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I went to the trade fair Brocantage, Novegro, Milano, an exhibition with antique, old and precious art works like these fantastic Murano glasses, I fell in love with them, they cost 4,500 euros, impossible for my pockets !!!
so I took many pictures just to remember this genial creation of Italian artistic handycraft
The Vatican museums in Rome are full of old pieces of precious art - but the interior itself is also well worth a look.
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Nous voici dans la rue Florida
La rue Florida est comme l'Avenida Corrientes et l'Avenida de Mayo, un emblème de Buenos Aires.Il y a moins d'un siècle, la rue a été le point de rendez-vous de l'élégance argentine, c'est pourquoi elle est flanquée de bâtiments d'art nouveau et néoclassique précieux . Voir cliché ci dessus , avec la porte d'un immeuble , dont la façade est à l'avenant
Aujourd'hui, la rue vit une floraison spectaculaire. Les touristes ont envahi et, ensemble, ont revitalisé les bonnes librairies et cafés. Converti en un grand centre commercial, l'âme de ce changement était la Galería Pacífico, un élégant centre commercial construit dans bel immeuble ancien de 100 ans qui comprend des peintures murales de Berni, Spilimbergo et Castagnino dans son dôme central.Demain , je vous emmène dans cette Galerie
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Here we are on Florida Street
Florida Street is, like Avenida Corrientes and Avenida de Mayo, an emblem of Buenos Aires. Less than a century ago, the street was the meeting point of Argentine elegance, which is why it is flanked by precious art nouveau and neoclassical buildings. See the picture above, with the door of a building, whose facade is just like this
Today, the street is in spectacular bloom. Tourists have invaded and together they have revitalised the good bookshops and cafés. Converted into a large shopping centre, the soul of this change was the Galería Pacífico, an elegant shopping centre built in a beautiful 100 year old building that features murals by Berni, Spilimbergo and Castagnino in its central dome.
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Aquí estamos en la calle Florida
La calle Florida es, como la Avenida Corrientes y la Avenida de Mayo, un emblema de Buenos Aires. Hace menos de un siglo, la calle era el punto de encuentro de la elegancia argentina, por lo que está flanqueada por preciosos edificios art nouveau y neoclásicos. Vea la imagen de arriba, con la puerta de un edificio, cuya fachada es así
Hoy, la calle está en un florecimiento espectacular. Los turistas han invadido y juntos han revitalizado las buenas librerías y los cafés. Convertido en un gran centro comercial, el alma de este cambio fue la Galería Pacífico, un elegante centro comercial construido en un hermoso edificio centenario que cuenta con murales de Berni, Spilimbergo y Castagnino en su cúpula central.
Mañana te llevaré a esta galería
this stand is my favourite, I can't but admire these museum objects that are obvuoisly very far from my reach !! But it's a pleasure for the eyes to watch the incredible craftsmanship and geniality of these masterpieces. I love all types of glass, but these are just fantastic .
Palazzo Butera - Palermo
The first news is from 1692. Belonging to the Branciforte family (one of the most prestigious and rich noble families of the time).
Left partially neglected in recent decades, it was purchased in 2015 by Francesca and Massimo Valsecchi, who completely renovated it, making it a precious art gallery and returning it to its splendor. It stands on the "sea" view of the city of Palermo.
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Notre Dame Cathedral
"The grandiose organ of 8,000 pipes, some of which date back to the Medieval period, was not burned, but it is not yet known if the instrument sustained water damage that might stop it from functioning." - Smithsonian Magazine
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The Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze. This beautiful cathedral 14th Century Franciscan church is decorated with centuries of precious art and holds the tombs of great Florentines.
Hint: If you find a long line of tourist waiting to get into the cathedral simply walk around to the very back and enter through the leather school.
"Falling leaves, hide the path so quietly" (John Bailey)
Many thanks to Onelia who suggested me this lovely quote :-)
Please visit her stream as you can find some precious art-works.
Marco Rosellini
(Treviso, 1943 — Conegliano, Treviso, 2020)
Valli da Pesca, 2013, inchiostro su carta
In brief- COLLECTION 2024
A precious art collection which may be referred to as the Goldin Collection. belongs to the city of Conegliano. This collection consists of two hundred works which were mainly gathered by the famous art critic Marco Goldin between the years 1988-1998, throughout his administration of Palazzo Sarcinelli, the municipal gallery, that ended in 2002. These were crucial years as far as Conegliano's art heritage and life are concerned: the city was mentioned by the major national press as a most lively cultural centre.
