Showing posts with label Library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Library. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
A Small Hibernation
The main areas of the Rijksmuseum have been under extensive renovation and closed to the public for a decade. Reported to have cost over €300million, I am certain the much anticipated April-13 opening has the whole of Europe (let alone Amsterdam) atwitter...
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Massimo Listri
Using natural light where possible, photographer Massimo Listri has perfectly captured what can only be described as the most exquisite interiors in the world. In his own words:
My photography is an expression of tranquility and silence in this chaotic society - a sense of perspective and equilibrium. This is therapy for the soul. Every time I take a photo is like the first time a treasure is revealed, a first emotion, be it an empty room or the greatest treasures of the Vatican...
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| Self Portrait |
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| Castello di Pierrefonds, France, 1995 |
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| Biblioteca di Michelozzo a S. Marco, Firenze, 2009 |
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| Palazzo Martelli, Firenze, 2008 |
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| Biblioteca di Weimar, Germany, 1997 |
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| Biblioteca del Abbazia di Kremsmunster, Germany, 1994 |
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| Palazzo Reale III, Stockholm, 1998 |
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| Lapidario di Palazzo Mozzi Bardini, Firenze, 2009 |
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| Palazzo Altemps, Roma, 1998 |
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| Castello di Aglie I, Piemonte, 2007 |
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| Cappelle Medicee, Firenze, 2008 |
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| Reggia di Venaria I, Piemonte 2007 |
Monday, November 12, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
A Cast of Characters...
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| World of Interiors |
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| World of Interiors |
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| From Irish Georgian Interiors |
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| From Irish Georgian Interiors |
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| I believe this is The Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar |
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| Institut de France Bustes Bibliotheque |
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| A bust of Jonathan Swift - Long Room of the library at Trinity College Dublin |
Via the wonderful Rydeng and New York Times
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Duchess of Alba
In my next life, I think I may just want to be the Duchess of Alba. Unashamedly bold and audacious, at 85 she has just married her third husband, Alfonso Diez - 25 years her junior. She is exempt from kneeling before the Pope, and with 47 titles - including the Grandes de España - she has ridden on horseback into the Seville Cathedral. My fantasy kindred spirit? Yes, her life sounds quite ideal, especially zig-zagging between the six spectacular palaces owned throughout Spain, littered with Rembrandts and Brueghels (to name but a few)...
All photographs by Simon Watson
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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