after seing the new Super man movie.
Even though this fig took a lot of time, it will be all worth it after seing the smile on his face once he gets the fig.
Also I'm gonna upload a new pic tomorrow wich will be my Metro entry for Mc.Lovin's contest so stay tuned! :)
Friends and inspirators are added.
So gentlemen,
I'm gonna get my 4 hours of sleep.
see ya
-Leonardo
(One photo from each month, starting top left. You can read more about these photos and each month of my 2015 below.)
Unlike 2014, with 4 vacations abroad and 4 road trip vacations in Norway, 2015 has been the first year in a long time I haven’t done any of this. But I’ve had SO many beautiful hikes and road trips in the area close to the town we were moving away from after 12 years.
1. (Top left) ۰ Yesterday's Dinner ۰
JANUARY: We experienced a hurricane in our part of Norway and a really high tide. Luckily we only experienced and heard of small damages. Of course I had to go out to get some pictures (but yes - I was carefulツ).
I turned 31, and celebrated with my family on my home island Bømlo for the first time in many years. Had a couple of nice hikes on Bømlo and on the beaches of Jæren where I lived at the time – making the year’s first outdoor dinner.
I have more outdoor dinner images here.
FEBRUARY: Had several beautiful hikes on the beaches and coast of Jæren. Most of them on new places I wanted to see before we moved back to my home island after 12 years on Jæren. We spent most of the winter holiday together with my family on that island, and I finally got several nice images of snowdrops in my parents’ neighbor’s gardenツ
My images from beautiful Jæren here.
MARCH: Had a great release weekend of my gospel choir’s new CD (search for Faithful by SGCompany on iTunes if you’re interestedツ). Later my new friends Camilla and Øystein, who I met on Flickr, visited us and we showed them several nice places for photographing on the coast of Jæren. An unforgettable weekend! I finally got to photograph large flocks of oystercatchers in front of Feistein lighthouse, and a close up of the northern lapwing (“vipe” in Norwegian).
I also finally got to take nice photos of meadows of crocus this month. In the end of the month we drove the first moving boxes to my home island, and started the process of trying to sell our apartment (which ended in my little sister and her husband renting it).
4. (Top right) ~❀ I want to do with you what spring does to cherry trees ❀~
APRIL: Started with a nice Easter celebration together with our families and friends, and my dad’s 60th celebration. I had some nice walks this month, shot lots of nice spring images and macros, finally got to photograph beautiful cherry blossoms, and had my first confirmand photo shoot.
My album of spring flowers here.
5. (Middle left) ○☼○ Basking in the sun ○☼○
MAY: Entered the month by taking a long hike in a beautiful fairytale forest I had only heard of before. Nearly the whole forest floor, creek edges, and mossy stones were covered with beautiful wood anemones, primroses, lesser celandines and wood sorrels, and I got lots of nice macros. I went back two times ツ
I also had my second confirmand photo shoot, together with my first family shoot. They were really satisfied ツ We celebrated Norway’s National Day (on the 17th) in the town of Stavanger for the first time. It was fun seeing the large and colourful celebration. We had only celebrated on our small home places earlier. We also threw my sister a 50’s bachelorette party that month. Great fun!
Me and my dog Tessi caught up with an earlier colleague I hadn’t met for many years and her dog Toby, on several walks. We have become good friends and have been on many nice walks and visits later, together with our dogs and also Toby’s friend Emma ツ
Some cute images of Tessi, Toby and Emma here ツ
JUNE: I got to photograph some cute chickens I hoped to find in a bird park, hiding under their mom’s wings. Adorable! My little sister got married the first weekend and I got to sing and photograph. A wonderful wedding!
I finally got to photograph the lupins I’ve longed to find this month, both by the beautiful beaches of Jæren during sunset and along an old railway I love. I also had my third confirmand photo shoot of a girl in a beautiful “bunad” (National costume), and I was really satisfied with the photos ツ
But this month also felt really sad. Since we were going to move in the end of summer, I had to quit the world’s best and irreplaceable job and my unique and irreplaceable gospel choir, say goodbye to many good colleagues and friends, and so on. After my last day at work, I finally got to meet Richard, who I had followed and admired the work of on Flickr for 6-7 years and talked to on facebook. I commented one of his photos on Facebook, and he invited me on a photo walk at the beach. At first I thought that I wouldn’t dare, since he is so much better photographing than me. But we agreed on doing most walking and talking. And that’s what happened ツ We only took a couple of photos each, and found out that we had lots in common and enjoyed each other’s company.
It was only the start of a friendship we were convinced would last for the rest of our lives, and we went on many more trips together, each week all summer. He also learned to love my dog and dogs in general, after telling me on our first meeting that he didn’t like dogs ; ) He has taught me so much about RAW photography, photo editing in Lightroom, and composing landscape images.
Nice images Richard has shot of me and my dog here.
7. ⋯ Gratitude for the bigger things ⋯
JULY: I started shooting RAW since Richard had tought me so much about it and Lightroom. I had SO many nice trips and hikes in the Jæren area this month, together with him, old colleagues I reconnected with, new photo friends (met Anne for the first time) and other friends. There were so many beautiful places I wanted to see for the first or maybe last time before we were moving. I had always spent summers on my home island or on road trips, so it was exciting seeing and photographing all the beautiful summer flowers in this area, especially on the beautiful beaches.
I also finally got to visit the beautiful Kvitsøy island in the same area, for a whole week together with my new choir. The lighthouse and sunsets there were beautiful!
My images from beautiful Kvitsøy here.
8. Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles. It takes away today’s peace..
AUGUST: I had several nice trips and hikes in the Jæren area in the start of this month too, and I got to visit Richard on his island Eigerøy for the first time and see where and how he shoots his amazing lighthouse images.
Later me and my then-husband moved to my home island to start a new life (but we soon agreed that this wasn’t what we really wanted or should do together anymore, and parted as friends after 15 years together - still appreciating all the great trips, journeys and experiences we’ve had together since we were teenagers). I started working a bit on a new place, and started in another new choir on my home island.
My images from beautiful Eigerøy here.
9. (Bottom left) Found the spot
SEPTEMBER: I got a second job on my home island, very much like the one I had in town, and got to know lots of great people and colleagues and also making new friends. The autumn started beautiful and I found this new place for wave photography, but I haven’t been home during windy weather for a revisit yet…=/
I also learned about- and started to take panorama images while visiting Richard, and got some nice autumn images and panoramas. I also went on two tours around Norway with two of my choirs ツ
OCTOBER: Started with a beautiful autumn holiday, and I got to join Richard on some beautiful photo road trips. This image of Lindesnes lighthouse (Norway’s southernmost), shot on a magical night, got chosen as no. 7 of the 25 top images on Flickr from Norway in 2015 ツ
We also celebrated my dear grandma’s 95th birthday this month, <3 and I brought Richard to visit Camilla and Øystein on their beautiful island Tysnes, not far from my island. We all got some nice autumn images that day.
Later I went to my previous hometown to work at my old job, since I didn’t get that much work at my home island at the time. I stayed with friends and colleagues in town until the start of December (!) Me and Richard captured lots of beautiful autumn landscapes right outside the town where I used to live.
My album of autumn landscapes here.
11. Dear Past, Thank You For All The Lessons. Dear Future, I Am Ready.
NOVEMBER: Lots of working in town and not that good weather for photographing, but for visiting friends and cafes, and shopping most of the Christmas presents ツ But we had two beautiful days for photography by the coast with nice sunsets, while visiting Richard.
12. Almost like angel's clothes
DECEMBER: Started with having three beautiful Christmas concerts in the town of Stavanger, together with the Norwegian artists Ingebjørg Bratland and Halvdan Sivertsen. Some days later we had two concerts together with several Norwegian- and local artists. But I only participated on the last one, after the break, since I didn’t get there before 9 hours later than I should (!) I visited Richard, and couldn’t leave his town because of closed roads and railways due to the largest flood in 200 years (!) One road opened nearly 12 hours after I was supposed to leave, but at least I got to sing some songs and wish everyone in my gospel choir a Merry Christmas ; )
Then I went back to Bømlo island, where I live now - to work again after nearly 8 weeks of working, singing, hanging with friends and fun in my old hometown.
The weather was mostly mild and wet this month, but we had a couple of nice and frosty days - and one night we had hours of shooting stars due to a meteor shower, and Northern lights. And finally I got to see and photograph it! The northern lights are rather rare here in the southern part of Norway, but it happens now and then. But until now I've either been asleep, not aware of it, haven't known how to spot it or had cloudy skies when we could have seen it.
I celebrated Christmas Eve (that’s when we have the main celebration in Norway) like we use to together with my siblings, brother-in-law, parents and their dog ツ We’re used to having a busy Christmas with early mornings, singing for the elderly and on Christmas meetings. But we like it that way ツ Then I went to visit Richard, and do the rest of the celebration together with him, his family and friends. There were mostly storms and rain during the holiday, but we got one nice road trip to the snow.
