Category: Europe
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Hôtel-Dieu
Hôtel-Dieu Hôtel or Hostel-Dieu is the name of hospitals that were founded all over France by the nobility and the rich for the sick and the poor. They were administered by the Catholic Church. Maybe that’s why Dieu was added to Hôtel or Hostel, derived from the Latin hospes. The Hôtel-Dieu in Louhans was constructed…
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The Last Judgement
The Last Judgement Having grown up in a catholic family I know about heaven and hell. But with the faith, the desire for one and fear for the other have disappeared from my life. I still love their images however when they pop up in the long history of the arts, as in the polyptych…
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To hell
To hell On Judgement Day the dead rise from their graves. Archangel Michael weighs their souls and the owners of those that tip the scales because of the serious sins committed during their lifetime are sent to hell. Photos of the week: En route à l’enfer, détails du polyptique du ‘Jugement dernier’ de Rogier van…
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The Goose family
The Goose family Becoming an infrequent sight: a goose family taking a walk on the ice of the Amstel canal. Photo of the week: Amsterdam, Netherlands 2018
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1+1=1
1+1=1 I started the year with an image of the fusion of two lovers. Here it is two vases that are attracted to each other. Two vases merging into one beautiful work of art. Photo of the week: Deux vases – Lea Georg, Biennale de la Céramique 2016, Saint-Cergue, Switzerland 2016
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Fusion
Fusion Let’s start the New Year in a cheerful mood. Photo of the week: Couple – Takamori Akio, Biennale de la Céramique 2016, Saint-Cergue, Switzerland 2016
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Welcome to our bleak and gloomy Earth, infant Jesus. Photo of the week: Cerniat, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Santa Claus
Santa Claus Antiquated selfie in-between Santa Claus who’s just passing by. Photo of the week: Cerniat – Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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The Earth is round
The Earth is round The Earth is round. Its surface measures 510.000.000 km2. On a tiny part, in Gruyère, a tree and a chapel stand brotherly next to each other. Photo of the week: Charmey, Gruyère, Switzerland 2022
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Snow Country
Snow Country Why do I think of Snow Country, of Kawabata? Not only because the picture shows a snow country. It is the sensitivity and perfection with which Kawabata depicts female beauty in his novels. Here it is nature that gives me the sensation of looking at a reclining nude, drawn with the same sensitivity…
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