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  • Design in sharp angles formed by wooden fence in vertical slats, green grass lawn, and patterned stone slabs of a terrace.  All seen in partial view.
    Abstract-geometric-design-AB200201-1...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
  • White, black, red, yellow, and beige in a design of squares and rectangles make a Mondriaan-like graphic pattern on a well-maintained old house in Ayvalik.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-02-8.jpg
  • Looking down on the Rio Grande from the high Taos bridge.  River, sand, bushes, and cliffs form a linear design of different textures.  Warm oranges and yellows contrast with the dark blue water of the river.
    River_abstraction_USA.NM1998-08-18.jpg
  • Detail of incised pattern in rock, Wadi El Ain, Oman.  Long-armed cross and an arc with varied textures and colors orange and silvery grey make an appealing design.  The colors and texture have been emphasized in post processing by targeted saturation and sharpening.
    OMN200801--3644pr11x17.jpg
  • San Clemente, marble mosaic floor by the four brothers, known as the Cosmati from their father Cosmatus, between 1190 and 1235.  The floor is seen from a low angle to show extent and complexity of the geometric pattern.  Hexagons, triangles, circles, rectangles, squares, are set in a systematic close fitting design which I thought quite beautiful.
    Multicolored-hexagons-marble-mosaic-...jpg
  • View of a rice field near Dhaka showing three stages of growth of the rice plants: green grass, shoots emerging from the water, and water in a design and pattern of three horizontal areas
    rice_paddy_abstraction_BGD198201-109.jpg
  • Woodworking studio at Artisans d'Angkor,  A young man works on a wooden panel relief sculpture, following the elaborate pen and ink design pinned above his work.  Beyond,  three or four additional young men practice various techniques.
    khmer_wood_carving_KHM200602-261.jpg
  • Rock face detail on the Skyline Drive in Virginia.  Colors and contrast intensified in post processing to bring out pattern and natural design.
    Rock face abstract USA.VA201408--327...jpg
  • Detail of incised pattern in rock face, Wadi El Ain, Oman.  A Cross and a curve in layers of orange and silver colors makes an abstract design
    Rock Art at Wadi El Ain OMN200801--3...jpg
  • Upward angled view of an interior wall at the Alhambra, thickly covered with lacework plaster geometric and floral designs. Two arched shapes of sunshine projected from windows across the room.
    Alhambra decoration ESP201210--0272.jpg
  • Closeup of the natural bark pattern of a sycamore tree in Aix-en-Provence.  The colors have been intensified in the image.
    Abstract_design_from_nature_PT200208...jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Floor mosaic propped up against a wall.
    Ostia_Antica_ITA200901--1043.jpg
  • Pierced stone window grille in the mosque of Ahmad Shah 1, Ahmedabad, seen from the interior, with sunlight projected onto the sill and embrasure.
    pierced_stone_window_IND201301--2586.jpg
  • Detail of fissures in a cliff side at Wadi el Ain, Oman.  Lines and curves and colors are brought out in the image to suggest an abstract expressionist painting created by nature.  Orange, yellow, gray-green are predominant colors.
    Abstract_expressionism_rock_OMN20080...jpg
  • Pierced stone window grille in the mosque of Ahmad Shah 1, Ahmedabad.
    Geometric-window-grille-IND201301--2...jpg
  • Selections from Dale Chihuly's 2019 exhibition "Reflections on Nature" ay Kew Gardens. <br />
 For more images see his web site at https://www.chihuly.com/exhibitions/chihuly-at-kew
    Chihuly at Kew-IMG_5552.JPEG
  • Bark of a sycamore (?) in Aix-en-Provence.  Its soft natural colors have been saturated a bit for emphasis.
    Sycamore bark PT200208-21.jpg
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  • Long red and green hot chili peppers in an edge-to-edge pattern with the text superimposed in white.
    Hot_Peppers_THA200603_056 card5x7.jpg
  • Detail of a twisted column of Bernini's baldachino in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.  The black column with its gold ornamen tation is set against on e of the white marble square pillars in the basilica.  Three candles, unlit, in the foreground.
    Baldachino-detail_Rome_ITA200901-128...jpg
  • Sequence of empty arched windows piercing walls of Trajan's Markets, Rome.  Closeup of one, beyond which two more in sequence can be seen.
    Trajans-market-Rome_ITA200901--0482.JPG
  • painting filters applied to strengthen natural  lines and shapes
    AB201804--2524simp.jpg
  • Chihuly at Kew-IMG_5542.JPEG
  • Chihuly at Kew-IMG_5460.JPEG
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  • Stained glass windows by Gerry Cummins and Jill Stehn in St. Monica's Cathedral, Cairns, Australia.  They are meant to symbolize the natural forces of the Earth.