My album of Christmas images here.
As you can see 2015 has brought many beautiful Norwegian nature experiences and photographs as expected, and a new homeplace. But I also have got several new not presupposed experiences, several new long-lasting friendships, and new learning and development when it comes to photography and life in general.
I’ve experienced a closure of several relations, plans and traditions, and I've kind of had to restart life again. I’m glad for everyone I’ve met and had relations to in my “old” life and I will never completely lose touch with them. But things have changed and I’ve met many new people that will be an important part of my life now.
I will the start the New Year together with Richard on his home island, and in the town where I used to live on my old job for some weeks. Then I hope to experience a beautiful spring on my home island and nearby. I will move back to the town where I used to live some time in 2016. Little did I know that I already would be back in one year when I was crying over the “loss” of my job, colleagues, friends, my choir and the beautiful nature that surrounded me before the summer holiday of 2015 ; )
Thanks to Richard who have meant so much for me the last six months and who I hope and believe will be there for the rest of my life <3
Thanks to you who bothered reading this, and to all my Flickr followers and inspirators! I wish you all a:
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...filled with good days and joy!
To watch and read my Highlights of 2013, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2014, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2016, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2017, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2018, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2019, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2020, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2021, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2022, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2023, take a look here.
To watch and read my Highlights of 2024, take a look here.
CCC would like to share Aggie Pebbles' (troll) first rough sculpt (work-in-progress). Her fur is coming along nicely. We secretly hope that you don't think she is as ugly as her name suggests. Please stay tuned to follow the whole story.
Charles would like to use this opportunity to thank his inspirators:
Brian & Wendy Froud, John Bauer, Thomas Dam, Rien Poortvliet and Hans Christian Anderson.
I photographed this fountain in May 2018 and returned last week to see it again. With the fountain empty, I was able to see panels that were inaccessible the last time I was there.
I can't determine the species of the animals on the right. They look like otters, but their prey seems too large to be on the otter menu. Might they be wolverines?
Dyrefontene
1947
Anna Grimdalen
Norwegian 1899-1961
I think the scenes on the side of this fountain depict the events in a story, but my efforts to identify the source have not been successful. Aesop's Fables is one possible source, but I would like to think Grimdalen drew upon a Nordic tale for this work.
Anne Grimdalen (1 November 1899 – 3 October 1961) was a Norwegian sculptor. She was born on the mountain farm Grimdalen in Skafså, Telemark, and later also lived and worked in the so-called Kunstnerdalen in Asker. She worked mainly with granite, and also bronze. She is represented at the National Gallery of Norway, and was one of the main contributors to the decorations of Oslo City Hall.
Grimdalen studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1923 to 1926, at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (1927–1929) under Wilhelm Rasmussen, and in Copenhagen under Einar Utzon-Frank.
She made study travels to Italy (1933–34), Greece (1935), Paris and Italy (1938), and London (1947). Two of her inspirators were the painters Henrik Sørensen and Otto Valstad.
Grimdalen is especially known for her many animal sculptures, made in a simplistic style, often in granite, such as Gaupe (Lynx, 1928), Bjørn (Bear, 1933).
She made several contributions to the decoration of Oslo City Hall, after surprisingly winning the decoration contest in 1938, such as Tømmerfløtere (Log drivers) and Dyrefontene (Animal fountain), and the large equestrian statue of Harald III on the west wall (1938–1950).
Later works are the monuments of Anders Hovden (1958, Ørsta), Audun Hugleiksson (1959, Jølster) and Håkon den Gode (1961, Fitjar). She is represented at the National Gallery of Norway (Jenta på hesten, Riding girl, bronze, 1931).
In 1950, Grimdalen received the Kings Medal of Merit in gold for her work.
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Na een 2-tal goeie sessies in 2015 was ik erg blij dat absurdist Ronald Snijders mijn foto's koos voor het affiche en programma (en vrijwel alle PR) rond zijn nieuwe (doorbraak) show: WELKE SHOW!
Nog leuker: m'n grote design inspirator Piet Schreuders deed de vormgeving! (Schrijver van o.a. 'Lay in, lay out' en 'Het London van The Beatles'.
Kijk 'ons' hier hangen op facebook, en bijvoorbeeld ook hier.
Bekijk ook m'n sessie bij Ronald z'n vorige 'One Man Show': zzapback.exposure.co/ronald-snijders-one-man-show
Nikon D810 + 70-200 f/2.8 VR II = killerrrrcombi!
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Deutschland / Hessen - Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a landscape park in Kassel, Germany. The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres), making it the largest European hillside park, and second largest park on a hill slope in the world. Construction of the Bergpark, or "mountain park", began in 1689 at the behest of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and took about 150 years. The park is open to the public today. Since 2013, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bad Wilhelmshöhe, a Stadtteil of Kassel in northern Hesse, is situated west of the city centre at the foot of the Habichtswald hill range. It is also known for Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station on the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway line.
Originally laid out in the Baroque style of the giardino all'italiana and the French formal garden, with water features running downhill in cascades to Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, it was later re-arranged into an English landscape garden.
In 1143, Canons Regular from Mainz established the Weißenstein monastery at the site of present-day Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, which was dissolved in the course of the Protestant Reformation. Landgrave Philip I of Hesse used the remaining buildings as a hunting lodge, largely rebuilt by his descendant Maurice of Hesse-Kassel from 1606 to 1610.
The Bergpark came into being as a Baroque park under Landgrave Charles I of Hesse-Kassel. In 1701, the Italian architect Giovanni Francesco Guerniero started the construction of the Hercules monument and the giant cascades. In 1785, Wilhelm (William) IX, Landgrave of Hesse started a large extension of the park, and the following year his architect, Simon Louis du Ry, designed the Neoclassical palace Schloss Wilhelmshöhe.
Meanwhile, the ideals of the landscaping changed from the French Baroque to the English garden. In the course of the extension and modifications, Heinrich Christoph Jussow, apart from contributing to the design of the palace, created constructions still characterizing the park today: artificial ruins like the Löwenburg (Lion's Castle) and the Roman aqueduct, as well as extensions of the water garden like the Lac, the fountain pond, and the Teufelsbrücke (Devil's Bridge) with the Höllenteich (Hell's Pond). In 1793, Karl Steinhöfer added the Steinhöfer Waterfall to the water garden.
Kassel became the capital of the newly created Kingdom of Westphalia, a vassal state of France, ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte. He kept court at the palace of Wilhelmshöhe (which was renamed Napoleonshöhe) until 1813, after Napoleon's defeat and the restoration of the electorate. The king's Head Chamberlain and governor of Napoleonshöhe was Count Heinrich von Blumenthal. In 1826, William II, Elector of Hesse ordered the last large construction of the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, the grosser Wasserfall (Great Waterfall).
Having sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War for supremacy in Germany, the principality was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866. The Prussian administration united Nassau, Frankfurt and Hesse-Kassel into the new Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Kassel ceased to be a princely residence, the dynasty of the creators of the park ended.
In 1870, after the Battle of Sedan, French Emperor Napoleon III was sent as a prisoner to Schloss Wilhelmshöhe before going into exile in Britain. From 1899, German Emperor Wilhelm II, who went to school in Kassel, chose Wilhelmshöhe as his summer residence, which turned the castle and the park into a centre of European politics for the next two decades. After the armistice which ended World War I, the Oberste Heeresleitung led by Paul von Hindenburg organized and led the withdrawal and demobilization of the German troops from here from November 1918 to February 1919.
Schloss Wilhelmshöhe was damaged by Allied bombs in World War II. From 1968 to 1974, it was rebuilt as an art museum. It houses a wallpaper collection, a collection of Graeco-Roman antiques, and a gallery of Old Masters paintings. The collection focuses on the 16th and 17th century, containing masterpieces by German, Italian, French and Spanish painters. It comprises the second-largest collection of Rembrandts in Germany. Rembrandt's famous "Saskia" and "The Man with the Slouch Hat" by Frans Hals are among them.
In 1972, the Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt and the Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic Willi Stoph met in Schloss Wilhelmshöhe for negotiations between the two German states.
No extensions were made to the Park in the 20th century. Extensive renovations to the Hercules monument and cascades have been ongoing in the 21st century, and are still in progress; much of the monument continues to be shrouded in scaffolding.
The park comprises an area of about 2.4 square kilometres (0.93 sq mi), stretching up to the Karlsberg mountain with the Hercules monument on the summit at 526.2 metres (1,726 ft).
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is administrated by the State of Hesse and affiliated with the European Garden Heritage Network since 2009. On 23 June 2013 it was proclaimed as a World Heritage Site during the UNESCO meeting in Phnom Penh. It is part of the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel.
