Tag: Architecture
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Kunst im Kunsthaus
Kunst im Kunsthaus This sculpture, placed in a large open space of the Kunsthaus, enters into a special relationship with its environment. We may speak of a very happy union. I can’t imagine a more beautiful contrast between Maillol’s reclining nude and the bare straight surfaces in this corner of the museum. Sculpture and space…
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Think again
Think again Second thoughts of a wall in Cluny: I don’t want windows here, I want them there. Or wait a minute, they will still be better over there. Photo of the week: Wall in Cluny, France 2025
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Romanesque abbey
Romanesque abbey For over a thousand years the simple brick columns and beautiful light inside the romanesque abbey church in Tournus has impressed the people. The abbey was rebuilt in the 11th century after the original one was destroyed by the Magyars in 937. Photos of the week: Abbaye Saint-Philibert de Tournus, France 2024
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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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Graceful lady
Graceful lady Seen not at Baume-les-Dames but at Baume-les-Messieurs. For me it’s about the play of light and colour in this picture, the yellow and the grey.As for the elegant saint, she does give extra lustre to the image. Photo of the week: Eglise abbatiale, Baume-les-Messieurs, France 2023
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The bare interior
The bare interior The light and the emptiness of the nave and aisles of the 16th century late-gothic church in Brou reveal the elegant beauty of its architecture. A salutary contrast with the flamboyantly decorated exterior. Photo of the week: Eglise du Monastère Royal de Brou, France 2024
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Window on the world
Window on the world A fantastic tree, a lively wall, a peephole window.A sight like this keeps me going. Photo of the week: Château-Chalon, France 2023
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A pleasant contrast
A pleasant contrast While a big part of the square is divided in equal squares, the houses on the side show only quasi uniformity. They look similar but are nonetheless all different, in colour, in form and size, in the details, like a group of individuals of the same species. Intrigued by the pleasant tableau…
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Medieval France
Medieval France In the hamlet of Massy you can see, opposite a small Romanesque church, this house dating from about the same time. Only the partly renovated roof, the doors, a little window and the piece of asphalt road reveal that we are no longer in the Middle Ages. Photo of the week: Massy, La…
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Romanesque austerity
Romanesque austerity Less is more, aesthetically. That is why Romanesque art and architecture is so compelling. More basic and austere than the Saint-Pierre in Brancion you won’t find easily. Photo of the week: Eglise romane Saint-Pierre, 12th cent., Brancion, France 2023
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