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  • Petroglyph at Hast bin Sult, near Nizwa, Oman.  Low relief carving of a man, arms upraised.  Exaggeratedly swollen biceps.  He holds a weapon (hammer or axe) over a woman next to him.  Rough boulder, clear blue sky at upper right.  Unknown date and origin.
    Ancient_Omani_petroglyph_OMN200801--...jpg
  • Detail of carved wooden ornamented windows and screens in Newari style on the exterior of the royal palace, Kathmandu, Durbar Square.
    Newari-wood-carving-NPL200110-10-12.jpg
  • Detail of carved wooden ornament on the exterior of the royal palace, Kathmandu, Durbar Square.
    Newari-wood-carving-NPL200110-10-2.jpg
  • Old Newari carved wooden residence still occupied; laundry and bedding hang in its colonnade..
    old-house-Kathmandu-NPL200110-1-35.jpg
  • Detail of carved wooden roof struts, each with a multi-armed Hindu deity and small erotic panels. Nerwari style sculpture.
    Newari-style-roof-struts-NPL200110-1...jpg
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sultan, a wadi near Nizwa, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date.  Local legend says the figures represent a father and mother who had committed infanticide, subsequently frozen into the rock as punishment.
    Ancient_Omani_petroglyph_OMN200801--...jpg
  • Carved wooden misericord in the choir stalls of Toledo Cathedral, showing a man pulling a woman in a basket.  She looks out at us, seemingly not pleased.
    Misericord_couple_ESP201210--4105.jpg
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sult, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date but a legend is attached.
    OMN200801--3656.jpg
  • Petroglyphs at Hast bin Sult, Oman, with figures of man, woman, baby, and others, carved in low relief on a rock 20 feet high.  Unknown origin and date but a legend is attached.
    OMN200801--3660pr_3x19.jpg
  • On a bright red ground, a carved wooden abstract ornament from the courtyard of the el Attarine Medersa in Fes (Fez) Morocco.  The wood has aged to a silvery color.
    Peace_on_Earth_PT200411-0515card5x7.jpg
  • Toledo cathedral misericord: man pulling a basket along the ground, a woman in the basket gesturing and holding on to the rope he uses to pull her.  Both figures are rubbed and worn,
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4105.jpg
  • ESP201210--4107.jpg
  • Misericord in the choir of Toledo Cathedral showing a man with a loaf of bread (?) in each hand, as though offering them for sale or delivery.
    Misericord_delivery_man_ESP201210--4...jpg
  • Misericord_man_cart_ESP201210--4106.jpg
  • Misericord in Toledo Cathedral, showing man and woman seated opposite each other, the man looking miserable and the woman seeming to offer comfort with an extended arm and hand.
    Misericord_couple_ESP201210--4107.jpg
  • Toledo misericord: man seqted, holding up a loaf (of bread?) in each hand as though offering or serving them.  He wears a tasseled cap and a long coat with sleeves.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4112.jpg
  • Toledo misericord: man and woman, heads close together in profile, in earnest conversation.  Their arms are joined in apparently affectionate contact.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4107.jpg
  • Toledo Cathedral misericord: man pours out a bucket of scraps for a waiting boar or pig.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4104.jpg
  • Couple on a misericord in Toledo Cathedral, Spain, designed as a fridge magnet: "together we can do anything"
    together misericord.jpg
  • Misericordia: man riding in a wheelbarrow - like cart.  He holds a dog (?) and looks at an open book and seems quite comfortable.
    Toledo misericordia ESP201210--4106.jpg
  • Misericord in the Toledo Cathedral: figure of a man pouring from a basket to feed a pig, which waits eagerly.
    Misericord_Toledo_cathedral_ESP20121...jpg
  • Sign inscription plaque on brick wall Via Appia Antica
    Appia-Antica-Rome_ITA200901--1224.jpg
  • Pharaonic relief of three long legged birds (ibis?) walking together in a row.  Legs, heads, and necks, all in parallel.  Red granite stone.
    Ibis walking SC197811-18.jpg
  • Sibenik, water dish for dogs built into a Renaissance wall, inscribed "AMOR D' CANI"  Streetscape with marble pavement.
    Sibenik_Croatia_HRV200606-011.jpg
  • Exterior of a hall in the compound.  A visitor (man) sits on the steps putting on his shoes.  The carved wooden doors are fronted by carved marble columns.