Art historian Georg Dehio (1850–1932), inspirator of the modern discipline of historic preservation, described the park as "possibly the most grandiose combination of landscape and architecture that the Baroque dared anywhere" ("vielleicht das Grandioseste, was irgendwo der Barock in Verbindung von Architektur und Landschaft gewagt hat.").
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Der Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in der nordhessischen Großstadt Kassel ist mit einer Fläche von 2,4 Quadratkilometern der größte Bergpark in Europa und ein Landschaftspark von Weltgeltung. Am 23. Juni 2013 wurde er als UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe anerkannt, und er wird von der Deutschen Zentrale für Tourismus unter den Top-100-Sehenswürdigkeiten in Deutschland geführt.
Der Park ist insbesondere durch die in ihm befindlichen Wasserspiele, den Herkules mit gleichnamiger Statue, das Schloss Wilhelmshöhe und die künstliche Ruine Löwenburg bekannt.
Der Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe befindet sich im Kasseler Stadtteil Bad Wilhelmshöhe. Die Landgrafen und Kurfürsten von Hessen-Kassel ließen den Park ab 1696 anlegen. In den folgenden 150 Jahren wurde er erweitert.
Der Bergpark ist einmalig in der Geschichte der europäischen Gartenkunst: Italienische Gärten des Barock waren auch an Berghängen, in Terrassenform, angelegt, umfassten jedoch nie ein so großes Areal, und französische Barockparks erstreckten sich lediglich in der Ebene. Die heutige Parkform, besonders im unteren Bereich, ist jedoch kein Barockgarten, sondern folgt den Ideen des Englischen Landschaftsgartens.
Bekannt ist der Bergpark insbesondere aufgrund der Wasserspiele, die sich im Park vom Herkules über die Kaskaden in Richtung Osten bzw. Schloss Wilhelmshöhe ergießen, und durch die aufwendig gestaltete Gartenkunst. Der Schlosspark ist ein Abbild der europäischen Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte durch mehrere Epochen. Georg Dehio, Nestor der modernen Denkmalpflege, sagt über den Park: „… vielleicht das Grandioseste, was irgendwo der Barock in Verbindung von Architektur und Landschaft gewagt hat.“
Das Land Hessen stellte im Januar 2012 beim Welterbezentrum der UNESCO den Antrag, den Bergpark in die Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes aufzunehmen. Am 23. Juni 2013 wurde dem Antrag auf der 37. Sitzung des UNESCO-Welterbekomitees in Phnom Penh stattgegeben. Die Anlage ist Deutschlands 38. Weltkulturerbe. Seit 2009 gehört der Park zum European Garden Heritage Network. Der Park wird seit 2006 von der Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel (mhk) betreut.
Der Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe erstreckt sich im Gebiet des westlichsten Kasseler Stadtteils, Bad Wilhelmshöhe, und hinauf in den Hohen Habichtswald. Er ist 2,4 km² groß, was der Fläche von etwa 350 Fußballplätzen entspricht. Die Größenangaben reichen teils bis zu 3,0 km². Zum Habichtswald gehört der Karlsberg (526,2 m ü. NHN) mit dem Herkules auf 515 m Höhe. Östlich begrenzt wird der Park durch den Westrand des bebauten Kasseler Stadtgebiets, wo sich das Schloss Wilhelmshöhe auf etwa 282 m Höhe befindet. Der Bergpark ist einer der östlichsten Bestandteile des Naturparks Habichtswald.
Am Ort des heutigen Bergparks befand sich im 17. Jahrhundert ein bewaldeter Hang des Habichtswaldes, mehr als fünf Kilometer westlich – und damit weit außerhalb – der damaligen Kasseler Stadtgrenze. An der Stelle des jetzigen Schlosses Wilhelmshöhe war im Jahr 1143 von Mainz aus das Kloster Weißenstein der Augustiner-Chorherren gegründet worden. Es bestand ab 1193 als Frauenkloster und wurde nach der Reformation in Hessen (um 1517/1518) aufgelöst. Die verbliebenen Gebäude nutzte Landgraf Philipp I. als Jagdsitz. 1606 bis 1610 erbaute Landgraf Moritz von Hessen-Kassel dort ein Jagdschloss, das weiterhin den Namen Weißenstein trug.
Die Größe des Bergparks, die komplexe Topografie, das ausgedehnte Wegenetz und der Einfluss von Wetter und Jahreszeiten führen dazu, dass sich selbst langjährigen Parkbesuchern bei jedem Aufenthalt neue Eindrücke und Ausblicke bieten können. Die aufwendig gestaltete Landschaft des Parks besteht aus vielen aufgelockerten Grünflächen und Waldabschnitten, die fließend in den Baumbestand des umgebenden Habichtswaldes übergehen. Vor allem im oberen, westlichen Bereich ist der Park nicht klar abgegrenzt.
Die Infrastruktur des Parks umfasst hauptsächlich Spazier- und Wanderwege. Neben den bereits erwähnten Nebenstraßen, die durch den Bergpark führen, kann als Teil der barocken Gesamtkonzeption Bergpark-Wilhelmshöhe auch die Wilhelmshöher Allee betrachtet werden. Sie wurde als rund 4,5 Kilometer lange, völlig gerade verlaufende Ost-West-Achse vom damaligen Stadtrand Kassels zum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe und damit auch in Ausrichtung zum Bergpark und Herkules angelegt. Ein weiterer Teil dieser Konzeption ist die Rasenallee, die direkt aus dem Park in Richtung Norden zum Schloss Wilhelmsthal in der Gemeinde Calden führt.
Zwischen dem Herkules (515 m; auf dem mit 526,2 m noch etwas höheren Plateau des Karlsbergs), der an der höchsten Stelle der Sichtachse Schloss Wilhelmshöhe-Herkules errichtet wurde, und dem Schloss Wilhelmshöhe (ca. 282 m), das im unteren Parkteil steht, besteht ein Höhenunterschied von 238 Meter. Bis hinunter zum westlichen Ende der Wilhelmshöher Allee Ecke Mulangstraße (231 m), wo der Bergpark etwa beginnt, sind es sogar 292 Meter Höhenunterschied.
Der Hüttenberg (555 m), auf dem sich Mauer- und Fundamentreste des Kleinen Herkules (auch Alter Winterkasten genannt) befinden, stellt die höchste Stelle des Bergkamms dar; dessen zweithöchste Stelle ist der Berg Elfbuchen (551,30 m), der sich auch innerhalb des Habichtswaldes aber wohl etwas außerhalb des Bergparks direkt auf der waldreichen Grenze zum Stadtteil Harleshausen befindet.
Der genannte Höhenunterschied ist für den Parkbesucher unmittelbar erlebbar: Am Herkules ist es meist etwas kühler und oft auch windiger, als am tiefer und geschützter liegendem Schloss. Die Topografie bildet sich aber auch in der Vegetation ab: Oben, am Karlsberg wirkt die Bepflanzung karg, beinahe eintönig, Nadelbäume überwiegen. Nach unten hin nimmt die Zahl der Baumarten zu, bis die Vegetation am Schlossteich (Lac), der nochmals etwas tiefer als das Schloss liegt, vielfältig und fast tropisch wirkt.
Der feudale landgräfliche Park ist inzwischen im Besitz des Landes Hessen und für jedermann jederzeit frei zugänglich. Die Lage des Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe – früher weit vor, heute am Rand der Stadt – führt jedoch dazu, dass das Gelände bis heute kein städtischer „Bürgerpark“ ist: Die Besucher des Parks halten sich dort bewusst auf, sind extra angereist und durchqueren ihn nicht nur zufällig. Nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit ist der in den Kernzonen unbeleuchtete Park (lediglich Schloss und Herkules werden angestrahlt) in der Regel menschenleer.
Der Bergpark bildet heute die Kulisse für unterschiedlichste Veranstaltungen und Aktivitäten: Die Bundeswehr nutzte den Park bereits für öffentliche Rekrutengelöbnisse, Künstler für Ausstellungen, wie die nächtlichen Licht(e)wege zwischen 2002 und 2005. Aber auch einzelne Bürger eignen sich das Gelände – oft inoffiziell – an: Während einige den Park für mittelalterliche Rollenspiele benutzen, trommeln andere regelmäßig in den sommerlichen Vollmondnächten. Die Grotten des Bergparks wurden auch bereits für Musik- und Tonaufnahmen genutzt. Als traditionelle winterliche Institution gilt das Schlittschuhlaufen auf dem zugefrorenen Lac und das Rodeln am Schlosshang. Alle zwei Jahre ist der Bergpark Kulisse für den Herkules-Bergpreis sowie weiter jährlich für den traditionellen Herkules-Berglauf von der Reformschule hinauf zum Herkules.