The main themes that followed one other during the many art exhibitions can be linked to three specific fields: Italian paintings belonging to the 1920s and 1930s, regional art between the late XIXth and early XXth century, and widely renowned international art among which the "Da Monet a Morandi" and "Da Courbet a Monet" exhibitions are particularly noteworthy. The first artistic field regarding the Italian artists who were born between the 1920s and the 1930s chiefly gave Palazzo Sarcinelli the opportunity to stand out in the international cultural scene. Marco Goldin asked each of these artists to donate a piece of their work in order to build the city's art collection.
The works which are now displayed partly come from the aforementioned Goldin Collection and partly from other donations that have been largely collected thanks to the generosity of those artists who have held their exhibitions in Palazzo Sarcinelli. This is not the first time that the City of Conegliano opens its "proudly stored treasures" to the public, since the Collection represents a significant cultural and historical heritage: what we see today is a journey through a variety of expressive means of past and present artistic language, summed up in a set of different themes that lead towards dialogue, evaluation and thought.
The artists here gathered, who were all born in the XXth century, portray through their own perception the changes, concerns and beauties of a complex historical time.
The exhibition relies on the varied theme of the narrative, dictated by the of colour, shape, mark or gesture: visual impressions that give birth to plural interpretations for the many artistic languages.
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This last week I received one flying letter from Franca Maria. Inside little treasures, precious art ,unique things. .
Thank you for dear friend, your work inspires me to do new things. Thank you for your positive energy in these days of corona Virus.
Be Safe, be strong.
This photograph was taken during the triumphant Frog Band Reunion Tour where they played at sold out arenas and lily pads and promoted their latest album, "Redeep". They've come a long way since the early days when they played for flies and tips in rundown bars and bus stations.
I collected these precious art items a long time ago in Baja California, Mexico, and have not seen any for sale in at least 20 years. I have other Frog Band pictures in my cleverly titled Frog Band Album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/albums/72157625578441115
Lighting: I first placed the band on a piece of black Perspex, and then lit them with Yongnuo strobes in 24 inch soft boxes on either side. The strobes and my camera mounted tripod were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N
Alchi Choskhor, Ladakh, is a very old monastic complex dating as far back as the 10th century. It is built in the old style in the town centre of Alchi along the Indus River. After the 12 century Buddhist monasteries were built on the tops of hills. Alchi Choskhor has narrow sight lines and can be difficult to photograph, and although it contains many precious art treasures in the buildings, their photography is forbidden. In this view the poplar trees that grow along the Indus River cast their bare branch winter shadows on the scene. It is customary to turn the brass prayer wheels at the right as you pass by.
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All of my finished art journals, 2008-2012, 21 (!!!) so far. Lots of angst, pain, and love in these. <333. (I had to move them from my bookshelf because a mouse, loose in my room, ran on top of them -- believe me, I was horrified -- anything except my precious...art journals...so I snapped a quick pic.)
It's funny, when I first started art journaling, I had no clue it was anything other than me having fun and playing around. Never thought I'd fall in love with making art this way and meet so many like-minded and talented people who also art journal. Or be inspired so much. So, thank you.
This photo is what art journaling means to me -- hard work, many hours, bliss, play, love, pain, discovery, digging, sharing, the greatest feeling next to loving someone that I've ever known...
Week 10: Abandoned
How uncertain can be the life of a newspaper in the underground! In one day, it has many friendly hands that take it and read it with interest, travels throughout the city, lives in the rush of the morning, listens to all kinds of banal and deep conversations, even he can flirt with some beautiful and interesting magazine on the longest rides.
However, at the end of the day, the poor newspaper is left alone and nobody wants to read this piece of outdated paper anymore. So, abandoned on the platform, he dreams of a new life in which to be able to reincarnate (recycle) into something more useful and beautiful. Maybe it could be in a precious art catalog, although it could also be in a roll of toilet paper... that's life! :))
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Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Faenza: A Gem of Art and History Between Romagna and Tuscany
Faenza, located in the province of Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna, rises like a jewel of art and culture halfway between the lively Romagna coast and the charming Tuscan hills. With its 59,063 inhabitants, Faenza boasts a thousand-year history that intertwines with the production of artistic ceramics, making it famous all over the world.
A dive into history:
The origins of Faenza date back to Roman times, as witnessed by the Latin name Faventia. Over the centuries, the city has undergone various dominations, from the Longobards to the Malatesta, to the Manfredi, who made it an important cultural and political center.
Beating heart of ceramics:
Faenza is renowned internationally for its production of ceramics, particularly majolica. As early as the 14th century, the city stood out for the mastery of its artisans, who used innovative techniques and refined decorations. Even today, Faenza is home to numerous ceramic workshops, museums and events dedicated to this precious art, such as the famous International Museum of Ceramics (MIC).
What to see in Faenza:
In addition to the MIC, don't miss the Duomo, with its terracotta façade and Romanesque bell tower, Piazza del Popolo, surrounded by historic buildings, and the Fountain of the Nymphs, a Renaissance masterpiece. For nature lovers, the Bucci Park offers relaxing walks through woods and meadows.