    AUS201804--6837.jpg
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  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : Yorkshire dry stone wall made of both rounded and flat stones.
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200607_033.tif
  • Lavenham townscapes and architecture
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0033.jpg
  • Snow on the cobbles and roofs; head on view of a cottage converted into a souvenir shop, its doors open bearing shelves for display of souvenirs for sale.  Adjoining cottage has bright blue walls.  A rhythm of square, rectangular, and round shapes makes a geometric two dimensional structure. Street in the 17th century was occupied by goldsmiths, hence its name.  Subsequently redeveloped in the time of Maria Theresa in the 18th century; in the 19th and early 20th century, squatters' housing; now occupied by expensive souvenir shops and restaurants.
    Prague-Hradcany-Golden-Lane-CZR20090...jpg
  • Detail side view of the tiny St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Solomon's Island, MD built 1889.  Narrow pointed arch window, narrow door (closed), section of picket fence, and wooden shingled roof.  Geometric sense of parallels and angles.
    Geometric_graphic_composition_USA.MD...jpg
  • Indoor swimming pool in the Montebello Condominium, Community Center, Alexandria, Virginia.  A window wall illuminates the interior.  Lap lanes and a hot tub are visible.
    Montebello Indoor_swimming_pool_USA....jpg
  • Museo Nazionale de Roma, Palazzo Massimo, mosaic panel, two pigeons, border of waves and rope
    Rome_ITA200901--1142-2.jpg
  • "Umbilicus Urbis Romae" inscription on a marble  plaque fragment attached to the side of the ancient speakers' platform near the arch of Septimus Severus, Roman Forum.  ...
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0517.jpg
  • Chihuly at Kew-IMG_5536.JPG
  • Chihuly at Kew-IMG_5459.JPG
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  • Huge monolithic greenstone on display at Te Puia, Rotorua.
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  • Detail of incised pattern in rock face, Wadi El Ain, Oman.
    OMN200801--3644ppi300.jpg
  • Oman, Nakhl fortress.  Built by Al Arabiyah dynasty imam who threw the Portuguese out of Oman in the 1640s.  Used until the 1950s as the residence of the local wali (governor). Restored in the 1990s. Coffee pot, incense burner, and oil lamp on a shelf near the entrance..
    OMN200801--3584.jpg
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  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : stone dry wall, some reused shaped stones
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200607_018.tif
  • 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
  • Colorfully-painted house front on Burano, Venice.  Laundry hanging in front of one house; umbrellas hanging open and upside down from  a wooden framework in front of another house.  Main colors blue, red, orange.
    Burano-house-Venezia_ITA200403-6-6.jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.  Multiple horizontal striations in blues, yellows, and white, interspersed with white and beige sand.  Pale blue sky above.
    Wadi_Haynun_Dhofar_OMN200801--4061pr...jpg
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  • Chihuly at Kew-IMG_5452.JPG
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  • Stonetown wooden door with finely hand carved jambs and architrave and central pillar.  Doors themselves are plain, however.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4609.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
  • Well preserved medieval tiles in floor of Winchester Cathedral, in front of the altar.  Pattern of equal squares, each filled with a decorative motif, many different, some the same.
    Medieval_floor_tiles_PT200107-32.jpg
  • Ancient Roman mosaic wave design, found in Merida, Spain.
    mosaic_waves_border_design_ESP201210...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
  • Campanile (bell tower) of the Duomo, designed and begun by Giotto, 1334-37, when he died.  Four years later Andrea Pisano became Master of the Works and scrupulously followed Giotto's design until 1348, the year of the Black Death, when everything stopped.  Francesco Talenti finally finished it in 1359.
    Florence_campanile_ITA201101--0066.jpg
  • Row houses in Ayvalik, newly built on traditional design.  Angular projecting upper storeys, curved iron protective bars on lower windows, arched doorways colored orange and purple.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-35a.jpg
  • Angular abstract design formed by the rooftop of Vezelay Abbey, seen from the top of the bell tower.  Thick mosses cover and color the roof tiles.
    FRA198008-4.jpg
  • Detail of the floor mosaic in the House of Hippolytus, Complutum, near Alcala de Henares, Spain.  An unusual provincial Roman design with varied motifs in monochrome (black, white, brown) with touches of red.
    Complutum_mosaic_ESP2201210--4016.jpg
  • 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
  • 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
  • Goldfish pond on the grounds of the Jim Thompson house in Bangkok.  Purple lotus is blooming while a goldfish swims just under the surface of the water.  Seven flad lily pads surround the fish and the lotus in an oval design.