Besucher des Bergparks Wilhelmshöhe können sich in zwei Besucherzentren informieren: 2008 wurde das Besucherzentrum Wilhelmshöhe im alten Stationsgebäude bei der Endhaltestelle der Straßenbahnlinie 1 am Ostfuß des Bergparks eröffnet und 2011 das 550 m² große Besucherzentrum Herkules westlich oberhalb des Parks nahe dem Oktogon. In deren Shops können Eintrittskarten, Bücher und andere Produkte rund um die Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel und Erfrischungen erworben werden. Schaubilder mit Texten geben Informationen über den Park. Mitarbeiter der Museumslandschaft Hessen-Kassel stehen für Fragen zur Verfügung. Im Besucherzentrum Herkules werden oftmals Filmvorträge gezeigt.
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De expositie "Secondenwerk Overschie"
De expositie "Secondenwerk Overschie" die (vooralsnog) eenmalig werd gehouden in het monumentale Veerhuis te Overschie was een doorslaand succes! Zaterdag 29 september 2012 voeren de bootjes met bezoekers af en aan. In een paar uur tijd hadden tussen de 150 en 200 mensen hun weg naar het Veerhuis gevonden. Bij tijd en wijle was het een gekkenhuis!
Dit alles was natuurlijk ter ere van het 350-jarige bestaan van de Hoge Brug. Ik ben de eigenaar en bewoner van het Veerhuis veel dank verschuldigd voor de mogelijkheid mijn Overschiese fotowerk te etaleren aan zo'n groot deel van de lokale bewoners. Het was erg gezellig en leuk om ook veel Overschiers (of hoe zeg je dat) te leren kennen, terwijl ik al bijna 2 jaar wekelijks door hun buurt zwerf. :)
Ook collega fotografen en inspirators Aline, Pieter (pix), Jan (pix) en Hans (pix) - bedankt voor jullie bezoek!
Ik heb behoorlijk wat werk mogen verkopen die middag - had ik niet verwacht - momenteel ben ik bezig met het uitleveren van de tweede ronde aan fotobestellingen - ze zijn net binnen gekomen van Profotonet.nl - wat een topbedrijf is dat trouwens.
Deze foto was het populairst, die heb ik 4x mogen verkopen op 40x60cm. Dank allen! :)
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The exposition "Secondenwerk Overschie" was a huge succes. We've welcomed over 150 people in only a couple of hours time. I unexpectedly sold quite some work, the most ordered picture was this one (4 times).
It was great to show my work in such a unique place like the monumental Ferry House (from 1767) in Overschie, Rotterdam. A great way to get to know the local population and vice versa. I'm still in the middle of following up all orders, plus I also got a couple of assignments thanks to the exposure of this very special afternoon. Thx for all the attention folks, also online! :)
The exhibition "Picasso 1932. Erotic Year" at the Musée Picasso Paris examines the link between the artist's personal life and his creation. Pablo Picasso's creative process and daily life are followed day after day through more than one hundred and ten paintings, drawings, engravings and sculptures and a hundred archival documents..? The title of the exhibition, "Picasso 1932. Erotic Year" underlines the significance of sensual works in this year's production process. The exhibition "Picasso 1932. Erotic Year" at the Musée Picasso Paris focuses on a particularly dense year of the artist's creation through paintings, drawings, engravings and sculptures, including some major pieces from his career, and documents that place them in their biographical context. He misses the essential in the comments on his genesis but disregards the true sources of inspiration in an interpretation very much focused on the libido and often very superficial, too bad that the analyses are so simplistic ? Her quest soon took Arieans to France, the centre of the art world at the time. Via Cocteau she automatically arrived at Picasso, a central figure in the Parisian artistic environment. In order to gain more insight into the occult movements that turned out to be literally 'in fashion' in the Parisian artistic world at the beginning of the last century, she consulted a variety of connoisseurs for advice: the French centrepiece of research into the esoteric Antoine Faivre, the religious scientist Jean Pierre Laurant, who mapped out the circles of the Eglise Gnostique, and the occultism connoisseur Robert Amadou. In The Hague she went into the Alchemist’s library and joined a research group of philosophers, philosophers and art historians at the University of Amsterdam.
A 'wildly interesting' research, as she calls it, that because of its interdisciplinary approach does not confine itself to a fragment - the interpretation of one painting - but colours an entire image of a time artistically and philosophically. Arian provides detailed information about the occult currents and orders that were active in Paris around 1900 and about the magazines, such as L'Initiation, that brought esoteric ideas to the attention of a wide audience.
Of great importance was the the philosophically inspired by Order Martinist, founded in 1884 by Gérard Encausse, nicknamed Papus, one of the most influential occultists of the fin-de siècle. Because of the "chaine de silence", the chain of silence that the members of the order never break through, it is not possible to establish with certainty, but it was probably this order that Picasso was a member of during his Cubist period.
The martinists, just like the Alchemists, knew three degrees of initiation: the 'pupil', 'companion' and 'master' of the alchemists were called 'member', 'initiated' and 'initiator' among the martinists, or Superior, Inconnu, who was abbreviated to SI. These letters can be found in some of Picasso's paintings and especially in Picasso's collages,'' Ariens discovered. And there is more: some of the canvases depict black eye masks as they are worn in the martinist lodges; here and there martinist signs roam around, on the canvas La cuisine even a whole kitchen floor full. The square, the symbol of the freemasons, is also a recurring theme. One collage even shows cow letters OR MA -OR(dre) MA(rtiniste) - which prompted one of Picasso's friends to comment that the painter 'advertised order'. In addition to the martyrs, the 'Ordre kabbalistique de la Rose-Croix', which entered into organic cooperation with the martyrdom order, and the Gnostic Church, which is related to martinism, were also influential. The later recruited many of her bishops from the Order Martinist. Inspired by the circle around Picasso, Arian's roles mention the names of famous artists over each other; one appears to be even better introduced into the secrets and symbolism of occultism than the other. According to her, Picasso's main inspirators are the writer Alfred Jarry and the painters Paul Gauguin and Paul Cézanne, and his contemporaries and friends, the writers Max Jacob, Guillaume Apollinaire and André Salmon. In more than the ones picture it’s Skull and Bones that was founded in 1832 at Yale University. The order is also known as "Bones", and members are called "Bonesmen" who are some of the world's most powerful elites.
How many bones did Picasso paint in this work? Probably Picasso could be readed with two modes, one is written in the official catalog, and one other live in gnostic, probably forgotten in the blockchain of silencing? In French the word Songe give Song in English ( Songe is like visionary's dream and Song is a note of dream) The "Songe" of Ezekiel could be the roots of this painting?
In chapter 37 of Ezekiel, we have a classic metaphysical outline upon which very exciting sermons can be built. Very much the same as the David and Goliath thing. When you read that chapter of the valley of the dry bones and you're aware of metaphysical Bible interpretation, you can almost see how the author is winding it all up for you. Here's the valley, here's the dry bones, they're all dry, very disconnected, then comes the Lord and instructions and then this Ezekiel's blewing this to obey them, he obeys them and these things begin happening to the bones. It gets so far and no farther. All the connections are made, all of the shapes and forms are made, but there's one thing lacking, there's no what? There's no life, they are there in form potential, but they haven't become living actualities yet. So Ezekiel says, now what do I do? He says, "Prophesy now, not to the bones, but prophesy now to the four winds, to the all four winds and prophesy now to the winds to tell the bones to live and the bones became a living army." The prophet Ezekiel saw a vision of vast numbers of people resurrected to live again as physical human beings. What is the meaning of this mystifying vision, and what does it teach us about God's plan? The remains of human bones in a dirt grave. 123RF
Much of God’s revelation to Ezekiel revolved around the distant decendants of Israel and crucial, end-time events centuries in the future. From early youth Ezekiel had been educated and trained to be a priest in the kingdom of Judah. But his hopes and dreams had been dashed by King Nebuchadnezzar’s invasion, taking him and other young Jews captive to Babylon. Now far separated from the temple in Jerusalem, how could his education and training be of any real value? There was no need to worry. God was looking after His own. The Creator had called Ezekiel to be a great prophet, ranked alongside Isaiah and Jeremiah. Christian writer Christopher Wright put it this way: “So while we can value all the positive contributions that Ezekiel’s education and training as a priest brought to his prophetic ministry, we must also appreciate the immense personal, professional and theological shock it must have been to him … [Yet] God would use all that He had built into Ezekiel’s life during his years of preparation” ( The Message of Ezekiel, 2001, p. 27). Most in mainstream Christendom erroneously believe that today is the only day of salvation. But this belief simply is not found in the Bible. When he was 30 years old, Ezekiel began to experience astonishing visions from Almighty God. Perhaps in a personal diary, he recorded the exact date on which the first vision occurred: “Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the River Chebar, that the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God” (Ezekiel 1:1, emphasis added throughout). The invisible barriers between heaven and earth were supernaturally parted for Ezekiel. But what did this prophet actually see in vision? Moving beyond the introductory revelation of the awesome angelic realm, we fast-forward to verses 26 and 28. “On the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it… This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.”There's a beautiful ready-made outline for a metaphysical interpretation. The valley always stands for a low point in your current pathway of life. A downsy, and everybody hits them, in his pathway of life. And when you're in a downsy, and you look around you, what do you usually see all about you? Discouraging, hopeless-looking details - dry bones. Everything is wrong down there. This is a dry bone, meaning a discouraging appearance or a hopeless looking state of affairs. That's what you see in these depressions, these valley periods of your journey of life. But then, you hear the voice of the Lord, "Prophesy unto these bones, say unto them, Oh, ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord". Now, what does Unity call the word of the Lord - affirmations of Truth, declarations of Truth right in the face of the discouraging, negative, hopeless looking conditions or situations. And, as he does this, as we affirm right into the teeth - bones, get it? - of discouraging looking appearances, things begin to happen.