Events and traditions:
Faenza is rich in events that celebrate its history and traditions. The Palio del Niballo, a medieval joust with the five districts of the city competing on horseback, is the most famous event. Also not to be missed is the Faenza Carnival, with its allegorical floats and typical masks.
Flavors to savor:
Faentine cuisine offers typical Romagna dishes, such as piadina, passatelli with sauce and pasta with ragù. Among the typical products, the Formaggio di Fossa, aged in tuff pits, and Faenza honey, produced with different varieties of flowers, stand out.
Faenza: an experience to be lived:
Visiting Faenza means immersing yourself in an atmosphere rich in history, art, culture and tradition. The city offers its visitors a wide variety of things to see and do, guaranteeing an unforgettable stay.
Whatever your interests, Faenza will win you over with its charm and beauty.
In addition to the information above, here are some tips for planning your trip to Faenza:
Best time to visit: Spring and autumn are the best times to visit Faenza, when the weather is mild and pleasant.
How to get there: Faenza is easily reachable by train, bus or car. The city is served by a railway station on the Bologna-Rimini line and by several highways.
Where to sleep: Faenza offers a wide range of accommodation for all tastes and budgets, from hotels to apartments to bed and breakfasts.
Tourist information: For more information on Faenza, you can consult the website of the Municipality www.comune.faenza.ra.it/ or the Tourist Information Office www.prolocofaenza.it/home.php?lang=en.
Faenza awaits you with open arms!
Faenza: Un gioiello d'arte e storia tra Romagna e Toscana
Faenza, situata nella provincia di Ravenna in Emilia-Romagna, sorge come un gioiello d'arte e cultura a metà strada tra la vivacità della costa romagnola e il fascino delle colline toscane. Con i suoi 59.063 abitanti, Faenza vanta una storia millenaria che si intreccia con la produzione di ceramica artistica, rendendola famosa in tutto il mondo.
Un tuffo nella storia:
Le origini di Faenza risalgono all'epoca romana, come testimoniato dal nome latino Faventia. Nel corso dei secoli, la città ha attraversato diverse dominazioni, dai Longobardi ai Malatesta, fino ai Manfredi, che ne fecero un importante centro culturale e politico.
Cuore pulsante della ceramica:
Faenza è rinomata a livello internazionale per la sua produzione di ceramica, in particolare per la maiolica. Già dal XIV secolo, la città si distingueva per la maestria dei suoi artigiani, che utilizzavano tecniche innovative e decorazioni raffinate. Ancora oggi, Faenza ospita numerosi laboratori ceramici, musei e manifestazioni dedicate a questa preziosa arte, come il famoso Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche (MIC).
Cosa vedere a Faenza:
Oltre al MIC, imperdibili sono il Duomo, con la sua facciata in cotto e il campanile romanico, la Piazza del Popolo, circondata da palazzi storici, e la Fontana delle Ninfe, un capolavoro rinascimentale. Per gli amanti della natura, il Parco Bucci offre rilassanti passeggiate tra boschi e prati.
Eventi e tradizioni:
Faenza è ricca di eventi che celebrano la sua storia e le sue tradizioni. Il Palio del Niballo, una giostra medievale con i cinque rioni della città che si sfidano a cavallo, è la manifestazione più famosa. Da non perdere anche il Carnevale di Faenza, con i suoi carri allegorici e le maschere tipiche.
Sapori da gustare:
La gastronomia faentina propone piatti tipici della Romagna, come la piadina, i passatelli al sugo e la pasta al ragù. Tra i prodotti tipici, spiccano il Formaggio di Fossa, stagionato in fosse di tufo, e il miele di Faenza, prodotto con diverse varietà di fiori.
Faenza: un'esperienza da vivere:
Visitare Faenza significa immergersi in un'atmosfera ricca di storia, arte, cultura e tradizione. La città offre ai suoi visitatori un'ampia varietà di cose da vedere e da fare, garantendo un soggiorno indimenticabile.
Qualunque siano i vostri interessi, Faenza saprà conquistarvi con il suo fascino e la sua bellezza.
Oltre alle informazioni sopracitate, ecco alcuni suggerimenti per pianificare il vostro viaggio a Faenza:
Periodo migliore per visitare: La primavera e l'autunno sono i periodi migliori per visitare Faenza, quando il clima è mite e piacevole.
Come arrivare: Faenza è facilmente raggiungibile in treno, autobus o auto. La città è servita da una stazione ferroviaria sulla linea Bologna-Rimini e da diverse autostrade.
Dove dormire: Faenza offre una vasta scelta di alloggi per tutti i gusti e budget, dagli hotel agli appartamenti ai bed and breakfast.
