Jesus im Garten Gethsemane / Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
Originally uploaded by josephdesarre
Picture window / Paulus Church / Neunkirchen / Saarland / Germany
by György Károly László Lehoczky (* 30. August 1901 in Vihnyepeszerény, Hungary;†
16. Januar 1979 in Saarbruecken) he was an architekt an painter for stained glasses
Guardian of The Temple of Dawn
Originally uploaded by c4rn1val
Wat Arun, Bangkok
Joanna of Aragon and Philip "the Handsome"
Originally uploaded by rosewithoutathorn84
probably made before their marriage. Joanna was the interesting one: Philip was just an unfaithful asshat. Joanna was the daughter of Isabella of Spain (a lady-asshat) and the mother of Emperor Charles V. She was called "Juana la Loca" or "Joanna the Mad".
He likely drove her to it!
c. 1490s, from the Chapel of the Holy Blood, Bruges
pre-feminism wifehood immortalized
Originally uploaded by rosewithoutathorn84
"Mary Salome and Zebedee (wtf?!)", German, c. 1520
Warner van Norden and members of the Holland Society
Originally uploaded by Jay Heritage Center
Warner van Norden (top left with white mustache) and members of the Holland Society aboard the replica Half Moon in 1909.
Featured in the JHC "Legacy of Sailing" exhibit about yachting--the word "yacht" is Dutch in origin
Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I, Archduke of Austria
Originally uploaded by rosewithoutathorn84
Mary was a notable beauty who died tragically early in a horseback-riding accident. I'll probably upload some portraits of her at some point.
Bruges, 1490s, from the Chapel of the Holy Blood.
Runestone of the week
Originally uploaded by catarina.berg
This stone looks different from the other
ones with its sparse runes. It stands outside of the Cathedral of Uppsala.
It was rediscovered in a grave chapel inside the church in 1975 and then came to its present place.
The translation of the text reads:
"Ring and Hulte and Fastger had the stone raised after Vigmar, their father,
a good ship chieftain. Likbjörn carved."
The number of the stone is
Fv1976:104. - 1100th century A.D.
Glyptothek - Munich 13
Originally uploaded by Andrea Duranti
A neoclassic portrait of King Ludwig I Wittelsbach of Bavaria (grandfather of the more famous King Ludwig II, the "Marchenkönig"), the man whose passion for the Greek civilisation transformed the traditional and rural Munich into the cosmopolite metropolis that still is.
Linke Portaltür der Bauakademie Berlin / Left portal door, Academy of Architecture Berlin
Originally uploaded by josephdesarre
Currently installed in the so-called Schinkel Klause
Berlin Academy of Architecture: Built according to plans of the Prussian Chief Building Director Karl Friedrich Schinkel from 1832 to 1836. In the 2nd World War heavily damaged the building was build up again in 1953.
In 1961, demolished to create space for the construction of the building to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR . Following the demolition of the Ministry in 1996 decided to re-establish the Berlin Academy of Architecture on the plans of Schinkel.
Detail Linke Portaltür der Bauakademie Berlin / Detail Left portal door, Academy of Architecture Berlin
Originally uploaded by josephdesarre
Hercules and the nemean lion
Currently installed in the so-called Schinkel Klause
Berlin Academy of Architecture: Built according to plans of the Prussian Chief Building Director Karl Friedrich Schinkel from 1832 to 1836. In the 2nd World War heavily damaged the building was build up again in 1953.
In 1961, demolished to create space for the construction of the building to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the GDR . Following the demolition of the Ministry in 1996 decided to re-establish the Berlin Academy of Architecture on the plans of Schinkel.
Staatliche Antikesammlungen München
Originally uploaded by Andrea Duranti
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