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  • Prague, St. Nicholas church interior, looking up near the crossing.  Exuberant High Baroque frescoes, sculptures, pilasters, and arches make an impossible composition.  Early 18th century.  Architect Krystof Dienzenhofer.  Frescoes painted by Viennese artist Jan Lukas Kracker, as well as several other painters and sculptors
    Baroque-church-interior-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • A huddled group of American tourists are dwarfed by the Baroque splendors of the Carthusian monastery church in Granada, Spain.
    Tourists-huddle-Baroque-splendor-ESP...jpg
  • Statue of an angel flourishing a red robe and flashing a little bare leg behind the altar of the high Baroque church of the Carthusian Monastery in Granada.
    ESP201210--0324.jpg
  • Wildly melodramatic Baroque statue of a woman in golden robes holding a golden fish and looking ecstatically upward in a demonstration of faith.  She is in the Sacristy of the Carthusian Charterhouse in Granada, Spain,  built between 1727 and 1764 by Luis de Arévalo and F. Manuel Vasquez
    Cartuja Granada sacristy ESP201210--...jpg
  • Portico of Octavia remains, with attached medieval church and fish market, into which a modern lighting  boutique, has been fitted.  In the doorway, a woman holding a cigarette.  The casual juxtaposition of ancient, medieval, Baroque, and contemporary buildings and uses always fascinates me.
    ancient-contemporary-juxtaposed-ITA2...jpg
  • Silver and silver-gilt sculpture on the tomb of tomb of St John of Nepomuk in the Cathedral of St Vitus, Prague.  a Baroque monument cast in silver and silver-gilt that was designed by Fischer von Erlach, 1736.  Detail of a seated female figure holding a large book upright with her left hand and looking mournfully over her shoulder.
    Silver statue CZR200901--0201.jpg
  • The statue is in the Theology Hall (with a curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work) dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, part of the Strahov Monastery in Hradcany, Prague.  Of richly painted wood, the figure holds one hand to his cheek as though with toothache, and a lantern (?) in the other.  His facial expression seems quite agonized.
    Strahov-Library-St.John-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • Silver and silver-gilt sculpture on the tomb of St John of Nepomuk in the Cathedral of St Vitus, Prague.  a Baroque monument cast in silver and silver-gilt that was designed by Fischer von Erlach, 1736.  Detail of a seated female figure holding a large book upright with her left hand and looking mournfully over he shoulder.
    Silver-sculpture-woman-CZR200901--02...jpg
  • The statue is in the Theology Hall (with a curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work) dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, part of the Strahov Monastery in Hradcany, Prague.  Of richly painted wood, the figure holds one hand to his cheek as though with toothache, and a lantern (?) in the other.  His facial expression seems quite agonized.
    Statue St. John Strahov CZR200901--0...jpg
  • 16th century statue of an angel showing a little leg in the sacristy of the Carthusian Monastery, Granada, Spain.  Style is high Spanish Baroque, elaborate and melodramatic.
    Statue_female_saint_ESP201210--0324.jpg
  • View from the entrance along the interior of the library, lined with bookshelves, globes, and stands for large works.  Frescoes and curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, and a painted wooden figure of St. John holding his hand to his jaw as though he had a toothache.
    Prague-Strahov-Library-CZR200901--02...jpg
  • This amusing fountain, probably 17th or even 18th century, stands on a corner in the Oltrarno near a bus stop I often used at the end of the day to get back to my b&b.  Its grotesque mask always made me smile.  Its mouth has a metal spout which indicates safe drinking water.  The six balls on the escutcheon above are a Medici heraldic statement, six being typical of the 16th century usage.
    Baroque_corner_drinking_fountain_ITA...jpg
  • Detail of a stone troll carving in a canal in the gardens of the  Villa d'Este.  The creature's open mouth seems to be drinking in the water of the canal.
    Baroque gulp in stone canal, gardens..voli
  • Statue of an angel on the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome.  The figures, carrying the instruments of Christ's passion, were executed by Bernini's pupils (Antonio Raggi, Antonio Giorgetti and Ercole Ferrata) between 1660 and 1668 to Bernini's design.
    Statue_Baroque_angel_Rome_ITA200901-...jpg
  • Looking up at the figure, shown from the knees up, holding a crucifix and a gilded palm branch, wearing a gilded halo with 5 stars  Plain blue sky beyond.  The martyred saint's facial expression is mournful; he was killed and thrown from this bridge in 1393 as a result of a church-state struggle between t he Kings of Bohemia and the Pope.  The statue was made by Jan Brokoff in 1683.
    Statue-Baroque-Nepomuk-CZR200901--01...jpg
  • Ferragamo has the splendid medieval Palazzo Spini Feroni for the company museum.  A look through the window shows the painted plaster ceiling with an image of a male figure astride a flying eagle, surrounded by cherubs.
    Florence-Ferragamo-museum-ITA201101-...jpg
  • Trevi Fountain detail; seagull perched on the nose of a marble horse held by a marble man
    Fountain Trevi Rome ITA200901--0318.jpg
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  • Trsteno: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736.  Male figure pouring water from his mouth.
    Trsteno-Croatia-HRV200606-350.jpg
  • Trsteno: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736. Female figure shoots water from her mouth.
    Trsteno-Croatia-HRV200606-345a.jpg
  • Prague rooftops under snow, seen from Hradcany above. Dome and spire of St. Nicholas church in the Lesser Town Square dominate the scene.