Informazioni turistiche: Per maggiori informazioni su Faenza, potete consultare il sito web del Comune www.comune.faenza.ra.it/ o dell'Ufficio Informazioni Turistiche www.prolocofaenza.it/it/pro-loco/l-ente/attivita/.
Faenza vi aspetta a braccia aperte!
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La desgracia se ha cebado con el pueblo Japones, ellos que historicamente han hecho de la naturaleza su arte más preciado... Yo modestamente, pensativo, miro las manchas de la pared, estupefacto por lo ocurrido, saco mi camara e imagino toda esa belleza oriental. En esta serie fotografica va mi homenaje!.
The misfortune is primed with Japanese people, they that have historically made of nature's most precious art ... I modestly look the spots on the wall, thinking, stunned by what happened, I take my camera and I guess all that beauty oriental . There goes my tribute!.
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Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad; [ˈpraʃskiː ˈɦrat]) is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic, dating from the 9th century. It is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. The castle was a seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. The Bohemian Crown Jewels are kept within a hidden room inside it.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle in the world, occupying an area of almost 70,000 square metres (750,000 square feet), at about 570 metres (1,870 feet) in length and an average of about 130 metres (430 feet) wide. The castle is among the most visited tourist attractions in Prague attracting over 1.8 million visitors annually.
Přemyslid fort
The history of the castle began in 870 when its first walled building, the Church of the Virgin Mary, was built. The Basilica of Saint George and the Basilica of St. Vitus were founded under the reign of Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia and his son St. Wenceslas in the first half of the 10th century.
The first convent in Bohemia was founded in the castle, next to the church of St. George. A Romanesque palace was erected here during the 12th century.
Medieval castle
King Ottokar II of Bohemia improved fortifications and rebuilt the royal palace for the purposes of representation and housing. In the 14th century, under the reign of Charles IV the royal palace was rebuilt in Gothic style and the castle fortifications were strengthened. In place of rotunda and basilica of St. Vitus began building of a vast Gothic church, that were completed almost six centuries later.
During the Hussite Wars and the following decades, the castle was not inhabited. In 1485, King Ladislaus II Jagello began to rebuild the castle. The massive Vladislav Hall (built by Benedikt Rejt) was added to the Royal Palace. New defence towers were also built on the north side of the castle.
A large fire in 1541 destroyed large parts of the castle. Under the Habsburgs, some new buildings in Renaissance style were added. Ferdinand I built the Belvedere as a summer palace for his wife Anne. Rudolph II used Prague Castle as his main residence. He founded the northern wing of the palace, with the Spanish Hall, where his precious art collections were exhibited.
The Second Defenestration of Prague in 1618 took place at the castle and began the Bohemian Revolt. During the subsequent wars, the Castle was damaged and dilapidated. Many works from the collection of Rudolph II were looted by Swedes in 1648, in the Battle of Prague (1648) which was the final act of the Thirty Years' War.
The last major rebuilding of the castle was carried out by Empress Maria Theresa in the second half of the 18th century. Following his abdication in 1848, and the succession of his nephew, Franz Joseph, to the throne, the former emperor, Ferdinand I, made Prague Castle his home.
Presidential residence
In 1918, the castle became the seat of the president of the new Czechoslovak Republic, T.G. Masaryk. The New Royal Palace and the gardens were renovated by Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik. In this period the St Vitus Cathedral was finished (on September 28, 1929). Renovations continued in 1936 under Plečnik's successor Pavel Janák.
On March 15, 1939, shortly after the Nazi Germany forced Czech President Emil Hacha (who suffered a heart attack during the negotiations) to hand his nation over to the Germans, Adolf Hitler spent a night in the Prague Castle, "proudly surveying his new possession."[4] During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, Prague Castle became the headquarters of Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. According to a popular rumor, he is said to have placed the Bohemian crown on his head; old legends say a usurper who places the crown on his head is doomed to die within a year.[5] Less than a year after assuming power, on May 27, 1942, Heydrich was ambushed during Operation Anthropoid, by British-trained Slovak and Czech resistance soldiers while on his way to the Castle, and died of his wounds - which became infected - a week later.[6] Klaus, his firstborn son, died the next year in a traffic accident, also in line with the legend.[7]
After the liberation of Czechoslovakia and the coup in 1948, the Castle housed the offices of the communist Czechoslovak government. After Czechoslovakia split in 1993 into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the castle became the seat of the Head of State of the new Czech Republic. Similar to what Masaryk did with Plečnik, president Václav Havel commissioned Bořek Šípek to be the architect of post-communism Prague Castle's necessary improvements, in particular of the facelift of the castle's gallery of paintings.