It says, first the bones begin to shake, and then move, and then they began to connect bone to bone. In other words, new connections are formed right in the midst of discouraging or contradictory outer appearances. In the realm of the invisible, every affirmation of Truth results in new connections for future good. This is an occult law of metaphysics. It is absolutely true, in the invisible realm, every affirmation of truth results in new connections of factors for future good. From one point of view, these factors are dry bones, but from another point of view, these factors will become living good, a living army of good, and so, he prophesies and these bones all become connected. Then everything stops ... So then, there has to be a change of the type of prophecies or affirming ... To prophesy, to declare the Truth in every possible direction, that is, let God activity enter into this as He wills, from any direction His spirit choose. Ezekiel initially reacted just like the prophet Daniel and the apostles Paul and John did later. “So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One [God] speaking. And He said to me, ‘Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you’…And He said to me; ‘Son of man, I am sending you to the children of Israel’ ” (Ezekiel 1:28; Ezekiel 2:1-3). God gave Ezekiel a great mission to accomplish. He had important announcements to make. These were intended to reach people far beyond his own time to people down through the ages. And one important vision would serve to encourage all who have ever lived in facing the same remorseless enemy—the seemingly hopeless ending of life in death. The prophet did have a comparatively small personal audience in Babylon of fellow captives from Judah (Ezekiel 3:11). But the real import of his message was not primarily for these deported, displaced prisoners who could do little about their circumstance.It’s important to understand that the kingdoms of Israel and Judah had separated after King Solomon’s death and that the people of the kingdom of Israel had already gone into captivity at the hands of the Assyrians during the latter part of the eighth century B.C.—well over a century before Ezekiel prophesied. And by the time his prophecies began, some of the inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah were likewise already in captivity, first by the Assyrians and then the Babylonians, with most of the rest soon to follow as a result of later Babylonian invasions. Careful reading of Ezekiel’s prophetic message will reveal that it was aimed mainly at the distant future, primarily directed to the end-time descendants of Israel. Much of God’s revelation to him revolved around crucial, end-time events—both positive and negative—that would take place centuries in the future. In the prophecy Jesus Christ gave on the Mount of Olives the week He died, He plainly stated regarding the end-time, “For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written [in the Old Testament prophets, including Ezekiel] may be fulfilled” (Luke 21:22). But cataclysmic occurrences at the close of man’s age are just one aspect of this overall prophetic scenario. Notice the apostle Peter’s words to the crowd gathered in Jerusalem on the Day of Pentecost seven weeks after Jesus’ death and resurrection: “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets [again including Ezekiel] since the world began” (Acts 3:19-21). This insightful passage depicts a future golden age brought to a suffering humanity by the returning Jesus Christ, lasting 1,000 years (see Revelation 20:1-6). Israel’s prophets aptly describe this long period of peace, prosperity and well-being. One of God’s annual festivals, the Feast of Tabernacles, corresponds directly to Christ’s coming millennial reign.
A rebellious analysts lost forever?
God continued to instruct Ezekiel: “Then He said to me, ‘Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them’ ” (Ezekiel 3:4). Our Creator speaks to a rebellious people who have rarely been inclined to take His warning messages seriously. Their descendants down through time have most often chosen to remain in the depths of idolatry and Sabbath-breaking, two sins against God that Ezekiel emphasized (Ezekiel 14:1-6; Ezekiel 20:12-13; Ezekiel 20:16-17; Ezekiel 20:24; Ezekiel 22:3; Ezekiel 22:8). Tragically, these two trends continue unabated today. But who truly represents the “Israel” today to whom these prophecies are intended? The present tiny state of Israel consists mostly of Jews descended from those of the kingdom of Judah, so the name Israel is a misnomer. History and Bible prophecy show that the modern descendants of the other tribes of Israel stand clearly identified as the Americans, British Commonwealth and peoples of northwestern Europe. For the biblical and historical evidence, request or download our free booklet The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy . You cannot truly grasp God’s prophetic message to humankind apart from the essential knowledge disclosed in this eye-opening publication. The modern descendants of Israel have been likewise rebellious against God. And all share in the same fate—national punishment and, for each individual, the ultimate penalty of sin, which is death (Romans 6:23). The prophecies of future national blessings are encouraging, but what good are they to those who have died? After the Exodus from Egypt, a whole generation of disobedient Israelites perished in the wilderness. Later, many died at the hands of ruthless Assyrian invaders. Much later, about 40 years after Christ’s death and resurrection, many died tragically as a result of the Roman invasion of Judea and the capture of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Of course, the same fate is shared by those who never had the opportunity to choose a way of life to follow. Consider all those little babies Herod cruelly killed in a failed effort to murder the Christ child. Their parents were devastated with unrelieved grief. “A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, because they are no more” (Matthew 2:18). Are these children, then, now lost? Now, instead of affirming about things or prophesying to the bones, now he's told prophesy to and about what? The winds, all four winds. What is wind often a symbol for in the Bible? The Holy Spirit, the activity of God, the movement of God as the Holy Spirit. Now, why would he designate all four winds? Well, you're talking about the movement of God to bring changes and good into your life. To prophesy, to declare the Truth in every possible direction, that is, let God activity enter into this as He wills, from any direction His spirit chooses. North, east, south or west. Not from where I insist it's got to come from - south by southeast only! Don't we often do this? We don't realize it, but we say, all directions of the wind, wherever God chooses, in God's way, let this fulfillment come. So many people among the Israelites have died as victims of evil and injustice. Today we remember the Holocaust in which 6 million Jews were callously murdered in Central and Eastern Europe. How should we try to understand all of these tragic occurrences? Is there no hope for even innocent children who died in infancy without ever knowing why? Of course, these questions beset people of every nation—not just Israel. But God has given a special message through Ezekiel to Israel in this regard—one that holds significance for all people. The French martyrs, Rosicrucians and Gnostics of the beginning of the last century treated alchemy, kabbalah and tarot as analogous systems, which they brought together under one heading. According to art historians, this mixture of symbolism from the Kabbalah, Tarot and Alchemy, which inspired Picasso in his cubist work, is the key to the painter's true intentions in his famous painting 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'. André Breton, pope and surrealist ideologist, persuaded art dealer Doucet to buy the canvas. He wrote, "If this canvas escapes us, most of our mysteries will go along. But the art historians left that sentence out''.
The final part of Ariean's research, a case study in which she removes the veil of mystery, differs slightly, to put it mildly, from the reception of the canvas so far. Seen through the occult spectacles which she - with an abundance of material - shows that Picasso also had them on at the time, the canvas points Aryan in a very different way from the 'philosophical brothel' for which it was long regarded. Supported by her study of the hundreds of sketches and preliminary studies, she discovers neither 'African art' nor 'syphilis sufferers' in the painting. No 'naked bodies', but 'naked facts': signs and numbers. The order was incorporated in 1856 by General William Huntington Russell, and Alphonso Taft who became Secretary of War under President Grant in 1876. The numerical value of this year is 1+8+7+6 = 22, and the numerical motto for Skull and Bones is 322, or 3 x's 22 which you will see below is not a coincidence. 22 bones are represented in Picasso’s engraving.... In numerology, the number 22 is often called the Master Builder. The Phoenician-Hebrews possess 22 books and their alphabet is made up of 22 letters, which was created to compose the Word of God. The Kabbalah teaches us that the letters of the Hebrew alphabet are the building blocks of universe. The underlying occult scientific significance of the number 22 in science would represent the bones of the skull, of which there are twenty-two. 8 form the cranium, or braincase, and 14 are associated with the face.
Our brains are what we use to think, reason and come to know the divine or God. The 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet created to compose the Word of God is our 22 boned skull, and the place where we receive the light to become illuminated, or enlightened beings. Hence, to be like Saint John and have our own Revelation.