    Prague-in-snow-CZR200901--0206.jpg
  • Rome, Fountain of the Turtles, Piazza Mattei, Rome ghetto; Fontana delle Tartarughe, the Tortoise Fountain. The fountain itself was designed by Giocomo della Porta at the end of the 16th century, but it was Bernini who added the tortoises in 1658.  Detail showing arms and hands of figures lifting turtles into the top basin of the fountain.
    Piazza-Mattei-Rome_ITA200901--0951.jpg
  • Vatican seen from in front of St. Peters,part of its facade showing on the left.  Heavy rain clouds.  Vatican structure looks distant, mysterious, closed, in contrast to the prominent columns of the St. Peter's facade.
    Vatican_Rome_ITA200901--0819-2.jpg
  • Piazza Navona; Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers, detail of the lion lapping the water at the base of the fountain.
    Bernini-fountain-Navona-lion-Rome_IT...jpg
  • ESP201210--0326.jpg
  • Statue of an angel on the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Rome.  The figures, carrying the instruments of Christ's passion, were executed by Bernini's pupils (Antonio Raggi, Antonio Giorgetti and Ercole Ferrata) between 1660 and 1668 to Bernini's design.  This one holds a scroll INRI, expressing symbolic pain under its flying robes and wings.  Cloudy, rain-filled sky above and behind the figure.
    Statue angel Ponte Sant'Angelo ITA20...jpg
  • Trevi Fountain detail; seagull perched on the nose of a marble horse held by a marble man
    Rome_Trevi_fountain_ITA200901--0318.jpg
  • Trsteno, Croatia: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736. Closeup of a sculptured fish standing on its head.
    Fish sculpture HRV200606-0349.jpg
  • Trsteno: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736. Female figure shoots water from her mouth.
    Blowing water HRV200606-345a.tif
  • Trsteno, Croatia: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736.  Male figure emitting water from his mouth.
    Blowing water HRV200606-350.jpg
  • Facade of the university College of Ildefonso at Alcala de Henares.  Flourish of red roses in the foreground, and a clutch of tourists lined up admiring the building's Plateresque ornamental flourishes around its doors and windows.  The building dates from the turn of the 15th-16th century.  The university, founded by Ximenez de Cisneros, opened in 1508 as the College of St. Ildefonso.  The facade was designed by Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon in the style known as plateresque.
    Alcala_Henares_university_ESP2201210...jpg
  • Trsteno: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736.
    Trsteno-Croatia-HRV200606-342.jpg
  • St Peter's Square in the rain, couple running under an umbrella, curved hemicycle of Bernini's colonnade beyond, grey clouds above.
    St-Peter-courtyard-Rome_ITA200901--0...jpg
  • Looking up at the bronze statue of St. John Nepomuk on the Charles Bridge, Prague.  His figure, shown from the knees up, holds a crucifix and a gilded palm branch, & wears a gilded halo with 5 stars  Plain blue sky beyond.  The martyred saint's facial expression is mournful; he was killed and thrown from this bridge in 1393 as a result of a church-state struggle between the Kings of Bohemia and the Pope.  The statue was made by Jan Brokoff in 1683.
    Statue St. John Nepomuk Prague CZR20...jpg
  • Snow on the cobblestones and on the statues on top of the arched gate.  A few pedestrians scattered about, warmly dressed in the cold.
    Prague-Strahov-gate-CZR200901--0268.jpg
  • A Roman Catholic nun in grey habit and black veil draws a clean white altar cloth over the stone altar in the church of Sveti Mihovil in Korcula, Croatia.  The altarpiece is a mannerist painting by Domenico Maggiotto, 18th century, of the Trinity with two saints, one wearing a halo.  The nun concentrates on her task, which, even though a simple daily one, seems part of her spirituality.  No doubt she whispers a prayer as the cloth slides over the stone.
    Catholic_nun_altar_HRV200606-190.jpg
  • Piazza Sta Maria sopra Minerva, Bernini elephant and obelisk, Pantheon partially visible between two adjoining buildings beyond, motorbikes in foregound.  Casual juxtaposition of contemporary necessities of urban life in Rome with its still vital ancient structures and ornaments.
    Piazza-Bernini-elephant-Rome_ITA2009...jpg
  • A Florentine woman, with her young daughter (about six years old), fills a water bottle at a Baroque wall fountain in the Oltrarno.  Both wear padded jackets.  The fountain, on a street corner, has above it a grotesque mask.  The fountain is shaped in swoops and scrolls, echoed in her curved arm reaching out, and curving fur hood of her jacket.
    Woman_child_fountain_ITA201101--0034.jpg
  • View down a medieval street in Trogir, Croatia.  Trogir is the best-preserved Romanesque-Gothic complex not only in the Adriatic, but in all of Central Europe. Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises a preserved castle and tower and a series of dwellings and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. (Wikipedia) Though no people are present, there is nevertheless a sense that these ancient dwellings are still kept up and lived in.
    Trogir-streetscape--HRV200606-101.jpg
  • Statue of St. Mark with winged angels at peak of central doorway, San Marco; seagull flying by, "giving St. Mark the bird.".<br />
Renaissance and Baroque statuary often reside on rooftops, cornices, towers, and everything above.
    St. Mark Basilsica Venice ITA200403-...jpg
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