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Look! A window!
Old glass and trees and townhouses. And a cloudy London sky.
I didn't get that many pictures at the V & A, mostly because we looked at a lot of paintings and textiles, and we were specifically asked not to take pictures of the former, and I tended on the err on the side of caution and not take pictures of the latter. (It probably would have been okay without flash, but I really don't want the demise of centuries-old fabric on my conscience.) There also seemed to be a general correlation that although I enjoyed everywhere we went, the places I enjoyed the most I have the fewest pictures of. Perhaps because that was because I was busy looking and not playing with the camera.
We loved the V & A. We were a bit disappointed with our walking tour through it, as although our guide gave some really interesting background, especially in regards to Prince Albert's interest in design and the museum's history, she seemed to spend too much time on too few things. We would have liked to have had more objects pointed out in exchange for a little less background on each.
It was a fascinating place, and I feel we only barely scratched the surface. We saw Peter the Great's snuffboxes, and a huge collection of sketches by Turner. There was a colossal Persian rug that was lit for only ten minutes every half hour to prevent its colours from fading (of course, there were people taking flash pictures of it). There was a beautiful collection of Victorian gowns (yes, so we love old dresses, okay?). I took a wrong turn trying to find a certain gallery, and wandered into a room of magnificent cartoons by Raphael. (In a bit of synchronicity, those cartoons just came up in a book I was reading. And that's 'cartoon' as in a design for a picture, not the funny pages.) One of the things our guide told us was that every time an old building is demolished in the UK, the V & A sends someone out to assess whether it is worth preserving. If they decide it is, they actually take down the interior and transport it to the museum, to be displayed or put into storage until it can be displayed. We sat in the parlor of a 18th-century townhouse that had been destroyed fifty years ago. I turned a corner and found myself looking at a room that looked amazingly like a room I thought existed only in my head. It was the interior from a Tudor-era house.
Even the washrooms were amazing. Rachel and I went to the loo--and then stepped out to call Jen in to have a look at it. Yes, it was that lovely.
Looking out from Downhill Demesne and Hezlett House, Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
I found this intresting , when i captured , actually i captured for fun , CRT monitors are rarely used ! but look this is lucky enough to have windows 8 !!
Christ calling Peter and Andrew as they are fishing in Lake Gallilee, a window at Fishbourne church, West Sussex.
The East window in St John the Baptist church, Tideswell, Derbyshire combines a Jesse window with scenes from the life of its patron saint. Glass by Heaton, Butler & Bayne. Installed 1875 by Cecil Foljambe, in memory of his wife, Louisa , their son and of other ancestors, who were buried in the church over several generations.
East window of the north aisle at Alrewas church, the work of C.E.Kempe and depicting the Annunciation at it's centre.
Sitting on window sill, will probably paint the frame black , hard to get a good photo as it is quite large. Done in recycled window frame.
This window display allowed people to walk up, write their secret, and post it anonymously. Sort of like a Grouphug.us IRL.
Fenesta provides information about interior design of windows, window interior design so that interior windows can be constructed or modified so as to give maximum benefit to it users.
A closer look at the large stained glass window placed over the main entrance of St. Patrick's Cathedral
I looked out our east facing window this morning as the sun was coming up over the horizon and saw frost forming on the window.
I am a BIG fan of window lighting. It softens everything, and adds a warm glow. Here, there are 3 different windows one looks through.
North nave window at Burton Hastings, installed in 2001 and designed by local artist Roger Fifield.
Fifiled's work makes a very attractive contemporary adition to this ancient building, and is beautifully painted and stylised, echoing his earliest work from the 1960s, without looking backwards.
The subject appears to be a celebration of village life, with various landmark buildings and elements of the village featured without any obvious religious theme (beyond the small dove in the tracery light above).
This formula for stained glass seems to be popular with certain congregations, who prefer to commemorate 'down-to-earth' subjects of mainly local, secular relevance, than convey a spiritual message. The artist is then given a 'shopping list' of relevant features to include in the design at all cost!