Portrait by Picasso of the great resurrection
Ezekiel continued to have visions throughout his prophetic ministry. The one in the 37th chapter speaks directly to the desperate plight of Israel down through the ages. Its intriguing description of the valley of dry bones was the subject of a popular song, “Dry Bones,” during the mid-1950s. No matter how many times one rereads it, this account remains both arresting and suspenseful to the converted mind. But even more important is the profound meaning for us—and for our departed loved ones, who may never have been called of God or spiritually converted during this age. This remarkable, comforting vision assures us that we will see them again! The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones . . . and He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ So I answered, ‘O Lord God, you know’ ” (Ezekiel 37:1-3). Then, what happens to those potential bones, those skeletons become a living army. In other words, the potential good which you have declared and affirmed come to your life from any direction God chooses. The static good becomes living good, which means a part of their life, a part of the goodness of their life. A living army, an army of blessings come into manifestation through prophesying according to the direction or the guidance of the Lord. God must not be underestimated. He asked the patriarch Abraham, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (Genesis 18:14). Centuries later He posed the same question to the prophet Jeremiah: “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” (Jeremiah 32:27). Remember that one of the meanings of prophesying simply means affirming. Affirming the Truth regardless of circumstances. Weren't the prophets constantly talking about future events? So often the prophets have been interpreted as sort of fortune-tellers, or clairvoyants in all this. Well, metaphysically, this is not so. What it really means on the metaphysical level is declaring the Truth which will insure a future good outcome. Of course, the prophets also prophesy in what other manner - negative, too. Therein lies part of the problem.
Ezekiel’s vision continues: “Thus says the Lord God to these bones: ‘Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live’ . . . Also He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live’ ”’” (Ezekiel 37:5; Ezekiel 37:9). Physical human beings cannot live without drawing breath—the essence of our fleshly life. Even excellent swimmers, experts at holding their breath, cannot survive long without breathing air. So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived , and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army” (Ezekiel 37:10).. Then He said to me, ‘Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel’ ” (Ezekiel 37:11). God then summarizes what He had just described in detail. “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord” (Ezekiel 37:12-13). Most pictured here never really knew God during their previous human lives. The closing verse of this vision reveals why God, who never does anything without purpose, has just resurrected all these people: “I will put My [Holy] Spirit in you, and you shall live” (Ezekiel 37:14). At that time all of these people will have an opportunity to be converted—that is, to repent of their sins, be forgiven and baptized, and receive God’s Holy Spirit by which they can truly be converted and receive God’s gift of eternal life. The indication of this preceding verse is that the majority of this great multitude of people will obtain everlasting life in God’s Kingdom.The New Testament also speaks to this incredible, miraculous phenomenon. The apostle Paul wrote: “And so all Israel will be saved , as it is written: ‘The Deliverer [Jesus Christ] will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob [whose name was changed to Israel ]; For this is My covenant with them [i.e., the New Covenant], when I take away their sins’ ” (Romans 11:26-27). By no stretch of the imagination is all of Israel being saved now during this present age of man. But God promises that the whole of Israel will have their opportunity for salvation in the future. Relatively few are being called now to join with the firstfruits of God’s salvation. These called-out ones, true Christians, will be resurrected to receive everlasting life when Christ returns (1 Corinthians 15:50-54; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Philippians 3:20-21). Is this great resurrection exclusively for Israel? Or will other peoples and nations also be included? Remember that our loving Creator remains “the God of all flesh” (Jeremiah 32:27). Several passages in the Gospel accounts show that non-Israelite rulers and peoples are to be resurrected as well. The queen of the South (Sheba), the peoples of Tyre, Sidon and Nineveh (ancient nations and city-states that long predated Jesus’ human lifetime), and even the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah will be resurrected to physical life alongside Christ’s generation of Israelites (see Matthew 11:20-24; Matthew 12:41-42; Luke 10:12-14). Jesus plainly stated: “Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live . . . Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice” (John 5:25; John 5:28). Later Christ revealed to this same apostle John that “the rest of the dead”—referring to those not raised to life in this resurrection —”did not live again until the thousand years were finished” (Revelation 1:1; 20:5). This tells us that the timing of this resurrection is after the thousand-year period known as the Millennium. This verse also clearly shows that there is more than one resurrection.
Is today the only day of salvation for Picasso’s explanations?
Most in mainstream Christendom erroneously believe that today is the only day of salvation. But this belief simply is not found in the Bible. In fact the vast majority of mankind will receive their opportunity for salvation during the great resurrection to judgment that we have been reading about in Ezekiel 37:1-14. The apostle John also refers to this resurrection to temporary physical life in Revelation 20:11-13: “Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it…And I saw the dead, small and great [now resurrected], standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books [plural, the books of the Bible].” The “great white throne” judgment occurs not in an instant as people are raised from the dead, but instead over a considerable period of time. God will judge them over time, just as those called to salvation today are judged over time during this present age by this very same standard, the books of the Bible (1 Peter 4:17; 2 Timothy 3:15-17). Many Bible readers misunderstand the nature and meaning of judgment, nearly always associating the term with sentencing to condemnation—not realizing that God is a merciful judge who patiently evaluates human existence with righteous discernment. He earnestly desires to see the blood of His Son Jesus blot out the sins of as many as possible. Christ Himself firmly stated, “ And I, if I am lifted up from the earth [by crucifixion], will draw all peoples to Myself” (John 12:32). Paul writes of “God our Saviour, whose will it is that all should find salvation and come to know the truth” (1 Timothy 2:3-4, Revised English Bible). And in Ezekiel 18:32 we read, “ ‘For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,’ says the Lord God. ‘Therefore turn [to righteousness] and live!’” This coming time of judgment will give those who never really knew God during their previous lifetime a just and fair opportunity for salvation— not a second chance. The special meaning of the biblical eighth-day festival As mentioned earlier, the Feast of Tabernacles, also known as the Feast of Ingathering, pictures Christ’s millennial reign. But immediately following this seven-day Feast is a separate one-day celebration referred to simply as “the eighth day” (Leviticus 23:34-36; Numbers 29:35; 2 Chronicles 7:9; Nehemiah 8:18). The real meaning of this celebration is rarely understood in modern theological circles. Yet it represents an essential missing piece to the puzzle of salvation. This special Holy Day directly corresponds to the Great White Throne Judgment period, during which God will give all those who have ever lived but never really understood the truth their first real opportunity for salvation. Because few people are aware of the God-ordained festivals spelled out in the Bible, few understand God’s step-by-step plan of salvation revealed through these celebrations. The meaning of the eighth day corresponds to Ezekiel’s vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, referring to a time when lost family members will be joyously joined together again to learn God’s ways while living under utopian conditions of mutual love, peace and prosperity. This Holy Day reminds us that God’s plan promises to offer every human being the opportunity to truly repent of sin and receive a permanent place in His everlasting family, the Kingdom of God. Q. Going back to the four winds idea, if we were praying for healing, instead of concentrating on the liver, for instance, we would pray for perfect and whole health. A. Right, the healing idea, the health principle, the perfect life idea and then add the extra mile to it - and however it shall come - I am completely open and willing in all four directions of the Holy Spirit. Let it come anyway that it is proper according to God's will, in this situation. You will find that when you are faithful on the metaphysical realm of thinking and believing it will become chemicalized on the physiological level, and verifiable on that level. However, there will often be a big time lapse, nevertheless, it will occur, and science is catching up. I'm very smart on this subject, aren't I, because I have John Salunek as a progress counselee.
I photographed this fountain in May 2018 and returned last week to see it again. With the fountain empty, I was able to see panels that were inaccessible the last time I was there.
Dyrefontene
1947
Anna Grimdalen
Norwegian 1899-1961
I think the scenes on the side of this fountain depict the events in a story, but my efforts to identify the source have not been successful. Aesop's Fables is one possible source, but I would like to think Grimdalen drew upon a Nordic tale for this work.
Anne Grimdalen (1 November 1899 – 3 October 1961) was a Norwegian sculptor. She was born on the mountain farm Grimdalen in Skafså, Telemark, and later also lived and worked in the so-called Kunstnerdalen in Asker. She worked mainly with granite, and also bronze. She is represented at the National Gallery of Norway, and was one of the main contributors to the decorations of Oslo City Hall.
Grimdalen studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1923 to 1926, at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (1927–1929) under Wilhelm Rasmussen, and in Copenhagen under Einar Utzon-Frank.
She made study travels to Italy (1933–34), Greece (1935), Paris and Italy (1938), and London (1947). Two of her inspirators were the painters Henrik Sørensen and Otto Valstad.
Grimdalen is especially known for her many animal sculptures, made in a simplistic style, often in granite, such as Gaupe (Lynx, 1928), Bjørn (Bear, 1933).
