Tag: Architecture
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Selinunte
Selinunte This photo tells a similar story as the one of last week, through its subject as well as its composition. Here we are in an ancient Greek city, not in western Turkey but on the south coast of Sicily, Italy. And the temple in the distance on the left is not of Ionic but…
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The near and the far
The near and the far The Temple of Athena at Priene was built in the Ionic order, which is clearly recognisable by the shape of the capitals with their two volutes (curls). Over time, the entire temple had collapsed or been destroyed. All the columns lay on the ground and their discs were scattered about.…
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The past and the present
The past and the present In the foreground are the columns of the Temple of Athena in the ancient Greek city of Priene, in Turkey. In the background lie the neatly laid-out fields of the plain below. Archaic Priene had a seaport, but the mouth of the River Meander silted up over time, during the…
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Gerasa-Jerash
Gerasa-Jerash Only a stone’s throw away: Walk down the South Decumanus road of Roman Gerasa into present day Jerash – or vice versa – and you bridge a time span of two thousand years in just a few minutes. Actually this switching in time is nothing extraordinary. It happens with every visit to historical monuments…
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The encounter
The encounter Light reflections make for intriguing pictures. I like posting them on my blog now and then (look for them under Reflections tag). In the 3-dimensional world we often see reflections without really noticing them. Our brain immediately filters them out; we look through them. But on a photograph they clearly show up. The…
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Palazzo del Podesta
Palazzo del Podesta When you look back from the steps of the Palazzo dei Consoli in Gubbio you see at the other end of the Piazza Grande the façade of the Palazzo del Podesta. The irregular distribution of the differently sized windows in the huge wall is fascinating. It invited me to make this composition.…
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The abandoned dog
The abandoned dog Whenever I look at this picture that I took 24 years ago, I think: ‘De hond in het lege huis’. (The dog in the empty house). And then memories follow that take me back half a century, when I was a student at the Film Academy in Amsterdam. Its director, Anton Koolhaas,…
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Keep distance!
Keep distance! I don’t think there are many people who don’t recognize the Sydney Opera House in this picture. Its design and location on the waterfront have made it into an iconic image of modern architecture. In pictures you always see it from a distance. Then it shows up well. But beware of going closer!…
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Sundari Chowk
Sundari Chowk The ‘beautiful courtyard’ in the old palace of the Malla kings in Patan. The lavishly ornamented pool in the centre shows that the art of Nepalese stone carving is in no way inferior to its art of wood carving. Many ancient buildings in Patan were destroyed or heavily damaged during the 2015 earthquake.…
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Gateway of delight
Gateway of delight Exquisite wood carving, that’s what the Newari artists of Nepal are masters of. See the modest expression of pleasure on the lady’s face while the man next to her holds her arm. A gateway of delight. Let’s pass through. Photo of the week: Durbar Square, Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal 2018
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