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  • 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.
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  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  Nevertheless at least some of the multistory mud brick apartment buildings are lived in and electrical wiring is strung along the street.  An Omani man in white dishdasha and embroidered traditional cap strides purposefully down the street.
    OMN200801--3699.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
  • Telephoto shot of the fronts of a row of 10 or 12 houses, different pastel colors, wooden shutters at various angles, TV aerials  above.  Santa Claus here is a second story man.
    Florence-streetscape-ITA201012-160cr...jpg
  • Florence, Arno river, view of apartments and shops along the river bank, reflected in the water.
    Florence_apartments_riverside_ITA201...jpg
  • In Florence, Santa Claus typically climbs up to the balcony.
    Florence-Santa-balcony-ITA201012--00...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
  • Worshippers at prayer in front of the qibla of the mostque of Sultan al Muayyad, near Bab Zuweila, Cairo, Egypt.  The Imam leading the prayers stands, while seven men kneel and bow behind him.  Some, including the Imam, wear galabeyyas, while others wear trousers. They are seen from behind.  The Qibla is ornamented with a design of colored tiles.  Straw matting on the floor.
    Noon_prayers_EGY197810-2-26.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
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  View across the cathedral square in a rainstorm as tourists scurry for cover
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-024.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
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  • 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.
    HRV200606-022.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
  • Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-304.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins.  View of colonnade separating the nave and side aisle on the north side.
    Fountains Abbey ENG200607_307.jpg
  • Exterior, trattoria al Tranval, Oltrarno, Firenze.  A true neighborhood trattoria, without tourists.
    Florence-trattoria-exterior-ITA20110...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: exterior of east front; family picknicking at one corner.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_308.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: ashlar masonry of a column in the nave.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_331.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
  • 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
  • Scenes in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah, where homes and apartments are still occupied.  Alley and electric pole wired with multiple electric wires leading off down the alley; windows of homes newly framed and plastered though walls are ancient.
    Omani mud brick village of Misfah
  • Palace of Sultan Qaboos, Muscat.  Modern structure, approach avenue, row of street lsmps, polished marble sidewalk.
    Modern royal palace in Muscat
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  • Muscat, Grand Mosque of Sultan Qaboos. Mihrab, covered with modern Persian ceramic tiles ornament.
    OMN200801--3532.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.
    Pantocrator mosaic San Miniato ITA20...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
  • 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
  • Flint and stone mortared wall of a church in Suffolk, England, in shades of black, grey, and yellow.
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200701-0064.tif
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: detail of one bay in the nave, with clerestory windows above.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_328.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking along the south aisle.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_323.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: ashlar masonry detail of finely shaped rectangular stones.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_324.jpg
  • Bare ruined choirs:  nave of Fountains Abbey looking westward.  Pillars and arches cast powerful shadows on the smooth grass.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_320.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking west down the empty nave, with shadow pattern from the columns.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_306.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins, looking up at the bare ruined choirs and empty arches
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_303.jpg
  • Dubrovnik-defense-position-HRV200606...jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Rose window from the outside.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-008.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
  • 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
  • Tonle Sap lake : fish tank on a floating restaurant
    KHM200602-390.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
  • 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
  • Visitors strolling and sitting in the plaza before the church of San Miniato del Monte.  At left, single story structure is the pharmacy in which the Olivetan (Benedictine) monks sell herbal preparations that they have made.
    San-Miniato-al-Monte-Florence-ITA201...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
  • Whirling abstraction of circles and arches looking upward into the restored wooden dome interior of the Early Christian church of St. Donatus, Zadar, Croatia.
    Zadar-Donatus-interior-HRV200606-064.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Row of sculptured life size portrait heads around the apse exterior, mid-late 15th century work by sculptor George Matthew the Dalmatian (Juraj Matejev Dalmatinac)
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-013.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
  • 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
  • Tonle Sap lake :police checkpoint near Chong Kneas includes a room where the policemen rest.  A motorcycle helmet hangs on the wal, together with clean shirts.
    KHM200602-385.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Row of sculptured life size portrait heads around the apse exterior, mid-late 15th century work by sculptor George Matthew the Dalmatian (Juraj Matejev Dalmatinac)
    HRV200606-013.jpg
  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Rose window from the outside.
    HRV200606-008.jpg
  • Restored Dubrovnik homes have largely new roofs,made from tiles specially manufactured in Spain by original methods.  Citizens saves many of the original roof tiles, however, and these are used when visible wherever possible, while the new tiles have been set underneath them.  This view includes an unrestored roofless abbey church, though its vegetable garden is in active use.
    HRV200606-265a.jpg
  • Interior, views of the gallery showing arches, wooden roof, and re-used ancient Roman and Byzantine era column capitals.  Restored after Serbian assault damage during 1990s.
    HRV200606-066.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.
    HRV200606-068.jpg
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  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  An exception is the mosque with its vestigial "pillbox" minaret, carefully maintained. Minaret and doorframe are carefully and freshly painted in green, the Islamic holy color.
    Ibadhi Muslim mosque
  • Oman, Bahla Fort, under UNESCO-sponsored restoration.
    Oman_Bahla_OMN200801--3754.jpg
  • Oman, Bahla Fort, under UNESCO-sponsored restoration.
    Oman_Bahla-OMN200801--3750.jpg
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, no restoration seems to be attempted.  Archaeological Tours lecturer Trevor archand speaks to a listening group, while one of the tourists focuses her camera.
    OMN200801--3693.jpg
  • Scenes in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah : approach tunnel, with painted Omani flag indicating walking route for tourists. Tourist with camera just visible in the shadows.
    Entrance to Misfah village, Oman
  • Oman, Bahla Fort, undeer UNESCO-sponsored restoration.
    OMN200801--3750.jpg
  • Oman, mud brick village of Al Hamra, largely abandoned.  Though some structures still endure, and show some basic maintenance, little restoration seems to be attempted. Here a man wearing white dishdasha and red cap strides, arms swinging, down a street under a heavy electrical wire. Bright midday sun casts heavy shadows.
    Omani mud brick village of Al Hamra
  • 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
  • Hindu shrine newly built in Kathmandu street.  Woman in red sari emerges after making an offering to the deity within. She carries a plate and jug as she descends the stairs.  Building rubble piled in front, not having been removed.  A second shrine of similar type can be seen down the street  Both are very small; a home for the figure of the deity inside.
    New_Hindu_temple_shrine_NPL200110-4-...jpg
  • Hindu shrine newly built in Kathmandu street.  Woman in red sari emerges after making an offering to the deity within. Building rubble piled in front, not having been removed.  A second shrine of similar type can be seen down the street  Both are very small; a home for the figure of the deity inside.
    Hindu-shrine-Kathmandu-NPL200110-4-2...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
  • Lecturer and guide Dr. Trevor Marchand, of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, [ SOAS ] explaining the history and architecture of the mud brick village of Al Hamra, Oman, to a group of tourists.   Most listen attentively; one woman focuses her camera elsewhere.  Ruined mud brick home at left, repaired mud brick multi story building in the background.
    tourists-Omani-village-OMN200801--36...jpg
  • Angkor, Ta Prohm temple walls and buildings clasped in vast tangles of strangler fig tree roots (ficus gibbosa).
    Angkor_temple_Ta_Prohm_KHM200602-148.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
  • Seven Bangladeshi boys aged from about 6 years to teens cluster cheerfully in the doorway of their home in a village near Dhaka.
    BGD198201-107.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
  • Boulder outside the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh, set there as an example of ancient rock types of which Scotland is made.
    Rock design SCO200607--23.jpg
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