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  • Architectural detail of a Romanesque colonnade with detail of a carved capital beyond the dome of a Renaissance era church.  Simple graphic design juxtaposes the two as they are.
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-369.jpg
  • Early Renaissance architecture: the key figure is Filippo Brunelleschi.  His Ospedale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital, (1419–ca.1445), is the first major monument of his elegant classical style with its arches and colonnades.  This is the courtyard inside.
    ITA201012-088 BW.jpg
  • Early Renaissance architecture: the key figure is Filippo Brunelleschi.  His Ospedale degli Innocenti (Foundling Hospital, (1419-ca.1445), is the first major monument of his elegant classical style with its arches and colonnades.  This is the courtyard inside, its serene colonnade arching over a potted orange tree.
    Brunelleschi-courtyard-colonnade-ITA...jpg
  • The Baptistry dome interior has spectacular mosaics, still very Byzantine in style, made during the 13th century.  I have not seen any attribution to any one artist, though it is said that the painter Coppo di Marcovaldo made some of the cartoons.
    Baptistry_mosaic_dome_ITA201012--000...jpg
  • South facade of St. Peter and St. Paul wool church in Lavenham, seen from near the south entrance.  A few gravestones scattered close to the church, casting shadows.  The late afternoon sun reflected off the 8-light Late Perpendicular style windows of the church.  Finely carved ornament on the buttresses and along the roof.
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0043.jpg
  • Exterior of the little round church of St. Donatus, built early 9th century in Byzantine style, and its later bell tower, seen from across the Roman forum.
    Zadar-Donatus-_exterior_HRV200606-07...jpg
  • Prague synagogue; carving on tympanum over entry to the inner sanctuary, an abstract geometric design within a pointed arch, shows 12 vines and twleve bunches of grapes, possibly representing the twelve tribes of Israel.  Also known as the "Old-New Synagogue," the oldest in Europe.  Built 1270 in Gothic style.
    Prague-synagogue-tympanum-CZR200901-...jpg
  • View of Christ Church and its adjoining slave memorial, in Stone Town, Tanzania, East Africa.  Built 1873-1883 of coral stone, designed by Edward Steere, then Anglican bishop.  Style is Gothic revival.
    TNZ200801--4317.jpg
  • Green cloister of Sta Maria Novella, considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture, begun around 1340 by Fra' Sisto and Fra' Ristoro. I like cloisters because they slow life down to make contemplation easier. Under the arcade is a series of frescoes by Paolo Uccello showing the Creation and the story of Noah, dated 1424.
    Santa-Maria-Novella-cloister-ITA2010...jpg
  • Green cloister of Sta Maria Novella, considered an extraordinary example of Italian Gothic architecture, begun around 1340 by Fra' Sisto and Fra' Ristoro.  I like cloisters because they slow life down to make contemplation easier.  Under the arcade is a series of frescoes by Paolo Uccello showing the Creation and the story of Noah, dated 1424.  Details in the next images of this gallery.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella-cloiste...jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  Arched mullioned windows and an oculus admit streams of daylight into the interior space.  Carfully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-Histori...jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. West end exterior from plaza in a rainstorm.  Tourists huddled around the entrance.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-026.jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  Carfully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  This view at the interior crossing includes parts of pew and pulpit to frame three of its arched and mullioned windows.  The image as a result balances three dimensional space with two dimensional graphic design.  Carefully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-Geometr...jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  Carfully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization.  Interior view of the spectacularly beautiful carved walnut pulpit.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • This perfectly symmetrical central-plan Georgian church was funded by Robert "King" Carter of Virginia, and built in part of his plantation, now in the town of Weems, in 1735.  His tomb and those of some of his wives are on the church property, seen here in the foreground.  Still used for worship, the structure is lovingly restored and maintained by a nonprofit volunteer society.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-Virgini...jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  Carfully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization.  Approach along an alley of trees from the east side.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  Carfully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization.This view shows the cross vaulting at the center where the north-south and east-west aisles cross.  Stone floor and carves wlnut pews.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  Carfully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • This perfectly symmetrical central-plan Georgian church was funded by Robert "King" Carter of Virginia, and built in part of his plantation, now in the town of Weems, in 1735.  His tomb and those of some of his wives are on the church property.  Still used for worship, the structure is lovingly restored and maintained by a nonprofit volunteer society.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • Perfect American Georgian brick church, funded by Robert "King" Carter in 1735.  Central plan, carved walnut pews and pulpit.  Carfully preserved and devotedly maintained by a private organization. Detail of the free standing white marble baptismal font.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • Detail of the facade of the College of San Ildefonso, Alcala Henares, an example of the Spanish Plateresque architectural style of the 16th century.  The building opened in 1506.