Architectural styles of Prague Castle
Saint Vitus Cathedral
Main nave of the cathedral
The castle buildings represent virtually every architectural style of the last millennium. Prague Castle includes Gothic St Vitus Cathedral, Romanesque Basilica of St. George, a monastery and several palaces, gardens and defense towers. Most of the castle areas are open to tourists. The castle houses several museums, including the National Gallery collection of Bohemian baroque and mannerism art, exhibition dedicated to Czech history, Toy Museum and the picture gallery of Prague Castle, based on the collection of Rudolph II. The Summer Shakespeare Festival regularly takes place in the courtyard of Burgrave Palace.
The neighborhood around Prague Castle is called Hradčany.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert (Czech: metropolitní katedrála svatého Víta, Václava a Vojtěcha) is a Roman Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus Cathedral.
This cathedral is a prominent example of Gothic architecture and is the largest and most important church in the country. Located within Prague Castle and containing the tombs of many Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors, the cathedral is under the ownership of the Czech government as part of the Prague Castle complex.[1] Cathedral dimensions are 124 by 60 metres (407 ft × 197 ft), the main tower is 102.8 metres (337 ft) high, front towers 82 metres (269 ft), arch height 33.2 metres (109 ft).
Origins
The current cathedral is the third of a series of religious buildings at the site, all dedicated to St. Vitus. The first church was an early Romanesque rotunda founded by Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia in 930. This patron saint was chosen because Wenceslaus had acquired a holy relic – the arm of St. Vitus – from Emperor Henry I. It is also possible that Wenceslaus, wanting to convert his subjects to Christianity more easily, chose a saint whose name (Svatý Vít in Czech) sounds very much like the name of Slavic solar deity Svantevit.[citation needed] Two religious populations, the increasing Christian and decreasing pagan community, lived simultaneously in Prague castle at least until the 11th century.
In the year 1060, as the bishopric of Prague was founded, prince Spytihněv II embarked on building a more spacious church, as it became clear the existing rotunda was too small to accommodate the faithful. A much larger and more representative Romanesque basilica was built in its spot. Though still not completely reconstructed, most experts agree it was a triple-aisled basilica with two choirs and a pair of towers connected to the western transept. The design of the cathedral nods to Romanesque architecture of the Holy Roman Empire, most notably to the abbey church in Hildesheim and the Speyer Cathedral. The southern apse of the rotunda was incorporated into the eastern transept of the new church because it housed the tomb of St. Wenceslaus, who had by now become the patron saint of the Czech princes. A bishop's mansion was also built south of the new church, and was considerably enlarged and extended in the mid 12th-century.
The Gothic Cathedral
Cathedral nave and sanctuary
Construction of the present-day Gothic Cathedral began on 21 November 1344, when the see of Prague was elevated to an archbishopric. King John of Bohemia laid the foundation stone for the new building.[3] The patrons were the chapter of cathedral (led by a Dean), the Archbishop Arnost of Pardubice, and, above all, Charles IV, King of Bohemia and a soon-to-be Holy Roman Emperor, who intended the new cathedral to be a coronation church, family crypt, treasury for the most precious relics of the kingdom, and the last resting place cum pilgrimage site of patron saint Wenceslaus. The first master builder was a Frenchman Matthias of Arras, summoned from the Papal Palace in Avignon. Matthias designed the overall layout of the building as, basically, an import of French Gothic: a triple-naved basilica with flying buttresses, short transept, five-bayed choir and decagon apse with ambulatory and radiating chapels. However, he lived to build only the easternmost parts of the choir: the arcades and the ambulatory. The slender verticality of Late French Gothic and clear, almost rigid respect of proportions distinguish his work today.
After Matthias' death in 1352, 23-year-old Peter Parler assumed control of the cathedral workshop as master builder. He was son of the architect of the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Initially, Parler only worked on plans left by his predecessor, building the sacristy on the north side of the choir and the chapel on the south. Once he finished all that Matthias left unfinished, he continued according to his own ideas. Parler's bold and innovative design brought in a unique new synthesis of Gothic elements in architecture. This is best exemplified in the vaults he designed for the choir. The so-called Parler's vaults or net-vaults have double (not single, as in classic High Gothic groin vaults) diagonal ribs that span the width of the choir-bay. The crossing pairs of ribs create a net-like construction (hence the name), which considerably strengthens the vault. They also give a lively ornamentation to the ceiling, as the interlocking vaulted bays create a dynamic zigzag pattern the length of the cathedral.
A view from south: the main tower and the Golden Gate. Nikolaus Pacassi finished the uncompleted gothic main tower in the Baroque style.
