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  • Sicily : Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Shadow patterns on the seats and stairs.
    ITA200610-197pr10x15.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
  • 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
  • Angkor Wat: view along a corridor  of one of its galleries.Parallel linear pattern of sunlight and shadow projected through balustraded window opening.  Successive doorways recede into the distance.
    Angkor_Wat_interior_KHM200602-071.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
  • Comp from several digital files showing colorful Manhattan high rises being swamped by heavy ocean waves
    Rising Seas, Manhattan, II.
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple to Hera II, Neptune, or Hera & Zeus (disputed attribution of dedication)
    ITA200610-098.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
  • 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
  • Examples of rogan painting on silk wall hangings spread out on the floor of the painter's home.
    Still_life_Rogan_painting_IND201301-...jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : temple to Hera II, Neptune, or Hera & Zeus (disputed attribution of dedication). Detail of five columns from bottom to top with curved shadows of the next column capital showing near the top of each.  Parallelism and togetherness; repetition.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-099.jpg
  • ITA200610-054_8bpr10x14on13x19.jpg
  • View northward (toward Cairo) from the top of the Aswan Dam.  Low slope toward the river Nile sheathed in cut stone.  Shadows of pedestrians at top.  Desert and river recede to the horizon.
    Nile_river_Aswan Dam
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temples : partial view of two adjoining temples, side by side, so that all their columns seem to cluster together.  A group of tourists partly visible below one of the temple platforms.
    Paestum_Greek_temples_ITA200610-097.jpg
  • Egyptian official at Luxor, seated at his desk in his office by the entrance to the site, writes carefully in his logbook.  Wears a blue galabeyya, white turban, and purple overscarf.  Parallel shadows from the barred entrance gate cast curved bars of light on the irregular stone wall behind him.
    EGY197811-36 copy copy.jpg
  • Angkor, Ta Som : view through a sseries of doorways, with bright sun and deep shadow.
    Angkor_temple_Ta_Som_interior_KHM200...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
  • Scene in the Omani mud brick village of Misfah : traditional homes and apartments still occupied and wired for electricity.  Utility pole festooned with parallel strands of electrical wires, casting shadows on the mud brick walls.  Early afternoon sun casting heavy angular shadows on the mud brick walls.
    Omani Mud brick village of Misfah
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : stone dry wall, some reused shaped stones
    stone_wall_closeup_ENG200607_018.tif
  • Detail of the overlapping arches in the Grand Mosque of Cordoba, or Mezquita.  Image is tilted to create a diagonal patterns of the red brick stripes in the arches.  A hanging lamp illuminates them.
    Cordoba_mosque_arcade-ESP201210--016...jpg
  • Black man's jacket ornamented with patterns of white buttons, on display in the London Museum.
    ENG201012--1905.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
  • Rock formation at Wadi el Ain [ Ayn ], Oman.  Pattern of triangular shapes outlined by deep cracks, resembling a crazy quilt all over pattern of tiles.  Closeup, with little indication of scale.
    Rock_pattern_Oman_OMN200801--3646.jpg
  • Cobblestones laid in a fan pattern on a medieval street in Alcala de Henares, Spain.  Shadowed legs and feet of two pedestrians at the top of the image.  Cobblestone pattern is confined to panels separated by strips of white marble.
    Cobblestone_fan_shape_ESP201210--236...jpg
  • Taj Mahal terrace laid with a pattern of white marble lozenge shapes inserted in brick colored sandstone
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_IND200111-3-14.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
  • Close up of a fine bark pattern in vertical lines.
    Tree_trunk_bark_USA.VA200711--3421.jpg
  • Pattern of round daisy blooms in St. James Park, June, 2007.  Looking down on multicolored blossoms: yellow, pink, white.
    ENG200706--3278.jpg
  • Pattern and texture of marble back of Dying Gaul statue
    marble-human-back-Rome_ITA200901--04...jpg
  • Detail of incised pattern in rock face, Wadi El Ain, Oman.
    OMN200801--3644ppi300.jpg
  • Santa Maria in Trastevere, interior.  Pavement detail, marble inlay in circle pattern.  Cosmati style floor.
    Cosmati_tile_floor_ITA200901--0989.jpg
  • Tombstone of coral stone & lime plaster, at Kunduchi near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  Tomb was used from the 15th-18th centuries. Pieces of coral form a curvelinear abstract pattern, intensified with a little saturation.