    Hanoi_Temple_Literature__VTN200602--...jpg
  • Stonetown carved wooden door in traditional style.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4315sharp.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
  • Stonetown wooden door studded with large headed brass nails.  Jams and architrave are delicately carved with ornamental themes.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4610.jpg
  • Stonetown wooden door with finely hand carved jambs and architrave and central pillar.  Doors themselves are plain, however.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4609.jpg
  • Mosque, tomb, and madrasa of Qala'un, Cairo, built 1283-85. Mashrabeyya details focus on the carved wooden screen with its spindles and incised patterns.  Beyond, a blur.  What life must have looked like for Muslim women long ago.
    Detail of a carved wooden mashrabiyya
  • Pair of moored gondolas by a bridge over a narrow canal in the San Marco tourist district, Venice.  Shoppers visible on the street across the canal.  Two red striped mooring posts, each bearing a call bell,  frame the elaborately carved black wooden bows of the two gondolas.
    Gondolas-Venezia_ITA200403-16.jpg
  • Fes: el Attarine Medersa: reflecting pool in the inner courtyard, looking toward closed carved wooden doors into the lecture hall.
    Fes_Attarine-courtyard-_MOR200411_05...jpg
  • Fes: el Attarine Medersa: looking upward to the students' rooms, cornices and railings of carved wood.  The school was built in 1325; Construction was initiated by Sultan Yaqub Abu Said Uthman II.  Current students still live in the building.
    Fes_Attarine-medersa_MOR200411_0514.jpg
  • Detail of carved beam and stone proto-Ionic column capital in the courtyard of El Greco's house, Toledo, Spain.
    Construction_detail_16th_century_ESP...jpg
  • Fes: el Attarine Medersa: looking upward to the students' rooms, cornices and railings of carved wood thickly ornamenting every surface.  Three open windows.  Laundry hanging over a  window grille dries in the sun.
    Fes_Attarine-medersa_MOR200411_0506.jpg
  • View looking upward in a corner of a room in the Alhambra showing its thick coverage of carved plaster ornament in panels each with a different motif.  Horror vacui reigns as every surface is covered.
    Alhambra_wall-ornament-ESP201210--02...jpg
  • Sinagoga del Transito, Museuo Sefardi, Toledo, coffered Mudejar style wooden ceiling
    Mudejar_wood_ceiling_ESP201210--4148.jpg
  • Niche in the Hall of the Ambassadors, Alhambra.  Tiled floor and wainscot, marble wall, decorated arches, grilled windows.  Sunlight streaming through the windows sheds a magical glow into the space.  Unusually, it is empty of tourists.
    Alhambra_niche_ESP201210--0253.jpg
  • Outside the Lion Gate in Durbar Square, stone statue of a ferocious lion; behind it and to the left, a stone carving of Ugrachandi, the god Shiva's consort in her fearful manifestation.  Man passes right on a bicyle; two Nepali women walk by on the left.
    NPL200110-2-0.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
  • Nepali woman in a sari, baby tied to her back, makes an offering at an 18th century temple in Kathmandu, while a British young woman nearby studies the Newari wood carving of its colonnade and roof struts.
    Kathmandu-offering-NPL200110-10-7 co...jpg
  • Outside the Lion Gate in Durbar Square, stone statue of a ferocious lion; behind it and to the left, a stone carving of Ugrachandi, the god Shiva's consort in her fearful manifestation.  Two women tourists examine the latter closely, one pointing to a feature; young Nepal man in red pants lounges against the lion statue as though waiting for them.
    NPL200110-2-7.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
  • Stonetown, man wearing white disdasha strides past a traditionally carved wooden door
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4611.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
  • Views of the archaeological site at Al Baleed, part of UNESCO's Land of Frankincense preservation area.  Carved stone column capital lies on the ground.
    Al_Baleed_archaeological_site_OMN200...jpg
  • Ostia Antica.  Closeup of a theatrical mask carved in stone; Corinthian pillar and umbrella pines behind.  Mask's mouth is wide open as though screaming.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1034-2.jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Closeup of a theatrical mask carved in stone.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1035.jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of leader in chariot
    Angkor Kurukshetra KHM200602-049.jpg
  • Courtyard wall of the Bargello studded with carved stone coats of arms of various Florentine families.
    Bargello-courtyard-ITA201012-101.jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Closeup of a theatrical mask carved in stone, showing angry expression.
    Roman_theatrical_mask_ITA200901--103...jpg
  • Tikal: carved stone gigantic mask fronting a buried structure, north Acropolis
    Giant_mask_Tikal_GUA199203-3-35.jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs showing the Kurukshetra War described in the Mahabharata; detail of two commanders on horseback, two more just behind them.  Extremely fine low relief sculpture.