    Alcala_Henares_Plateresque_ESP220121...jpg
  • Statue of the guardian lion, seated, in front of the north entrance, by Nikola Firentinac, a Florentine sculptor (d. 1435).  Side view of its rigid posture and proportionately small head.
    HRV200606-006.jpg
  • Front view of a stilt house with access ladder standing in the middle of a planted field off the rural road leading to Tonle Sap lake.
    Cambodia_Tonle_Sap_KHM200602-202.jpg
  • New polished wood door with shiny brass fittings, fitted into the arched entrance of  an old stone and brick house in Florence.  Shiny new apartment buzzer plate on the door jamb, with new drain pipes alongside.
    Florence-streetscape-old-new-ITA2010...jpg
  • Brunilleschi's next major work after the Ospedale degli Innocenti was the Pazzi Chapel, next to the Santa Croce basilica, from 1441-1460.  The Pazzi family, rich Florentine bankers, conspired against the Medici brothers Lorenzo and Giuliani. In 1478 they succeeded in murdering Giuliano during mass in the cathedral.  Lorenzo escaped and became subsequently "Lorenzo the Magnificent."  The Pazzi chapel, however, is a gem of serene beauty.  This exterior shot is the usual one shown in books.  A few tourists come and go on the approach path.
    Pazzi-chapel-exterior-approach-ITA20...jpg
  • Looking up toward the dome of a small Greek Orthodox church in Ayvalik, Turkey, abandoned after the Greek-Turkish population exchange in 1923.  A priest from Lesbos comes over occasionally to offer a service here.   Since the early Gothic period in France, the holy spirit has been envisioned as being carried on light.   Here my deliberate manipulation of the high contrast of the image is means to illustrate this concept.
    Streaming_sunlight_TUR199710-02-6.jpg
  • Front view of a small stilt house, showing access ladder and clusters of tools and equipment hanging in the shade underneath.  The woven straw matting wall of a larger house next door is shown.
    Cambodia_Tonle_Sap_KHM200602-206.jpg
  • Tonle Sap, near Khampon Khleang : fishing village on stilts.  Wooden ladders separate two to three levels of the houses.  A quirky version of a high rise dwelling.
    Cambodia_Tonle_Sap_KHM200602-199.jpg
  • Muscat, Grand Mosque of Sultan Qaboos. Mihrab, covered with modern Persian ceramic tiles ornament.
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  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: detail of one bay in the nave, with clerestory windows above.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_328.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: ashlar masonry detail of finely shaped rectangular stones.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_324.jpg
  • Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-304.jpg
  • Trogir: small courtyard with arch, stairway, laundry hanging out to dry, and a motorbike.  Roman and medieval structures still in use as people clearly still live in them. Electric wires strung along the outside walls.
    Trogir-courtyard-streetscape--HRV200...jpg
  • Circular stained glass window in an abstract geometrical design casts its colored lights on the church aisle.  Rows of empty chairs on each side just visible in the dark, as the window provides the only illumination here.
    Unitarian_church_interior_USA.VA2011...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: entrance causeway with gods and demons holding naga.
    Angkor_Wat_detail_sculpture_KHM20060...jpg
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  • Christ Pantocrator between the Virgin and St. Minias, with Evangelist symbols.  Dated 1260 or 1297, by an unknown artist.  In the apse of the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.
    Pantocrator mosaic San Miniato ITA20...jpg
  • The duomo interior is large and quite bare.  Again the pietra serena with white walls combination is used.  The floor of polished multicolored marble echoes the exterior color combination of red, green, grey, and white.
