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Ramakien landscapes
Ramakien landscapes The rice fields, the trees and bushes, the mountains, they are all painted in great detail, as is the palace with its inhabitants and visitors in the foreground. It’s the style of realist miniature painting applied to the large format of the gallery walls. I find it interesting that the landscape on the…
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Picturesque Ramakien
Picturesque Ramakien A must see in Bangkok: the Ramayana in its Thai version, painted as a picture story on the walls around the temple of the Emerald Buddha inside the Grand Palace. Hundreds of meters of detailed paintings, the oldest dating from late 18th century, show us scenes from the Ramayana in the style and…
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Flatland
Flatland Thinking of Edwin A. Abbott’s “FLATLAND, A Romance of Many Dimensions”, in which he elaborates on lineland, flatland and spaceland, here we are on a flatland in space. The actors for a romance in three dimensions are already there. Photo of the week: Table land, Panchgani, India 2018
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Water earth sky
Water earth sky A stretch of earth between lake and sky.The ethereal landscape of a high lying table land. Photo of the week: Table land, Panchgani, India 2018
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Apparition of Mahadeva between the grass
Apparition of Mahadeva between the grass As if he is coming to the surface from the depths of the Earth. We recognize him as a copy of the magnificent sculpture in the Elephanta cave near Mumbai. Mahadeva the primordial god, embodying Shiva and Parvati, male and female.The original sculpture figures in my film “In the…
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Madonna dell’Orto
Madonna dell’Orto In the Chiesa della Madonna dell’Orto in Venice we can admire Tintoretto’s “The Apparition of the Cross to Saint Peter”. The whirling movements of the angels and the recoiling figure of Saint Peter are full of dynamic action. The painting dates from c.1556. What a contrast with the altar piece from c.1495 that…
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Not any window
Not any window Standing still near a window behind which you’ve spent part of your life. That’s what I’m doing here, in the garden of the oldest house of Vandoeuvres. It’s the small window of the outhouse on the right, between the two trees. It evokes memories of ten happy years with my companion and…
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Chandelier
Chandelier When passing “Het Schoolhuis” in Holysloot I saw this chandelier inside, magically lit up by the sun. Blue sky and tree tops reflected in the window. What a lovely sight. What a beautiful moment. Photo of the week: Chandelier in restaurant Het Schoolhuis, Holysloot, The Netherlands 2017
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Please reuse …
Please reuse … as is printed on one of the plastic bags Teetud used for his painting. Shreds of transparent plastic are floating in … dark, coloured water, or in space? Pollution transformed into an esthetically pleasing art work. Photo of the week: Use to be, mixed media, by Teetud, Expo at The Queen’s Gallery,…
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Beauty Queen
Beauty Queen In the entrance hall of the Queen’s Gallery in Bangkok hangs Sirikit, the regal Thai Queen mother who has founded the art gallery. And at the exhibition I visited there I saw a frivolous Miss Earth busy protecting the world. Two queens, but what a difference. Photo of the week: The Queen’s Gallery,…
καιρός remembered
… the right moment, position chosen, shoot …
καιρός remembered 