    Angkor_Wat_interior_relief_KHM200602...jpg
  • Stone escutcheon carved on a balustrade newel next to a stone stair.  Unusual variation on an Italian type, outlined in symmetrically concave curves with six points.  In the center, a castle with arcaded tower.  Star above and waves in foreground.  Possible a view of Venice?
    Trogir-medieval-escutcheon--HRV20060...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.  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
  • Muscat, Grand Mosque of Sultan Qaboos, view down an arcade that borders the courtyard of the mosque.  Sunlight streaming between the pillars, casting parallel shadows.  Carved woodehn [teak] ceiling, pointed arch at entrance.
    arcade at Sultan Qaboos mosque
  • Sicily : Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Barbara Barletta lecturing to a tour group seated in the theater, carved from living rock of the hillside.
    ITA200610-193.jpg
  • Carved wood musical angel in choir stall of an English cathedral.  Cutout from photo with purple background added.
    musicalangelchoirstall copy.jpg
  • Ostia Antica.  Closeup of an ancient Roman theatrical mask carved in stone; Corinthian pillar and umbrella pines behind.  Adjoins theater at Ostia.
    Ostia Antica theater mask ITA200901-...jpg
  • Relief sculpture of a dancing maenad in a procession, carved on a cylindrical base.  She holds a drum; her dress and drapery swirl joyfully about her.
    Dancing maenad ESP201210--0360.jpg
  • Detail of the carved plaster and mirror wall decoration of the "Glass Palace" in the Amber Fort, Jodhpur.  The 16th century design is abstract, vertically oriented.
    Holiday_sparkle_PT200110-1card5x7.jpg
  • Detail of the carved plaster and mirror wall decoration of the "Glass Palace" in the Amber Fort, Jodhpur.  The 16th century design is abstract, vertically oriented.
    Birthday card_PT200110-1.jpg
  • Close up view of the facade of a small Hindu shrine in a Patan town square.  Statue of the deity dimly visible inside, covered with marigold petals for the Dasain festival.  Niche shrine in the wall on each side of the entrance.  Carved stone imitating Newari wood style, with brick infill.
    Hindu-shrine-Patan-NPL200110-04-26.jpg
  • Sicily : Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Barbara Barletta lecturing to a tour group seated in the theater, carved from living rock of the hillside.
    Tourists-Segesta-theater-ITA200610-1...jpg
  • Oman, in the village of Mirbat.  Facade of a brand new house in traditional design.  Open central doorway, carved wooden doors.  Children looking out of upper window.
    Omani_house_OMN200801--4119.jpg
  • Upper part of a minaret at the Taj Mahal, showing fine ashlar masonry and delicate carved detail.
    Taj_Mahal_minaret_IND200111-03-10d.jpg
  • Modhera, 11th century Sun temple colonnade overlooking water-filled tank and steps, orchard beyond.  The all-over carvings of the columns are in Jain style.
    Modhera_Sun_Temple_IND201301-0757.jpg
  • Couple meditating in the Jain temple to Adinath at Ranakhpur, built in 1439 in reign of Rana Kumbha, after businessman Dharma Sah dreamed that he should build a temple to Adinath, primary Jain deity, just at this spot.  Has 1444 columns each uniquely & richly carved with deities and floral motifs.
    Couple meditating Ranakhpur Jain tem...jpg
  • Jaipur, Amber Fort, established 1592 by Man Singh I, with palaces added by Jai Singh I (r 1621-67).  Detail of marble wall panel exquisitely carved with two different flower stalks with blooms and a one butterfly
    Relief_plants_Mogul_IND200111-6-25.jpg
  • Old and new buildings on a street in the Garden City neighborhood of Cairo.  In the foreground, a leaky 1950s era plain concrete structure (apartment building?)  with sliding glass windows still taped up; beyond a carved and balconied 19th century apartment building.  The contrast is apparent.
    19th and 20th centuries in Garden Ci..airo
  • 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
  • Looking up at the coffers, each carved with miniature heads and rosettes surrounded by egg-and-dart motifs.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-133.jpg
  • Man and woman seated together meditating on the cool marble floor of Ranakhpur, Jain temple built in 1439 in reign of Rana Kumbha, after businessman Dharma Sah dreamed that he should build a temple to Adinath, primary Jain deity, just at this spot.  Has 1444 columns each uniquely & richly carved with deities and floral motifs.  Beyond the couple, sunlight pours into an adjoining open courtyard.
