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fascinating art installation.
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fascinating art installation.
Pictish art
No new photos again this week, but a couple more from our recent visit to Edinburgh.
Scotland's National Museum was a frustrating experience for me. The collection is 'organised' by 'theme', with no regard for age or provenance, so roman tombstones from the Borders share a cases with neolithic burial urns from Orkney and so on. If you have an interest in stuff of a particular age or from a particular place it's just an impossible mish mash. However I did find some fine Pictish stones with the crescent markings which they commonly bear. I've read that this may represent a celestial theme of some sort. These are from 4th-8th century.Meandering aimlessly around, I later found some very fine pictish brooches, and it struck me that the shapes bear a notable remblance to the stone carvings, except that the brooches are alway displayed the other way up. Perhaps the museum curators have missed something there...
Rotated for your convenience 😉
In the detailed shot of the brooch I can see that it looks very well made and quite intricate, but I must admit, I can’t see any resemblance to the stone carvings, I must be as blind as the curators 😉
Pictish art
No new photos again this week, but a couple more from our recent visit to Edinburgh.
Scotland's National Museum was a frustrating experience for me. The collection is 'organised' by 'theme', with no regard for age or provenance, so roman tombstones from the Borders share a cases with neolithic burial urns from Orkney and so on. If you have an interest in stuff of a particular age or from a particular place it's just an impossible mish mash. However I did find some fine Pictish stones with the crescent markings which they commonly bear. I've read that this may represent a celestial theme of some sort. These are from 4th-8th century.
That brooch, is wonderfully crafted. Much at variance with the history books we had at school where the Picts, were shown as a bunch of half naked savages in bearskins, fighting the Romans.
You touch on something I touch on in my post this week. The museum in Modena was very much a traditional museum, with displays in chronological order, with everything simply displayed. Our Museum in Reggio called in an "Archistar", to "update" the museum, to make it more "accessible", I presume. The exhibits are just now props to gratify the architects artistic vision, similarly without any logical chronological order. Rant over.
Tuscany, Italy.
Oh, love that scene, so peaceful with beautiful colours and atmosphere.
The silent people
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A little macabre site and snow definitely adds to the atmosphere.
Art for Dead Men Walking
Those terracotta figures are life like indeed.
Like those 2 rooms for their architectural aspects, the cellings, windows, arches and the light.
Brass
In Gaziantep
Superb craftsman and his art. The colours are very real.
From a walk in the woods
Beautiful colours and scene.
Pictish art
Very intricate design and work. Incredible.
No riders
Due to inclement weather there are no takers...
Nice. The dark water & trees and that line of black bikes are contrasting nicely with the white snow in the image.
They'll have to wait patiently until the first warm spring days come around and the people start to feel the urge to ride again :-)
@Woodsider79 has written:Pictish art
No new photos again this week, but a couple more from our recent visit to Edinburgh.
Scotland's National Museum was a frustrating experience for me. The collection is 'organised' by 'theme', with no regard for age or provenance, so roman tombstones from the Borders share a cases with neolithic burial urns from Orkney and so on. If you have an interest in stuff of a particular age or from a particular place it's just an impossible mish mash. However I did find some fine Pictish stones with the crescent markings which they commonly bear. I've read that this may represent a celestial theme of some sort. These are from 4th-8th century.Meandering aimlessly around, I later found some very fine pictish brooches, and it struck me that the shapes bear a notable remblance to the stone carvings, except that the brooches are alway displayed the other way up. Perhaps the museum curators have missed something there...
Rotated for your convenience 😉In the detailed shot of the brooch I can see that it looks very well made and quite intricate, but I must admit, I can’t see any resemblance to the stone carvings, I must be as blind as the curators 😉
Looking at the bottom half of the stone; The double crescent has identical geometry with the double crescent of the brooch. The 'pin' in the carving is the other way round as displayed on the brooch, but I think it's a separate piece, so could well have been the other way up in use. There were several other stones and brooches, all with differing ornamentation but similar geometry.
No riders
Due to inclement weather there are no takers...
The inky waters are a great contrast with the snow, and the bikes have a nice rythm.
No riders
Due to inclement weather there are no takers...
I really like the patters in this shot. Nice one.
Tuscany, Italy.
Nice image, it reminded me of this image a little bit.
The silent people
Wile on road we visited art project, here are some shots of it with phone. To add context also info label.
It is an interesting project.
Art for Dead Men Walking
I have photographed this set of terracotta figures before, but I had some time in Modena before what I wanted to photograph opened. This opera: Compianto su Cristo Morto, by Guido Mazzoni(1477-80), was commissioned by the "The Confraternities of the Good Death" in a church next to the prison to confort those condemned to death.
These terracotta figures look as if they are about to start walking and talking.
From a walk in the woods
These were taken nearly 3 weeks ago.
So anyone know who was at work here?
seems a bit low down for a woodpecker
Really, whats that?