    Coral stone TNZ200801--4273.jpg
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Herculaneum : wall structure with variety of patterned stones & bricks forming a pleasant abstract design.
    stone_wall_closeup_ITA200610-118.jpg
  • Palm trees looking upward into their spreading fronds on a sunny day.
    VTN200602--0305m.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
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  • The Palazzo Alberti-Corsi is a late 15th century town house or palazzetto.  It was eventually bought by an English art historian Herbert Percy Horne, who restored the residence to what he determined was its original state.  He left it to the state after his death.  The interior is fascinating and each room has a determined young security person who enforces "no foto."  However in one small room where the leaded window glas appealed to me, I managed a quick shot with my pocket Canon G10.
    ITA201101--1991.jpg
  • View from the interior of the window of pierced stone in squares, each square filled with a geometric or curvelinear motif.
    Geometric-window-grille-IND201301--0...jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.
    OMN200801--4061ptg.jpg
  • IND201301--1525.jpg
  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.
    IND201301--0565 - Copy.jpg
  • The Palazzo Alberti-Corsi is a late 15th century town house or palazzetto.  It was eventually bought by an English art historian Herbert Percy Horne, who restored the residence to what he determined was its original state.  He left it to the state after his death.  The interior is fascinating and each room has a determined young security person who enforces "no foto."  However in one small room where the leaded window glass  appealed to me, I managed a quick shot with my pocket Canon G10.  The varying thicknesses of the glass roundels appear in different shades of blue and pale orange.
    Leaded_circles_window_ITA201101--199...jpg
  • Mug designs proposed for Montebello Condominium Cuppa Joe use.
    USA.VA201011-13.jpg
  • IND201301--0557 - Copy.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
  • Pavement of the terrace of the Taj Mahal, white marble lozenges set into red sandstone paving tiles.  Early morning sun makes the marble gleam.
    Taj_Mahal_terrace_pavement_IND200111...jpg
  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.  Mughal ornament in a provincial style locally known as Indo-Saracenic.  Tomb in the center of the precinct, arcaded enclosure wall beyond.
    Champaner_Friday_Mosque_IND201301--0...jpg
  • Pierced stone window grille in the mosque of Ahmad Shah 1, Ahmedabad.
    Geometric-window-grille-IND201301--2...jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.  A row of tri-lobed pre-Islamic Arab tombs line the top above the horizontal layers stepping below.
    Wadi_cliff_side_OMN200801--4061.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
  • Relaxing in a hammock on a sunny day.  The texture of the open-weave hammock casts a network of shadows on my bare legs and ankles.
    SL199209-2-1.jpg
  • High rise apartment condominium in Northern Virginia.  Autum, with late red roses blooming lavishly in the foreground.
    Montebello High rise apartments USA....jpg
  • Stack of bananas at an open market.  Their dark blossom ends pointing toward the camera make a slightly aggressive statement.
    Bananas blossom ends THA200603_388.jpg
  • Ancient paving stones of the main street (Via Sacra)  in the Roman Forum.  Close up, low angle of view.
    Forum-Rome_ITA200901--0523.jpg
  • One of the apartment towers at Montebello Condominium seen through a row of leafless trees in February 2010.
    USA.VA201002--17sq2pr16x16 copy.jpg
  • Cliff formations in the vast Wadi Haynun, near the UNESCO "Land of Frankincense" preservation area, Dhofar, Oman.
    OMN200801--4061.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: ashlar masonry detail of finely shaped rectangular stones.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_324.jpg
  • Montebello USA.VA201011--5 copy.jpg
  • Floor of the duomo nave.
    Florence duomo floor ITA201101--0061.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
  • Rice paddy in Bangladesh, layered view of areas showing freshly planted seedlings in water, and half grown plants thickly visible in the foreground.  Horizontal composition of layers.
    Rice paddy abstract BGD198201-109pr.jpg
  • View along a colonnade of the Patio de los Leones, in the Alhambra.
    Patio de los Leones ESP201210--0268.jpg
  • Mangoes at Damnoensaduak Floating Market, Thailand.
    Mangoes stacked at market THA200603_...jpg
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : wooden barn door with rusted latch and peeling paint making a texture
    old_wood_barn_door_ENG200607_072.jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins: ashlar masonry of a column in the nave.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_331.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
  • Montebello USA.VA201011--9crop.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
  • Sicily : ancient Greek Theater at Segesta, 3d century BC. Shadow patterns on the stone seats and stairs have been saturated somewhat to bring out the cyans and reds in the stone.  The graphic composition is a pattern of parallel curves.  The theater is still used for performances .