She made several contributions to the decoration of Oslo City Hall, after surprisingly winning the decoration contest in 1938, such as Tømmerfløtere (Log drivers) and Dyrefontene (Animal fountain), and the large equestrian statue of Harald III on the west wall (1938–1950).
Later works are the monuments of Anders Hovden (1958, Ørsta), Audun Hugleiksson (1959, Jølster) and Håkon den Gode (1961, Fitjar). She is represented at the National Gallery of Norway (Jenta på hesten, Riding girl, bronze, 1931).
In 1950, Grimdalen received the Kings Medal of Merit in gold for her work.
Deutschland / Hessen - Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Jussow temple
Jussow Tempel
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is a landscape park in Kassel, Germany. The area of the park is 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres), making it the largest European hillside park, and second largest park on a hill slope in the world. Construction of the Bergpark, or "mountain park", began in 1689 at the behest of the Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel and took about 150 years. The park is open to the public today. Since 2013, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bad Wilhelmshöhe, a Stadtteil of Kassel in northern Hesse, is situated west of the city centre at the foot of the Habichtswald hill range. It is also known for Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station on the Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway line.
Originally laid out in the Baroque style of the giardino all'italiana and the French formal garden, with water features running downhill in cascades to Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, it was later re-arranged into an English landscape garden.
In 1143, Canons Regular from Mainz established the Weißenstein monastery at the site of present-day Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, which was dissolved in the course of the Protestant Reformation. Landgrave Philip I of Hesse used the remaining buildings as a hunting lodge, largely rebuilt by his descendant Maurice of Hesse-Kassel from 1606 to 1610.
The Bergpark came into being as a Baroque park under Landgrave Charles I of Hesse-Kassel. In 1701, the Italian architect Giovanni Francesco Guerniero started the construction of the Hercules monument and the giant cascades. In 1785, Wilhelm (William) IX, Landgrave of Hesse started a large extension of the park, and the following year his architect, Simon Louis du Ry, designed the Neoclassical palace Schloss Wilhelmshöhe.
Meanwhile, the ideals of the landscaping changed from the French Baroque to the English garden. In the course of the extension and modifications, Heinrich Christoph Jussow, apart from contributing to the design of the palace, created constructions still characterizing the park today: artificial ruins like the Löwenburg (Lion's Castle) and the Roman aqueduct, as well as extensions of the water garden like the Lac, the fountain pond, and the Teufelsbrücke (Devil's Bridge) with the Höllenteich (Hell's Pond). In 1793, Karl Steinhöfer added the Steinhöfer Waterfall to the water garden.
Kassel became the capital of the newly created Kingdom of Westphalia, a vassal state of France, ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte. He kept court at the palace of Wilhelmshöhe (which was renamed Napoleonshöhe) until 1813, after Napoleon's defeat and the restoration of the electorate. The king's Head Chamberlain and governor of Napoleonshöhe was Count Heinrich von Blumenthal. In 1826, William II, Elector of Hesse ordered the last large construction of the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, the grosser Wasserfall (Great Waterfall).
Having sided with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War for supremacy in Germany, the principality was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866. The Prussian administration united Nassau, Frankfurt and Hesse-Kassel into the new Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Kassel ceased to be a princely residence, the dynasty of the creators of the park ended.
In 1870, after the Battle of Sedan, French Emperor Napoleon III was sent as a prisoner to Schloss Wilhelmshöhe before going into exile in Britain. From 1899, German Emperor Wilhelm II, who went to school in Kassel, chose Wilhelmshöhe as his summer residence, which turned the castle and the park into a centre of European politics for the next two decades. After the armistice which ended World War I, the Oberste Heeresleitung led by Paul von Hindenburg organized and led the withdrawal and demobilization of the German troops from here from November 1918 to February 1919.
Schloss Wilhelmshöhe was damaged by Allied bombs in World War II. From 1968 to 1974, it was rebuilt as an art museum. It houses a wallpaper collection, a collection of Graeco-Roman antiques, and a gallery of Old Masters paintings. The collection focuses on the 16th and 17th century, containing masterpieces by German, Italian, French and Spanish painters. It comprises the second-largest collection of Rembrandts in Germany. Rembrandt's famous "Saskia" and "The Man with the Slouch Hat" by Frans Hals are among them.
In 1972, the Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt and the Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic Willi Stoph met in Schloss Wilhelmshöhe for negotiations between the two German states.
No extensions were made to the Park in the 20th century. Extensive renovations to the Hercules monument and cascades have been ongoing in the 21st century, and are still in progress; much of the monument continues to be shrouded in scaffolding.
The park comprises an area of about 2.4 square kilometres (0.93 sq mi), stretching up to the Karlsberg mountain with the Hercules monument on the summit at 526.2 metres (1,726 ft).
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe is administrated by the State of Hesse and affiliated with the European Garden Heritage Network since 2009. On 23 June 2013 it was proclaimed as a World Heritage Site during the UNESCO meeting in Phnom Penh. It is part of the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel.
Art historian Georg Dehio (1850–1932), inspirator of the modern discipline of historic preservation, described the park as "possibly the most grandiose combination of landscape and architecture that the Baroque dared anywhere" ("vielleicht das Grandioseste, was irgendwo der Barock in Verbindung von Architektur und Landschaft gewagt hat.").
(Wikipedia)
Der Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in der nordhessischen Großstadt Kassel ist mit einer Fläche von 2,4 Quadratkilometern der größte Bergpark in Europa und ein Landschaftspark von Weltgeltung. Am 23. Juni 2013 wurde er als UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe anerkannt, und er wird von der Deutschen Zentrale für Tourismus unter den Top-100-Sehenswürdigkeiten in Deutschland geführt.
Der Park ist insbesondere durch die in ihm befindlichen Wasserspiele, den Herkules mit gleichnamiger Statue, das Schloss Wilhelmshöhe und die künstliche Ruine Löwenburg bekannt.
Der Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe befindet sich im Kasseler Stadtteil Bad Wilhelmshöhe. Die Landgrafen und Kurfürsten von Hessen-Kassel ließen den Park ab 1696 anlegen. In den folgenden 150 Jahren wurde er erweitert.
Der Bergpark ist einmalig in der Geschichte der europäischen Gartenkunst: Italienische Gärten des Barock waren auch an Berghängen, in Terrassenform, angelegt, umfassten jedoch nie ein so großes Areal, und französische Barockparks erstreckten sich lediglich in der Ebene. Die heutige Parkform, besonders im unteren Bereich, ist jedoch kein Barockgarten, sondern folgt den Ideen des Englischen Landschaftsgartens.
Bekannt ist der Bergpark insbesondere aufgrund der Wasserspiele, die sich im Park vom Herkules über die Kaskaden in Richtung Osten bzw. Schloss Wilhelmshöhe ergießen, und durch die aufwendig gestaltete Gartenkunst. Der Schlosspark ist ein Abbild der europäischen Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte durch mehrere Epochen. Georg Dehio, Nestor der modernen Denkmalpflege, sagt über den Park: „… vielleicht das Grandioseste, was irgendwo der Barock in Verbindung von Architektur und Landschaft gewagt hat.“
Das Land Hessen stellte im Januar 2012 beim Welterbezentrum der UNESCO den Antrag, den Bergpark in die Liste des UNESCO-Welterbes aufzunehmen. Am 23. Juni 2013 wurde dem Antrag auf der 37. Sitzung des UNESCO-Welterbekomitees in Phnom Penh stattgegeben. Die Anlage ist Deutschlands 38. Weltkulturerbe. Seit 2009 gehört der Park zum European Garden Heritage Network. Der Park wird seit 2006 von der Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel (mhk) betreut.
Der Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe erstreckt sich im Gebiet des westlichsten Kasseler Stadtteils, Bad Wilhelmshöhe, und hinauf in den Hohen Habichtswald. Er ist 2,4 km² groß, was der Fläche von etwa 350 Fußballplätzen entspricht. Die Größenangaben reichen teils bis zu 3,0 km². Zum Habichtswald gehört der Karlsberg (526,2 m ü. NHN) mit dem Herkules auf 515 m Höhe. Östlich begrenzt wird der Park durch den Westrand des bebauten Kasseler Stadtgebiets, wo sich das Schloss Wilhelmshöhe auf etwa 282 m Höhe befindet. Der Bergpark ist einer der östlichsten Bestandteile des Naturparks Habichtswald.
Am Ort des heutigen Bergparks befand sich im 17. Jahrhundert ein bewaldeter Hang des Habichtswaldes, mehr als fünf Kilometer westlich – und damit weit außerhalb – der damaligen Kasseler Stadtgrenze. An der Stelle des jetzigen Schlosses Wilhelmshöhe war im Jahr 1143 von Mainz aus das Kloster Weißenstein der Augustiner-Chorherren gegründet worden. Es bestand ab 1193 als Frauenkloster und wurde nach der Reformation in Hessen (um 1517/1518) aufgelöst. Die verbliebenen Gebäude nutzte Landgraf Philipp I. als Jagdsitz. 1606 bis 1610 erbaute Landgraf Moritz von Hessen-Kassel dort ein Jagdschloss, das weiterhin den Namen Weißenstein trug.