While Matthias of Arras was schooled as a geometer, thus putting an emphasis on rigid systems of proportions and clear, mathematical compositions in his design, Parler was trained as a sculptor and woodcarver. He treated architecture as a sculpture, almost as if playing with structural forms in stone. Aside from his bold vaults, the peculiarities of his work can also be seen in the design of pillars (with classic, bell-shaped columns which were almost forgotten by High Gothic), the ingenious dome vault of new St Wenceslaus chapel, the undulating clerestory walls, the original window tracery (no two of his windows are the same, the ornamentation is always different) and the blind tracery panels of the buttresses. Architectural sculpture was given a considerable role while Parler was in charge of construction, as can be seen in the corbels, the passageway lintels, and, particularly, in the busts on the triforium, which depict faces of the royal family, saints, Prague bishops, and the two master builders, including Parler himself.
Work on the cathedral, however, proceeded slowly, because the Emperor commissioned Parler with many other projects, such as the construction of the new Charles Bridge in Prague and many churches throughout the Czech realm. By 1397, when Peter Parler died, only the choir and parts of the transept were finished.
View of the Cathedral and Prague Castle, above the river Vltava.
After Peter Parler's death in 1399 his sons, Wenzel Parler and particularly Johannes Parler, continued his work; they in turn were succeeded by a certain Master Petrilk, who by all accounts was also a member of Parler's workshop. Under these three masters, the transept and the great tower on its south side were finished. So was the gable which connects the tower with the south transept. Nicknamed 'Golden Gate' (likely because of the golden mosaic of Last Judgment depicted on it), it is through this portal that the kings entered the cathedral for coronation ceremonies.
The entire building process came to a halt with the beginning of Hussite War in the first half of 15th century. The war brought an end to the workshop that operated steadily over for almost a century, and the furnishings of cathedral, dozens of pictures and sculptures, suffered heavily from the ravages of Hussite iconoclasm. As if this was not enough, a great fire in 1541 heavily damaged the cathedral.
St. Wenceslas Chapel
St. Wenceslas Chapel
Perhaps the most outstanding place in the cathedral is the Chapel of St. Wenceslas, which houses relics of the saint. Peter Parler constructed the room between 1344 and 1364 with a ribbed vault. The lower portions of the walls are decorated with over 1300 semi-precious stones and paintings depicting the Passion of Christ dating from the original decoration of the chapel in 1372–1373. The upper area of the walls have paintings depicting the life of St. Wenceslas, by the Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece between 1506 and 1509. Above the altar, is a Gothic statue of St. Wenceslas created by Jindrich Parler (Peter's nephew) in 1373. The Chapel is not open to the public, but it can be viewed from the doorways.
A small door with seven locks, in the southwest corner of the chapel, leads to the Crown Chamber containing the Czech Crown Jewels, which are displayed to the public only once every (circa) eight years.
Renaissance and Baroque
Through most of the following centuries, the cathedral stood only half-finished. It was built to the great tower and a transept, which was closed by a provisional wall. In the place of a three-aisled nave-to-be-built, a timber-roofed construction stood, and services were held separately there from the interior of the choir. Several attempts to continue the work on cathedral were mostly unsuccessful. In the latter half of 15th century, king Vladislav Jagiellon commissioned the great Renaissance-Gothic architect Benedict Ried to continue the work on the cathedral, but almost as soon as the work began, it was cut short because of lack of funds. Later attempts to finish the cathedral only brought some Renaissance and Baroque elements into the Gothic building, most notably the obviously different Baroque spire of the south tower and the great organ in the northern wing of transept.
Completion in 19th and 20th century
Coronation of King Ferdinand V of Bohemia in 1836
In 1844, Václav Pešina, an energetic St. Vitus canon, together with Neo-Gothic architect Josef Kranner presented a program for renovation and completion of the great cathedral at the gathering of German architects in Prague. The same year a society under the full name "Union for Completion of the Cathedral of St. Vitus in Prague" was formed, whose aim was to repair, complete and rid the structure of everything mutilated and stylistically inimical. Josef Kranner headed the work from 1861 to 1866 which consisted mostly of repairs, removing Baroque decorations deemed unnecessary and restoring the interior. In 1870 workers finally laid the foundations of the new nave, and in 1873, after Kramer's death, architect Josef Mocker assumed control of the reconstruction. He designed the west façade in a typical classic Gothic manner with two towers, and the same design was adopted, after his death, by the third and final architect of restoration, Kamil Hilbert.
In the 1920s the sculptor Vojtěch Sucharda worked on the façade, and the famous Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha decorated the new windows in the north part of nave. Frantisek Kysela designed the Rose Window 1925-7 which depicts scenes from the Biblical story of creation. By the time of St. Wenceslas jubilee in 1929, the St. Vitus cathedral was finally finished, nearly 600 years after it was begun. Despite the fact that entire western half of Cathedral is a Neo-Gothic addition, much of the design and elements developed by Peter Parler were used in the restoration, giving the Cathedral as a whole a harmonious, unified look.
