Category: Switzerland
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Kornhaus
Kornhaus In one photo, a giant crane appears to have placed a tall tower in position, while in another, a similar crane is dwarfed by the same tall tower. A play on perspective between giant cranes and the 118-metre-high Swissmill Tower in Zurich. Photos of the week: Kornhaus an der Limat, Zürich, Switzerland 2025
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Tree stump
Tree stump Dead wood, source of life and beauty. Photo of the week: Growth on tree stump, Chesières, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland 2025
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Planks
Planks Motionless planks, lively as water. Photo of the week: Chalet-wood, Chesières, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland 2025
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The A of Achilles
The A of Achilles In 1962, Cy Twombly created two paintings “about” Achilles: “Achilles Mourning the Death of Patroclus” and “The Vengeance of Achilles”, depicted here. In both paintings, as is often the case with Twombly, the title of the work is a fairly inconspicuous part of the composition. What is all the more striking…
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Art and Nature
Art and Nature Thousands of dried laurel leaves caught in an open wire construction.A play of infinite shades of brown.The richness of Arte Povera. Photos of the week: Breathing the Shadow (Respirare l’ombra), Laurel Leaves, 2005, detail and in full in the back of Earth Shadow (Ombra di terra), Bronze and Terracotta, 2003, by Giuseppe…
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The ground under our feet
The ground under our feet It is not often that you get to see the intricate root system of a tree so clearly. Was the tree cut down because it lost the ground beneath its feet and was doomed to fall? Or was it cut down and then the earth between its roots washed away?…
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Before the big bang
Before the big bang A rock falls from the sky and appears to be about to hit another rock with a bang. But closer inspection reveals that we are mistaken. Both rocks lie peacefully next to each other in a pool of water, partially protruding above the surface. The sky and the tree branches have…
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Saenredam’s St. Bavo
Saenredam’s St. Bavo In the Rijksmuseum, the Getty Museum, the National Gallery in London or the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, you can come face to face with an interior of the Great St. Bavo Church in Haarlem painted by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. He made at least 12 of them, each from a different…
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Square plate
Square plate Patrick Rollet has given his piece of ceramic simply the above title. But it is more than that. The shape is more interesting than just a square plate and the design and quality of the glaze with its suggestion of rounded volumes – thighs and belly? – is outright beautiful. His square plate…
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Attention please
Attention please Photos of the week: Stickers on the path along the Limmat river, Zürich, Switzerland 2025
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