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  • Carved wood musical angel in choir stall of an English cathedral.  Cutout from photo with purple background added.
    musicalangelchoirstall copy.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Castel Sant'Angelo, shipping trunks and chests in an upper room of Pope Paul 3d; an interior of polished wood panels on walls and floor.
    Castel-Sant'Angelo-interior-Rome_ITA...jpg
  • Archaeologist Dr. Roger Martlew setting up a survey at Chapel House Wood, Upper Wharfedale, Yorkshire.  Three quarter view in profile with instrument, moor visible beyond.  Slight lens flare visible over the subject's ear.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_06.jpg
  • Closeup of two hands, belonging to two different people, each gloved and holding a trowel, scraping away in rocky dirt in search of late Roman evidence in Yorkshire's Chapel House Wood.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_03.jpg
  • Wood rail fence curving into the distance through a heavy fog
    Unknown end.jpg
  • Woman in red shirt and cap concentrates on digging through a rock pile in an excavation site at Chapel House Wood, Wharfedale, Yorkshire.  Moor visible beyond the excavation site.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_07.jpg
  • Stonetown door of wood studded with large brass nail heads.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4311.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
  • Earthwatch volunteer Robert Sherwin, seated with a drawing board on his knee, makes a careful measured drawing of the archaeological site at Chapel House Wood.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_04.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
  • 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
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : wooden barn door with rusted latch and peeling paint making a texture
    old_wood_barn_door_ENG200607_072.jpg
  • Detail of carved wooden ornament on the exterior of the royal palace, Kathmandu, Durbar Square.
    Newari-wood-carving-NPL200110-10-2.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
  • Old Newari carved wooden residence still occupied; laundry and bedding hang in its colonnade..
    old-house-Kathmandu-NPL200110-1-35.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
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale , wooden sign with hand-carved lettering, pointing to one of the local footpaths across the Dales.  Thick holly shrubbery behind.
    ENG200607_082.tif
  • TNZ200801--4223.jpg
  • ESP201210--4107.jpg
  • Toledo Cathedral misericord: man pours out a bucket of scraps for a waiting boar or pig.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4104.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
  • Potholes.jpg
  • Couple on a misericord in Toledo Cathedral, Spain, designed as a fridge magnet: "together we can do anything"
    together misericord.jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.
    Welcome statue inside the castle.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Side of a dilapidated wooden barn in Virginia, suggesting that it is long lasting despite its appearance.
    Congratulations card PT200205-23.psd
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stonetown carved wooden door in traditional style.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4315sharp.jpg
  • Door to the College of San Ildefonso at Alcala Henares, seen partly closed, with another doorway beyond and a group of people outside.
    16th century door_ESP2201210--4063.jpg
  • Woodpile in Maine, showing the rough angular ends of each log fresh from the axe.
    Woodpile_SL199209-1-1.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
  • Mosque, tomb, and madrasa of Qala'un, Cairo, built 1283-85. Interior, mashrabeyya doors, opening toward the columned courtyard.  An atmosphere of peace and calm pervades the space.
    Mamluk architecture interior
  • Closeup from behind of a woman kneeling on a rock pile to dig for archaeological finds.  Trowel in her gloved left hand, bucket visible on her right, boot soles below, and her nice wide bottom take up most of the image.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_10.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
  • Red H'mong village woman in the kitchen of her wooden home.  Walls of vertical slats abut each other but show many openings where they do not meet.  The kitchen fire is an area on the floor, covered with white ash..  North Vietnam.
    Vietnamese_Heritage_VTN200602-206.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
  • Emergence
  • 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
  • New house building in a Laotian village.  Man on a ladder, woman on the ground, boy up under the roof, all wielding stakes into place to hold up the roof.  A do-it-yourself project for the whole family.
    Home building Laos LAO200601_0086.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.
    still_life_OMN200801--3586.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Allah (in Arabic) chalked on a wooden door in Fez, invoking a blessing on the structure.   Streaks and swathes of whitish paint splotch the door itself.
    Fes_Medina_Morocco_MOR200411_0463.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
  • 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
  • Derelict Ayvalik house showing projecting upper floor walls deteriorating, showing lath, plaster, glass, all brokenand decaying.  Lower story is finished so that one might think it occupied.
    Ayvalik TUR199710-02-21.jpg
  • Redheaded Earthwatch volunteer Clay Russell trots a wheelbarrow full of stones up a hill.  He wears sunglasses and gloves but his red hair shouts in the sun.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_05.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.  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
  • 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
  • Kettlewell, Upper Wharfedale : wooden barn door with rusted latch and keyhole plate.  Thick peeling paint adds texture.  Beige, orange, and blue colors predominate sue to deliberate saturation of naturally occurring hues.