    ITA200610-197.jpg
  • Detail of the beading patterns on a dress of the flapper era displayed at the London Museum in 2010.
    Beaded_dress_ENG201012--1904.jpg
  • Doorway of the Mosque of the Sultan Al Mu'ayyad, (built 1415-1422) next to the Bab Zuweyla, Cairo; doorkeeper, seated with his shoes off, hand to his face.  He may be hiding from the camera, or he may be just resting or napping.   Door is heavily ornamented with repousse Islamic patterns.  Sunlight floods into the doorway.
    Islamic door and resting doorkeeper
  • Closeup of a sleeping dark grey granite Buddha, Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos.  His smiling head rests on his right hand as he sleeps on his side.  He is draped with a new bright yellow shawl.  Wall hanging behind him in red and yellow patterns.
    Sleeping_Buddha_statue_LAO200601_259.jpg
  • Geometric patterns of rectangles from sun and shadows cast on the attic walls of a 19th century late Georgian house in Edinburgh.  Blue sky and white fluffy clouds visible through the glass.  Point of view looking upward
    AB199310-33.jpg
  • Detail of the beading patterns on a dress of the flapper era displayed at the London Museum.
    Beaded_dress_ENG201012--1903.jpg
  • Floor pattern in the room of the Capitoline wolf sculpture is a meandering Greek key interspersed with dots and squares.
    Greek_key_pattern_ITA200901--0438.jpg
  • In the mosque doorway, 5 pairs of shoes scattered anyhow just outside.  A tattered straw carpet in front, a tile floor beyond made of black and white tiles in a checkered pattern.  The disorder of the shoes and the orderliness of the tiles form a striking contrast.
    Scattering of shoes outside a villag..gypt
  • The Erg Chelebi sand dune, largest in the Sahara Desert, at sunrise, from below across rolling approach dunes.  Human and animal footprints, a few vehicle tracks, pattern the sand.  "What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well."  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
    Sahara_sunrise_erg_chelebi_LD200411_...jpg
  • Close up of patola cloth underway on its loom, with pre-dyed warp and woof threads making the pattern.
    Patola-loom-IND201301--0792.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
  • Santa Pudenziana, nave; Cosmati floor, close up showing pattern and shapes.
    Cosmati_tile_floor_ITA200901--0605.jpg
  • Company of trees grouped near a path through the Montebello woods, seen in a late afternoon sun casting a pattern of shadows on the ground.
    Woods walking
  • The enrichment of Lincoln Cathedral’s west front by the addition of ornate portals, a frieze and related sculpture is believed to date from the time of Bishop Alexander (Bishop of Lincoln from 1123 – 1148).
    Lincoln cathedral portal SC200208-5.jpg
  • evergreen and deciduous foliage in an all over pattern
    New-Year-PT198008-29.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
  • Mosque caretaker sweeping the floor seems to be sweeping the sunlight projected from windows on the exterior wall.    Their Islamic piercing pattern also projects onto the mosque pillars.  BAround and behind the sweeper, the pointed arches recede, also illuminated by sunlight.   This is a rare image of the mosque interior.
    Sweeping sulight in the Ibn Tulun mo..airo
  • Ruins of Iron Age beehive tombs at Wadi el Ayn, seen as a sloping graphic pattern of rocks with distant overlapping hills and a sunlit cliff in the distance.
    Oman_OMN200801-3651.jpg
  • Closeup of a dead tree trunk, showing the silvery tracings of its grain.  An abstract pattern.
    abstract-art-tree USA.VA_201105----6...jpg
  • Yorkshire, Fountains Abbey ruins; looking west down the empty nave, with shadow pattern from the columns.
    Fountains_Abbey_ENG200607_306.jpg
  • Looking upward a half the circumference of the London Eye with its supporting pillar along the top of the vertical image.  Its circular shape with dangling passenger pods and fine wire spokes make a strong pattern against the bright blue sky sprinkled with bright white clouds.
    London-Eye-half-circle-ENG200707--60.jpg
  • 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
  • Rural mother carrying her infant on her shoulder in typical Egyptian manner. Each wears brightly patterned outfit.
    Mother and child in traditional rura..gypt
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