Thank you, Click!Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Lucky you!I've been to Tuscany, Italy, this year, and it was wonderful. I took a truck load of photos with me and thought I'd share some here.
I'm still not done with PP, so more will follow.
Firenze
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Cinque Terre (it's Liguria, I know)
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It was on my bucket list for years. Now we finally made it.Lucky you!
Thank you very much!I really enjoyed these photos. I've been to the same cities over 20 years ago. If only I had the camera and lenses I have now. Although I did take quite a few photos with Kodak film.
Exquisite! I think you were lucky to get that room of sculptures without other people. You didn't by chance take shots of them individually?I've been to Tuscany, Italy, this year, and it was wonderful. I took a truck load of photos with me and thought I'd share some here.
I'm still not done with PP, so more will follow.
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Thank you, Eric!Exquisite! I think you were lucky to get that room of sculptures without other people. You didn't by chance take shots of them individually?
What I like most in art museums is, how the objects are arranged in a place, the aesthetical part. Unfortunately I don't have any deeper knowledge about the individual objects.Thanks for the information! I'm not sure if you're interested, but sculptures can help us get inspiration with our poses and paintings as well, along with composition.
Hopefully this won't be boring for you: There is the idea of the Beholder's Share that as a viewer is equally important. An example is "Venus of Willendorf" or "Woman of Willendorf." A little over one hundred years ago it was discovered in an archeology dig. The surrounding soil is tested to be about twenty-five thousand years old. The difference between "Venus" and "Woman" is the important part here. It had become accepted to assume it was created to function as a fertility object. Later the realization came that we really don't know. However, some people want to say the artist's intent has some kind of absolute power.What I like most in art museums is, how the objects are arranged in a place, the aesthetical part. Unfortunately I don't have any deeper knowledge about the individual objects.
No, you don't bore me at all. Its always good to learn.Hopefully this won't be boring for you: There is the idea of the Beholder's Share that as a viewer is equally important. An example is "Venus of Willendorf" or "Woman of Willendorf." A little over one hundred years ago it was discovered in an archeology dig. The surrounding soil is tested to be about twenty-five thousand years old. The difference between "Venus" and "Woman" is the important part here. It had become accepted to assume it was created to function as a fertility object. Later the realization came that we really don't know. However, some people want to say the artist's intent has some kind of absolute power.
I'm not sure how many people that didn't study art history know it, but I think it's one of the most famous of small prehistoric objects (at least top ten).No, you don't bore me at all. Its always good to learn.
Funny you mention the "Venus from Willendorf". This little sculpture is Austrian, and we learned in school about its existance. I didn't think that anyone outside of Austria knows it.
It is shown in the nature-historical museum in Vienna.
The website says: Ultimately, however, it will never be possible to prove or disprove any single all-encompassing interpretation of objects such as these.
Thanks, Click!I really like your pictures. Well done!
Thank you!I love your photos! Thanks for sharing them with us all to enjoy.