    Florence_Duomo_nave-ITA201101--0059.jpg
  • Detail of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, by Paolo Uccello, 1424, with color correction to bring out detail.  The fresco, in the Green Cloister of Santa Maria Novella, was badly damaged in the flood of 1966.  Even so the concept of   the serpent in the Garden of Eden as an attractive blonde woman has great appeal to me.
    Garden-Eden-serpent-ITA201012--0062c...jpg
  • A few years after the Sassetti Chapel, Girlandaio decorated the Tornabuoni Chapel in the apse of Santa Maria Novella.  The subject is the life of John the Baptist, 1485-1490,  seen from the northern side of the nave.  Altar with wooden crucifix, decorated with pots of red poinsettias and candelabra as it is still the Christmas season.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella_Tornabu...jpg
  • Looking up at San. Miniato al Monte and the adjoining Olivetan monastery, built 11th and 12th centuries.  Stairs and terrace layers step upward toward the church at the top.
    Florence-San-Miniato-ITA201012-134.jpg
  • Interior of the Pazzi Chapel showing one corner with arched windows and terra cotta roundels by Luca della Robbia above them.   The grey edgings and  pilasters are of pietra serena, a specific type of stone from Fiesole.  Combined with the warm white walls they make an exquisitely serene space.  Some scholars now think that Berunelleschi was responsible for the design, and the building work was completed by others, such as Michelozzo.
    Pazzi-chapel-interior-ITA201012-114.jpg
  • Cylindrical roof tiles, originals saved after the war, restored to Dubrovnik roofs supported on modern manufactured tiles underneath.
    Dubrovnik_restored_roof_tiles_HRV200...jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking along the south aisle.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_323.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking up at bare ruined choirs and empty arches against a plain blue sky.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_316.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: looking up at the bare ruined choirs, empty arches.
    Fountains_Abbey ENG200607-302.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins, detail of exterior wall and buttresses.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_300.jpg
  • Telephoto shot of the harbor from the hill above the city.
    Dubrovnik-harbor-HRV200606-298.jpg
  • Pattern detail to show original tiles saved after Serb bombardment set on top of reproduction tiles manufactured for the restoration.
    Dubrovnik-roof-tiles--HRV200606-268.jpg
  • Originally built as a mausoleum for Diocletian at the end of the 3rd century,the structure was taken over and became a Cathedral for St. Domnius.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-109.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Six or seven tourists, seen from the chest up, waiting out a rainstorm in the entrance or narthex.  People nearer the door look up at the sky.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-017.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Rose window from the inside.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-007.jpg
  • Statue of the guardian lion, seated, in front of the north entrance, by Nikola Firentinac, a Florentine sculptor (d. 1435).  Side view of its rigid posture and proportionately small head, grinning vacuously.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-006.jpg
  • Uffizi Gallery from across the Arno River at sunset.  The crowd is like a row of dots along the river bank.  The intense yellow color of the setting sun on the gallery wall is reflected in the water of the river below.
    Uffizzi_gallery_sunset_reflection_IT...jpg
  • I could not decide between a horizontal and vertical picture, so I did both.
    Brunelleschi_colonnade_detail_ITA201...jpg
  • Sunlit alley between shadowed mud brick mansions, village of Al Hamra, Oman.  The homes have been abandoned but remain standing.  All are defensive with small slit windows set high in the facades, and crenellations on the flat roofs.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • View from the embrasure of an open window at the top of the Nakhl Fortress, Oman.  Fortress walls are ! meter thick. Grove of palm trees and distant mountain seen through an iron grille.  Wooden shutters stand open, sunlight casting diagonal shadows from the grill.
    View from window grill at Nakhl Fortress
  • Palace of Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.  Modern structure, approach avenue, row of street lsmps, polished marble sidewalk.
    Modern royal palace in Muscat
  • Palace of Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.  Modern structure, approach avenue, row of street lsmps, polished marble sidewalk.  Omani men wearing dishdashas cross the street.
    OMN200801--3555.jpg
  • Muscat, Grand Hyatt Hotel;  multi-story window facing garden and Indian Ocean.  Exterior outside restaurant and cafe.