Influence
The eastern façade
The Cathedral of St. Vitus had a tremendous influence on the development of Late Gothic style characteristic for Central Europe. Members of Parler workshop, and indeed, the Parler family (both of which were established at the building site of St. Vitus) designed numerous churches and buildings across Central Europe. More notable examples include Stephansdom cathedral in Vienna, Strasbourg Cathedral, Church of St. Marko in Zagreb and the Church of St. Barbara in Kutna Hora, also in Czech Republic. Regional Gothic styles of Slovenia, northern Croatia, Austria, Czech Republic, and southern Germany were all heavily influenced by Parler design.
Of particular interest are Parler's net vaults. The Late Gothic of Central Europe is characterised by ornate and extraordinary vaulting, a practice which was started by Parler's development of his own vaulting system for the choir of St. Vitus cathedral. Another regional Gothic style also displays amazing ingenuity and ornamentation in the design of vaults, the Perpendicular Style of English Gothic. A question remains of what was influenced by what. Some British art and architecture historians suspected that Peter Parler might have travelled to England at some point in his life, studying the great English Gothic cathedrals, which then inspired his work on St Vitus. However, taking into account that the Perpendicular style and the use of truly extravagant vaults in English Gothic began at the very end of 14th century, it is also quite possible that it was St Vitus Cathedral of Prague that influenced the development of English Gothic.[4]
Recent history
Overview of the cathedral, view from Petřín Hill
In 1997, on 1000th anniversary of the death of Saint Voitechus, the patrocinium (dedication) of the church was re-dedicated to Saint Wenceslaus and Saint Adalbert. The previous Romanesque basilica had this triple patrocinium to the main Bohemian patrons since 1038 when relics of Saint Adalbert were placed here.
In 1954, a government decree entrusted the whole Prague Castle into ownership of "all Czechoslovak people" and into administration of the President's Office. Beginning in 1992, after the Velvet Revolution the church filed several petitions requesting a determination on the true owner of the structure. After 14 years, in June 2006, the City Court in Prague decided that the 1954 decree did not change the ownership of the cathedral and the owner is the Metropolitan Chapter at Saint Vitus. In September 2006, the President's Office ceded the administration to the Metropolitan Chapter. However, in February 2007, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic reversed the decision of the City Court and returned the case to the common court. In September 2007, the District Court of Praha 7 decided that the cathedral is owned by the Czech Republic, this decision was confirmed by the City Court in Prague and the Constitutional Court rejected the appeal of the Metropolitan Chapter, however noted that the chapter unquestionably owns the interior furnishings of the cathedral. The Metropolitan Chapter considered continuing the case in the European Court for Human Rights however in May 2010, the new Prague Archbishop Dominik Duka and the state president Václav Klaus together declared that they did not wish to continue with court conflicts. They constituted that the seven persons who are traditionally holders of the keys of the Saint Wenceslaus Chamber with the Bohemian Crown Jewels become also a board to coordinate and organize administration and use of the cathedral. However, controversy about ownership of some related canonry houses continues.
In July 2012, the Chamber of Deputies passed a bill to compensate the churches for property seized by the Communist government.[5] The Senate approved the bill in November 2012 and the government implemented it the following June after clearing legal challenges.[6]
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Flickr, it's August 13th 2009.. And my friend Jen and I stayed up till 6:00AM in the morning. Do not understand why we did, but we did. AND WE GOT TO EXPERIANCE A DEADLY WICKED THUNDERSTORM. Surprise i'm looking out the window to see a beautiful day today. I told you that i'd come back to write, so I decided to start writing now. I'm in love with this. It's actually one of my top 5 favorites in my stream. If you have an eye for this one also, THANK YOU. And yes, if you are asking.. it is PS paint. I couldn't possibly be messing around paint at 10:00PM at night.. doesn't go to well with me. Other news! I'm going to the States with Jen on August 28th for new school clothes and shopping, i'm pretty excited about that. Which it sucks because I have no job, so i've stuck to babysitting and helping out my grandpa with yard work. ONE-TWO-THREE WEEEE! Well, I have nothing really else to say. I'll catch up more with you guys later! Here are some fun facts!
FACT #1: I got 5 hours of sleep last night
FACT #2: I'm babysitting a dog for my parents friends, her name is Sierra
FACT #2: I want a peircing, monroe (but near my bottom lip)
FACT #3: I love my family/friends
FACT #4: I would love my future to have either music or photography in it (fulltime)
FACT #5: I'll give you more facts later
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Cathedral - built in the late 12th century. Its most striking feature is the rose-window in the facade, with, at its sides, the symbols of the Evangelists: the eagle for St. John, the lion for St. Mark, the angel for St. Matthew and the ox for St. Luke. The interior has latine cross plan with a single nave. The most precious art piece is the wooden Christ over the altar, of Umbrian school.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
(c) Copyright 2018 by Neall Calvert. . . . Precious art from 2,500 BC to 0 BC forms the show "Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs" at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC, Canada. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakht
Another significant Egyptian tomb with precious artifacts has been discovered intact at Saqqara, Egypt. The find was announced on December 15, 2018. See:
www.npr.org/2018/12/15/677068697/after-more-than-4-000-ye...