Die Größe des Bergparks, die komplexe Topografie, das ausgedehnte Wegenetz und der Einfluss von Wetter und Jahreszeiten führen dazu, dass sich selbst langjährigen Parkbesuchern bei jedem Aufenthalt neue Eindrücke und Ausblicke bieten können. Die aufwendig gestaltete Landschaft des Parks besteht aus vielen aufgelockerten Grünflächen und Waldabschnitten, die fließend in den Baumbestand des umgebenden Habichtswaldes übergehen. Vor allem im oberen, westlichen Bereich ist der Park nicht klar abgegrenzt.
Die Infrastruktur des Parks umfasst hauptsächlich Spazier- und Wanderwege. Neben den bereits erwähnten Nebenstraßen, die durch den Bergpark führen, kann als Teil der barocken Gesamtkonzeption Bergpark-Wilhelmshöhe auch die Wilhelmshöher Allee betrachtet werden. Sie wurde als rund 4,5 Kilometer lange, völlig gerade verlaufende Ost-West-Achse vom damaligen Stadtrand Kassels zum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe und damit auch in Ausrichtung zum Bergpark und Herkules angelegt. Ein weiterer Teil dieser Konzeption ist die Rasenallee, die direkt aus dem Park in Richtung Norden zum Schloss Wilhelmsthal in der Gemeinde Calden führt.
Zwischen dem Herkules (515 m; auf dem mit 526,2 m noch etwas höheren Plateau des Karlsbergs), der an der höchsten Stelle der Sichtachse Schloss Wilhelmshöhe-Herkules errichtet wurde, und dem Schloss Wilhelmshöhe (ca. 282 m), das im unteren Parkteil steht, besteht ein Höhenunterschied von 238 Meter. Bis hinunter zum westlichen Ende der Wilhelmshöher Allee Ecke Mulangstraße (231 m), wo der Bergpark etwa beginnt, sind es sogar 292 Meter Höhenunterschied.
Der Hüttenberg (555 m), auf dem sich Mauer- und Fundamentreste des Kleinen Herkules (auch Alter Winterkasten genannt) befinden, stellt die höchste Stelle des Bergkamms dar; dessen zweithöchste Stelle ist der Berg Elfbuchen (551,30 m), der sich auch innerhalb des Habichtswaldes aber wohl etwas außerhalb des Bergparks direkt auf der waldreichen Grenze zum Stadtteil Harleshausen befindet.
Der genannte Höhenunterschied ist für den Parkbesucher unmittelbar erlebbar: Am Herkules ist es meist etwas kühler und oft auch windiger, als am tiefer und geschützter liegendem Schloss. Die Topografie bildet sich aber auch in der Vegetation ab: Oben, am Karlsberg wirkt die Bepflanzung karg, beinahe eintönig, Nadelbäume überwiegen. Nach unten hin nimmt die Zahl der Baumarten zu, bis die Vegetation am Schlossteich (Lac), der nochmals etwas tiefer als das Schloss liegt, vielfältig und fast tropisch wirkt.
Der feudale landgräfliche Park ist inzwischen im Besitz des Landes Hessen und für jedermann jederzeit frei zugänglich. Die Lage des Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe – früher weit vor, heute am Rand der Stadt – führt jedoch dazu, dass das Gelände bis heute kein städtischer „Bürgerpark“ ist: Die Besucher des Parks halten sich dort bewusst auf, sind extra angereist und durchqueren ihn nicht nur zufällig. Nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit ist der in den Kernzonen unbeleuchtete Park (lediglich Schloss und Herkules werden angestrahlt) in der Regel menschenleer.
Der Bergpark bildet heute die Kulisse für unterschiedlichste Veranstaltungen und Aktivitäten: Die Bundeswehr nutzte den Park bereits für öffentliche Rekrutengelöbnisse, Künstler für Ausstellungen, wie die nächtlichen Licht(e)wege zwischen 2002 und 2005. Aber auch einzelne Bürger eignen sich das Gelände – oft inoffiziell – an: Während einige den Park für mittelalterliche Rollenspiele benutzen, trommeln andere regelmäßig in den sommerlichen Vollmondnächten. Die Grotten des Bergparks wurden auch bereits für Musik- und Tonaufnahmen genutzt. Als traditionelle winterliche Institution gilt das Schlittschuhlaufen auf dem zugefrorenen Lac und das Rodeln am Schlosshang. Alle zwei Jahre ist der Bergpark Kulisse für den Herkules-Bergpreis sowie weiter jährlich für den traditionellen Herkules-Berglauf von der Reformschule hinauf zum Herkules.
Besucher des Bergparks Wilhelmshöhe können sich in zwei Besucherzentren informieren: 2008 wurde das Besucherzentrum Wilhelmshöhe im alten Stationsgebäude bei der Endhaltestelle der Straßenbahnlinie 1 am Ostfuß des Bergparks eröffnet und 2011 das 550 m² große Besucherzentrum Herkules westlich oberhalb des Parks nahe dem Oktogon. In deren Shops können Eintrittskarten, Bücher und andere Produkte rund um die Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel und Erfrischungen erworben werden. Schaubilder mit Texten geben Informationen über den Park. Mitarbeiter der Museumslandschaft Hessen-Kassel stehen für Fragen zur Verfügung. Im Besucherzentrum Herkules werden oftmals Filmvorträge gezeigt.
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Jussow-Tempel
Erbaut 1817 – 1818 nach Plänen von Heinrich Christoph Jussow. Der Tempel mit offenem Säulenumgang und geschlossenem Innenraum steht am Fontänenteich am Ende der Peneuskaskaden. Er findet sein Vorbild im englischen Stowe. Der Jussowtempel wird auch heute noch oft als Apollotempel bezeichnet. Die Verwechslung beruht auf der Tatsache, dass der Jussowtempel kurz nach dem Abbruch eines Tempels hangaufwärts gebaut wurde. Dieser kleine Apollotempel genannte Holzbau stammte aus der Zeit Friedrich II.
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Tømmerfløtere (Log Drivers)
Dyrefontene
1947
Anna Grimdalen
Norwegian 1899-1961
Oslo Rådhus
Anne Grimdalen (1 November 1899 – 3 October 1961) was a Norwegian sculptor. She was born on the mountain farm Grimdalen in Skafså, Telemark, and later also lived and worked in the so-called Kunstnerdalen in Asker. She worked mainly with granite, and also bronze. She is represented at the National Gallery of Norway, and was one of the main contributors to the decorations of Oslo City Hall.
Grimdalen studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1923 to 1926, at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (1927–1929) under Wilhelm Rasmussen, and in Copenhagen under Einar Utzon-Frank.
She made study travels to Italy (1933–34), Greece (1935), Paris and Italy (1938), and London (1947). Two of her inspirators were the painters Henrik Sørensen and Otto Valstad.
Grimdalen is especially known for her many animal sculptures, made in a simplistic style, often in granite, such as Gaupe (Lynx, 1928), Bjørn (Bear, 1933).
She made several contributions to the decoration of Oslo City Hall, after surprisingly winning the decoration contest in 1938, such as Tømmerfløtere (Log drivers) and Dyrefontene (Animal fountain), and the large equestrian statue of Harald III on the west wall (1938–1950).
Later works are the monuments of Anders Hovden (1958, Ørsta), Audun Hugleiksson (1959, Jølster) and Håkon den Gode (1961, Fitjar). She is represented at the National Gallery of Norway (Jenta på hesten, Riding girl, bronze, 1931).
In 1950, Grimdalen received the Kings Medal of Merit in gold for her work.
Yeah, Dustin is really inspirator and his photostream is a photography class!
Bokeh, from japanese, means something as “blur”. It’s a word used in photography to refer a aesthetic characteristics of the out focus areas of a photography. That carachteristic depends of lens and of the aperture used.
The bokeh is especially important to large aperture lens, macro lens and telephoto lens, because they’re usually used with small Depht of Field (DOF). The term DOF is many times misused and it can really make the people confused. The bokeh is a qualitative and subjective term, whereas Depht of Field is quantitative measurement.
Setup: Softbox with SB-800 (1/16 power) left camera and gold reflector right camera. Blue gelled SB-800 (1/16 @ 105mm) lighting a lot of wine glasses arranged on the kitchen table.
Camera info: Nikon D700 | 85 mm(ƒ/1.8D) | ƒ/1.8 | ISO 200 | 1/250 s — Handheld