    OMN200801-3520.jpg
  • St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, from the graveyard with tombs and gravestones in the foreground.  Church was build ca. 1771 and was the site of the Second Virginia Convention in 1775, when Patrick Henry gave his famous "give me liberty or give me death!" speech.
    Richmond St. Johns Church -USA.VA200...jpg
  • Detail, head of St. James, from the statue on the portal, right side.  Hair schematized in narrow parallel ridges; stern facial expression.
    St. James Sibenik HRV200606-009.jpg
  • Exterior, trattoria al Tranval, Oltrarno, Firenze.  A true neighborhood trattoria, without tourists.
    Florence-trattoria-exterior-ITA20110...jpg
  • Annunciation by Luca della Robbia is set into the arched vault of the Ospedale degli Innocenti.  The "Della Robbia blue" covers the background of the white figures of the angel and Mary.
    Della-Robbia-Annunciation -ITA201101...jpg
  • Looking up into the interior of Brunelleschi's dome, covered in the 16th century with frescoes by Giorgio Vasari, the hyperactive painter, writer, architect, and historian.
    Florence_cathedral_interior_dome_ITA...jpg
  • Facade of Santa Maria Novella, designed by Leon Battista Alberti, 1456-70 on a commission by a local textile magnate, Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai.  The church itself, a Dominican foundation, was built 100 years previously.
    Florence-Santa-Maria-Novella-facade-...jpg
  • In Florence, Santa Claus typically climbs up to the balcony.
    Florence-Santa-balcony-ITA201012--00...jpg
  • Christ Pantocrator between the Virgin and St. Minias, with Evangelist symbols.  Dated 1260 or 1297, by an unknown artist.  In the apse of the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence.
    San-Miniato-apse-mosaic-ITA201012-14...jpg
  • Brunelleschi's courtyard of the Ospedale degli Innocenti is a perfection of proportion.  In this view inside a colonnade,  a window reflects the exterior of the courtyard colonnade.  A wooden bench suggests repose in this quiet place.
    Brunelleschi-courtyard-detail-ITA201...jpg
  • I collect domes.  This looks straight upward at the central dome of the Pazzi Chapel with its pendentives and adjoining arches.  Medallions in the pendentives are the four Evangelists.
    Dome_interior_ITA201012-112.jpg
  • Angkor Thom: relief sculpture of three apsara dancers wearing triple conical headdresses and long skirts.
    Apsara_Angkor_sculptures_KHM200602-0...jpg
  • Tonle Sap lake :an enclosed  fish tank in the deck of a floating restaurant.   It seems crowded with lively splashing and jumping fish who are likely to become someone's meal soon.
    Cambodia_Tonle_Sap_KHM200602-390.jpg
  • Tonle Sap lake police checkpoint near Chong Kneas includes a room where the policemen rest.  A motorcycle helmet hangs on the wall, together with clean shirts.  A hammock and television set indicate how rest hour time is passed.  The otherwise empty room has a quiet, peaceful atmosphere.
    Cambodia_Tonle_Sap_KHM200602-385.jpg
  • Flint and stone mortared wall of a church in Suffolk, England, in shades of black, grey, and yellow.
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200701-0064.tif
  • The fresco in the smaller dome at left, over the altar, represents the sky in Florence on July 4, 1442 according to astronomers.  Together the dome interiors, medallions, and arches, form a complex of circular and angular shapes.  Attending to what is going on in the ceiling, it is not clear where the eye must rest.
    Pazzi_chapel_ceiling_SI197905-23.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: exterior of east front; family picknicking at one corner.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_308.jpg
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  • Abstract telephoto detail of the lovely roof tiles in shades of red and orange, contrasting with blazing white stone of the church tower.
    Dubrovnik-church-tower--HRV200606-27...jpg
  • Stairway up to the city wall at Korcula, Croatia.  Tower gate and flag above.  Visitors descending the stair (two or three people).
    Korcula-Croatia-HRV200606-182.jpg
  • Old and new ; old village structures with modern hotel visible beyond.  View of Hvar rooftops, including church bell tower and houses with rooftop solar panels.