    Ranakhpur_meditation_IND200111-8-4.jpg
  • Lavenham townscapes and architecture.  Detail of its Guildhall, now painted white, on the corner of Lady Street.  Fine ornamental detail carved on the corner, uprights, cornice, and window frames
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0029.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
  • Nyatapola Temple approach stairway and statues, looking up from the bottom.  View underneath the five pagoda roofs shows some of the carved wooden struts underneath them.  A few tourists just partly visible behind the elephant statue on its pedestal.
    NPL200110-13-11sc.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.  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
  • This garden, associated with the Smithsonian Institution, is essentially a woodland scattered with sculptures by different artists other crafts and still lifes made by local children.  Carved wooden head of a "Green Man" fastened to the trunk of a pine tree in the forest.
    sculpture_wood_head_USA.VA201002--65.jpg
  • Angkor, Banteay Srei, false door with carved fill and flanking pillars; a doorway to nowhere.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Srei_interior_...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: Bayon, sculptures of apsara dancers in high relief, with panels of carved foliage
    Angkor_Thom_Bayon_apsara dancer _KHM...jpg
  • Venice, Ca d'Oro, facade detail of its exquisite Gothic ornament.  Multicolored marbles, carved figures and corbels, rope, foliated scrolls, pointed arches, quatrefoils, bull's eye glass, etc.
    Ca-d'oro-restored-Venezia_ITA200403-...jpg
  • Oman, tomb of Hadrami holy man Ben Ali, a pilgrimage site and cemetery.  Newly restored building.  Interior view, the tomb itself covered with a bright green satin cloth.  Traditional carved wooden head marker.  A few visitors visible at the other end.
    Omani_tomb_interior_OMN200801--4152.jpg
  • Omani coastal scene of a shallow inlet where boats are beached, and a 17th century watchtower tops a hill opposite.  In the foreground, closeup of the stern of a traditional dhow, of the sambuq style, with its carved and painted wooden decoration.  A small rowboat is beached alongside.  Sheets, hawsers, and ropes stretch across the image.
    Stern of a beached dhow
  • Angkor Wat: apsara dancers in relief betwen windows filled with carved stone balusters.
    KHM200602--062.jpg
  • Oman, in the village of Mirbat.  Facade of a brand new house in traditional design.  Open central doorway, carved wooden doors.  Children looking out of upper window.
    OMN200801--4119.jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of running line of warriors.
    Angkor Kurukshetra KHM200602--050.jpg
  • Angkor Wat : carved wall reliefs. West gallery, battle of Kurukshetra between Kauravas and Pandavas. Detail of leader in chariot
    Angkor_Wat_interior_relief_KHM200602...jpg
  • Fes: el Attarine Medersa; tile and carved wood decoration on interior walls, in geometric panels each filled with a different group of motifs.
    Fes_Attarine-architectural-ornament-...jpg
  • Detail of low relief marble foliate carved ornament on an exterior wall of the Taj Mahal..
    Taj_Mahal_detail_IND200111-3-16a.jpg
  • Detail of the elaborate stalagtite carved marble ornament in the walls and arcades of the Plaza of Myrtles, Alhambra.
    Alhambra_stalagtite_ESP201210--0257.jpg
  • Carved plaster and glass mirror decorative panel on a wall of the glass palace in the Red Fort, Agra, an example of Mughal stalagtite ornament.
    Mughal_stalagtite_ornament_IND200111...jpg
  • Tikal: carved stone gigantic mask of the Mayan rain god, fronting a buried structure, north Acropolis.  Its expression is ferocious, with a bulbous nose and frowning eyes.  Mayan spiritual lives seem to me to have been quite horrible.
    Tikal_mask_closeup_GUA199203-3-35.jpg
  • Lavenham architecture : half timbered house, painted orange, with carved wooden door and leaded windows.  Facade from the street, including sidewalk of multicolored stones.
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0004.jpg
  • Many old buildings in Prague use the basement as a restaurant and advertise favorably their "Gothic cellar."  This is an entrance to one of them in Hradcany.  There is graffiti carved in the ancient door jamb.  Dark steps lead down from the street.
    Prague-Gothic-cellar-entrance-CZR200...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.  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
  • 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.  Seen from the southeast across the graveyard, two honored with fresh flower bouquets.
    Historic-Christ-Church-Weems-USA.VA2...jpg
  • Sumhuram, details of ashlar masonry walls (1st century BC) of the entrance to the ancient city.  Carved inscription in ancient South Arabian language, covered by a protective transparent plastic ( Lucite?)  shield.  Sumhuram, was an outpost of the pre-Islamic kingdom of Hadramawt on the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, now in the Dhofar region of Oman.  The language of the inscription is yet untranslated.
    Sumhuram_archaeological_site_OMN2008...jpg
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