    Old-wooden-barn-door-ENG200607_072.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
  • Door and window of a wooden jail cell (one of many) under the roof of the Doges Palace, Venice.  Casanova was one of its occupants..
    Doges-palace-jail-cell-Venezia_20040...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stonetown wooden door studded with large headed brass nails.  Jams and architrave are delicately carved with ornamental themes.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4610.jpg
  • Young woman, an Earthwatch volunteer, makes a measured drawing through a grid laid on a corner of an excavation site.  Yorkshire moor and forest visible beyond.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_08.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
  • 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
  • Red H'mong village woman in the kitchen of her wooden home.  Walls of vertical slats abut each other but show many openings where they do not meet.  The kitchen fire is an area on the floor, covered with white ash..  North Vietnam.
    Interior-kitchen-H'mong-VTN200602-20...jpg
  • Stonetown wooden door with finely hand carved jambs and architrave and central pillar.  Doors themselves are plain, however.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801--4609.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
  • Three-quarter perspective view of the tiny wooden St. Peter's Episcopal Church in the village of Solomon's Island, MD. A white picket fence underlines the structure visually.
    Tiny_wooden_church_USA.MD.Solomons-2...jpg
  • Thien Mu (Huong ) Pagoda, on the Perfume River near Hue, Vietnam: fierce and colorful guardian statue figure in ancient military garb seen through an arched doorway.
    Hue_Thien_Mu_Pagoda_Vietnamese_Herit...jpg
  • Scene in a wood of slim second growth trees, bare trunks, surrounded by a carpet of dead leaves in brown, orange and gold colors.  Painterly effect added in post processing.
    autumn_woods_TR199602-4prptg.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
  • In Bull Run Park, Virginia, scene into overgrown green woods, fronted by a sharply curved trunk of a dead tree as the central feature.
    waving_tree_trunk_TR200705--5.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.  Sculptured head of a bearded man in the woods.
    Sculpture_clay_head_USA.VA201002--61.jpg
  • The Alhambra seen from Albaicin in daytime, showing its position on a cliff and squared structure as a fortress. Thick wooded band surrounds it.
    Alhambra_fortress_ESP201210--0221a.jpg
  • Shaft of noon sunlight penetrates a thick pine forest in Scotland to illuminate one of its trees, pale because it seems to have died. The dark green woods behind make it stand out as a magical experience.
    Spiritual sunlight_TR199310-1-17m.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
  • A view of the trees at the Montebello Condominium
    USA.VA202009-6701m.jpg
  • Angkor Wat, Naga figure on fence surrounding temple terrace, dirt road into forest beyond.
    Angkor_Wat_exterior-Seven-headed naga
  • River Dee, Scotland, from a bridge near Balmoral.
    River_Dee_Scotland_RS199310-17.jpg
  • View from St. James Park lake toward the London Eye and Foreign  Commonwealth Office, Union Jack flag flying from its square tower.  A heavy cluster of summer green trees in full leaf extends across the image separating lake water from the architecture and wheel beyond.
    London-Eye-from-St.James-Park-lake-E...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
  • Montebello woods
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  • Tangle of pine and deciduous tree covered with ivy, seen from the Skyline Drive in Virginia.  Lights and darks make a composition of horizontals and verticals.
    Skyline Drive forest USA.VA201408--3...jpg
  • Angkor Wat : view from the  east just after dawn, seen from the surrounding forest of trees and shrubbery.  The tallest tower dominates the scene.
    Angkor_Wat_exterior_east_sunrise_KHM...JPG
  • Exploring a remote, unexcavated Hellenistic odeon somewhere near ancient Cnidos in Turkey.  Young woman in a blue bikini stands looking around in a patch of sunlight filtered through the trees.
    Hidden_ancient_odeon_TUR197908-16.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.  Entrance ceramic reliefs by Peter King and Marni Haime, Stonehaus Pottery, 1995.
    Annmarie_Garden_USA.VA201002--84.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.  Standing Nude (bronze, unknown date) by Nelli Bar.American, b. Cologne, Germany, 1904 - 2001, owned by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966...
    Annmarie_Garden_USA.VA201002--72.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.  Standing Nude (bronze, unknown date) by Nelli Bar.American, b. Cologne, Germany, 1904 - 2001, owned by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966...
    Annmarie_Garden_USA.VA201002--69.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 feet of Girl With Braids, 1950, bronze by Gerhard Marcks.German, b. Berlin, 1889-1981.  Owned by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
    USA.VA201002--67.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 The Council Ring, an arrangement of standing granite stones by B. Amore & Woody Dorsey, Kokoro Carvers, 1996.
    Annmarie_Garden_USA.VA201002--59.jpg
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