    Hvar-Croatia-scene-HRV200606-164.jpg
  • Looking up at the coffers, each carved with miniature heads and rosettes surrounded by egg-and-dart motifs.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-133.jpg
  • Workman carrying a plank for building the scaffold over the cathedral narthex, during restoration of the 13th century Radovan sculptures there.  It was disappointing not to see them!
    Trogir-restoration-work--HRV200606-0...jpg
  • Interior, looking down from the gallery into the tiny round sanctuary.  Church is deconsecrated, now used for concerts.  Restored after Serbian bombardment 1991-1993.
    Zadar-Donatus-interior-HRV200
  • Detail, head of St. James, from the statue on the portal, right side.  Hair schematized in narrow incised parallel ridges; stern facial expression.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-009.jpg
  • In the village of Brent Eleigh, the church of St. Mary's is a perfect example of the village church.  The chancel window is Victorian Gothic, but the church interior has been revealed to have late 14th century wall paintings of St. John, the Virgin Mary, the Harrowing of Hell, and other subjects.  For known history, see http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/brent.html.  This photo was made on a cloudy grey winter day, but the grass is bright green against the warm yellowish and reddish colored stone from which the church was built..
    English_village_churchyard_ENG200701...jpg
  • Zadar: Church of St. Donatus, built 9th century, interior looking upward into the wooden dome.  The supporting columns are re-used Roman columns.
    Ambiguous_space_HRV200606-064.jpg
  • Courtyard of Al Azhar mosque, Cairo, seat of Al Azhar University.  Al Azhar was founded 970 AD as a theological college.  Today it includes faculties of agriculture, medicine, and law. This image was made in 1979.  The huge courtyard is empty except for a student seated bent over in study under the arcade.
    Al_Azhar_mosque_Cairo_EGY197904-2-37.jpg
  • View of the 16th century Laate Perpendicular Gothic church and tower from the south, including its adjoining graveyard.   Its size and elegance reflect the wealth of the area around Lavenham during the Tudor period.
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0040.jpg
  • Telephoto view of the Uffizi Gallery river facade from across the Arno River, showing the late afternoon crowds, seeming like a row of ants creeping along the sidewalk behind the river bank balustrade.
    Uffizi_crowds_river_facade_ITA201012...jpg
  • One of the scenes from the life of Noah: an angel instructs him to build the Ark while a man hoes the soil and a woman with two small children stand nearby.  Severely damaged in the 1966 floods and not yet restored.
    ITA201012--0060.jpg
  • Dubrovnik HRV200606-265a.jpg
  • Angkor Thom: Bayon temple: two Cambodian boys looking out one of the temple window embrasures, gazing at the camera as they are seated on the sill.
    Angkor_Thom_Bayon boys KHM200602-017.jpg
  • Al Rustaq Fort, at the foot of Al Jabal Al Akhdar on the edge of the Batinah Plain, Oman. Originally constructed circa 1250 AD on Persian ruins from the 7th century AD, The imposing present-day structure was rebuilt by the first ruler of the Ya'ruba dynasty in 1650.   Rustaq has long been important because of its strategic situation at the openings of mountain passes, as well as its benign climate and hot springs, which are believed to have medicinal benefits. It was the site in 1624 of the election of the first imam of the Ya'ariba, Nasir bin Murshid bin Sultan, and served as the imamate's capital a number of times, controlling trade between Oman's coastal ports and the mountainous interior.
    Al Rustaq Fort, Oman
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  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins.  View of colonnade separating the nave and side aisle on the north side.
    Fountains Abbey ENG200607_307.jpg
  • Muscat, Grand Hyatt Hotel;  multi-story window facing garden and Indian Ocean.  Exterior outside restaurant and cafe.  High window reflects garden, sky, and clouds.
    Muscat hotel OMN200801-3520.jpg
  • Florence, Arno river, view of apartments and shops along the river bank, reflected in the water.
    Florence_apartments_riverside_ITA201...jpg
  • Brunelleschi is most famous for building the dome of the cathedral.  This monument has been so often photographed that I think it's impossible to find a new way of presenting it.  This is the best I could to at the time, showing part of the dome with a view along the south side of the nave, with scaffolding on the exterior of the south apse.
    Florence_cathedral_ITA201012-213.jpg
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