    THA200603_359.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
  • Following the design, weaver at work.
    IND201301--0789.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
  • 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
  • Following the design, weaver at work.
    Patola-weaver-working-IND201301--078...dng
  • Intricate design of female figure, vines, dentils, and other ornamental rows, on a Romano-Byzantine column capital re-used in a later building..
    Dubrovnik-Croatia-HRV200606-378.jpg
  • Looking upward toward the golden Buddha at the top of the Wat Arun central "prang" or pyramidal tower.  Plain stairway dominates, while the walls on either side are decorated with bits of ceramic, figures, flowers, and borders of intricate design.  A golden figure of the Buddha seated on three elephants is at the top.  Construction began in 1809, using rubble brought on ships as ballast.
    Bangkok_Wat_Arun_THA200603_086.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
  • Island of Burano, Venice: houses, canal, reflections, bridge, form a blocky geometric design of red, yellow, and white.  A string of laundry hangs across the white house, reflected in the water below..
    Burano-canal-houses-Venezia_ITA20040...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Apse of Beauvais Cathedral, showing its Gothic vaulting and stained glass windows in a semicircular graphic design.
    Christmas_FRA200208-2-20card5x7.jpg
  • The audience section of the ancient theatre at Segesta, Sicily.  Bands of sunlit and shadowed stone make a design of curved parallels.
    Birthday card ITA200610-197.jpg
  • Marrakech: Jemaa el-Fna.  At night, menu board of the Moha Restaurant glowing in the dark.  Menu lists written in French and Arabic.  Prices in arabic numerals of course.  Sign is surrounded by decorative wire scroll design.  Lights of the souk glow beyone.
    Jemaa_Fna_Marrakesh_restaurant-menu-...jpg
  • Sicily : Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Shadow patterns on the seats and stairs, making an abstract semicircular design.
    Greek_theater_Segesta_ITA200610-197.jpg
  • Upper half of a high rise apartment building in the Montebello Condominium, Alexandria, Virginia, under an even, lumpy looking layer of altocumulus cloud.  The building windows gleam and leafy branches frame the scene left and right.  The effect is an angular two dimensional design out of a very three dimensional subject.
    Montebello High-rise-with-cloud-laye...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.  Detail of a design painted on the end of a log.
    Annmarie_Garden_USA.VA201002--63.jpg
  • Crowds around the Fountain of Trevi, late afternoon sunlight illuminating its facade.  18th century design by Nicola Salvi.  Crowds mill about in the foreground.
    Fountain-Trevi-Rome_ITA200901--4842.jpg
  • Santa Pudenziana, nave; Cosmati floor; detail of the geometric design of lozenges, stripes, polygons, in cream, grey, red, and blue marble.
    Santa-Pudenziana-Cosmati-marble-floo...jpg
  • Curving section of the audience at the ancient theater at Taormina, Sicily, Italy.  Bands of grass and stone make a design of parallel curves.
    Birthday card ITA200610-054.jpg
  • Fes: carpet sales room at Gennoun's Gallery.  Close up of four different carpets laid out to make a colorful Berber geometric design of all of them.
    Fes_carpet_designs_MOR200411_0545.jpg
  • Herculaneum : wall structure with variety of patterned stones & bricks forming a pleasant abstract design.
    stone_wall_closeup_ITA200610-118.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
  • Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House, where he lived and worked, in Hanoi.  View of the interior, showing study (left) and bedroom (right).  The house is small and simple, as Ho Chi Minh lived simply.  Its spacial design and surfaces are exquisite and elegant however. the image composition is a rather rigid geometric.
    Hanoi_Stilt_House_VTN200602-320.jpg
  • Sta Costanza, black and white mosaic detail in the curved ambulatory ceiling; 4th century.  Complicated design of grapevines interspersed with realistic figures doing the grape harvest, busts of other figures, and medallions with a variety of insets..
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1091.jpg
  • Frontal view of an elaborately draped Roman torso in marble, making a design of swirls and angles.
    Ancient_Roman_marble_torso_drapery_E...jpg
  • General view of Bhaktapur, one of the seven Monument Zones in the Kathmandu Valley designated by UNESCO, repaired and restored.  Vendor of sweets in the foreground with his cart; visitors and tourists dotted about the pavement; Nayatapola temple across the square.
    Bhaktapur-NPL200110-13-01.jpg
  • Mug designs proposed for Montebello Condominium Cuppa Joe use.
    USA.VA201105-9.jpg
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