La desgracia se ha cebado con el pueblo Japones, ellos que historicamente han hecho de la naturaleza su arte más preciado... Yo modestamente, pensativo, miro las manchas de la pared, estupefacto por lo ocurrido, saco mi camara e imagino toda esa belleza oriental. En esta serie fotografica va mi homenaje!.
The misfortune is primed with Japanese people, they that have historically made of nature's most precious art ... I modestly look the spots on the wall, thinking, stunned by what happened, I take my camera and I guess all that beauty oriental . There goes my tribute!.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark in which it will be completed in 2020, doors will open in 2021.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. Additionally, depots and an office of philanthropic foundation De Verre Bergen will be located in the Collection Building. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam and will be the new home for the Futuro, the ufo-shaped house of Finish architect Matti Suuronen.
The Collection Building will be realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition is to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
I have been busy! I couldn't just stick my precious art in an envelope without special packaging! (The horror!!) So before I mailed it all out I made nice little homes for each piece of art in it's very own pop up easel card. (Don't they look happy?!) Each tile is protected in a plastic sleeve and then attached to the card with clear photo corners. This card is now part of my 2 in 1 series. It arrives with a little explanation sheet: remove the art, replace with your own, and send it to brighten someone else's day! :) I'm so happy I took the time to make these... Now I have my patterns all set and it will be much faster for future editions! See other photos for side and front views. More details on my blog here...
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark in which it will be completed in 2020, doors will open in 2021.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. Additionally, depots and an office of philanthropic foundation De Verre Bergen will be located in the Collection Building. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam and will be the new home for the Futuro, the ufo-shaped house of Finish architect Matti Suuronen.
The Collection Building will be realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition is to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Collection Building by MVRDV Architects - opened November 2021
This public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam NL, features exhibition halls, a sculpture roof garden and a restaurant, in addition to an enormous amount of storage space for art. The public can see what’s going on behind the scenes in a museum and private art collectors will be able to store their own collection under ideal museum conditions. The design – a reflective round volume – responds to its surroundings, Rotterdam’s Museumpark.
Collection Building is an art depot open to the public. A public route zigzags through the building, from the lobby on the ground floor where a café can be found up to an exhibition space, sculpture garden and restaurant on the roof. On the way up the route passes along and through art depots and restoration workshops. In depots visible from the route, the exhibition can be changed on a daily basis by simply moving storage racks so each visit to the building can offer a unique experience. On three floors the route passes through exhibition spaces which will be programmed by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
The building - which will store the precious art collection of Rotterdam - will also have spaces not accessible to the general public. For example logistics, quarantine and room for private art collections whose owners can visit their art and even enjoy it in private spaces comparable to the art equivalent of a sky box. This is a new commercial service offered by the museum. The roof featuring a restaurant, sculpture garden and exhibition space offers wide views over Rotterdam.
The Collection Building was realised on the northern edge of Rotterdam's Museumpark, realised by OMA with Yves Brunier in 1994. In order to spare the park, the volume is designed as a compact round volume with a small footprint and will be clad with a reflective glass façade. This will make the building less visible and allow reflections, the public can see what is happening elsewhere in the park. Where needed the reflection will be lesser for transparency and to avoid unwanted light effects. 99% of the works will be visible or accessible to the public. The building will feature seven different climatic conditions facilitating ideal conditions for art storage, offices and the public. The ambition was to reach the equivalent of sustainability classification BREEAM Excellent.
Every night, after the sun sets, you can catch a beautiful light show at the Depot. A video installation called “Wasting life on you” by Swiss artist Pilotti Rist will be projected from a colourful pole beside the museum.
This is a rock (precious art object) that we acquired on one our our trips to Arizona or Utah.
Lighting info: Simple lighting with a YN560 in a 24 inch soft box camera right at 3 o'clock. Fill light came from a small hand held mirror at camera left. The flash, in manual mode was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. To make it look more colorful I wiped it with olive oil as water or oil brings out the color, just as rocks in a stream look way more colorful than dry rocks sitting alongside the stream.
Other pictures I've taken of rocks can be seen in my Rocks set www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157631898864615/. In the set description, I emphasize how relatively (it is photography, after all) inexpensive and easy it is to use off camera flash to light things. I also list good resources that will help you in learning how to do this.
Like most images, it looks best when viewed large. Press "L" if you'd like to see it in that enlightened manner.