Tag: Architecture
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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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Dry stone walls
Dry stone walls You’ll find them everywhere. For thousands of years man has built walls and fences following the technique of searching, measuring, cutting, fitting and piling of stones. This is a wall in Brancion, a medieval village in Burgundy. In the back the castle of Brancion. Photo of the week: Brancion, France 2023
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Kunsthaus window
Kunsthaus window When taking in and digesting art works in a museum there is always a moment that I pass a window and look through it at the world outside with an art-infused eye. This time it happened in the Kunsthaus in Zürich. It was winter and it had snowed a bit. Photo of the…
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High five at the Arsenale
High five at the Arsenale Except for the time of the Biennales, the corner of Venice in which the Arsenale is situated is hardly touched by the mass of tourists. While between Rialto and San Marco the people inch forward in their thousands, the Arsenale remains deserted. Photos of the week: Arsenale, Venice, Italy 2022
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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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