Photos, videos and docs of Esther, with the keywords: "England"

The church amid the fields

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:10:53 +0000

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Shot from a moving bus on the road to Southampton.

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Neolithic Village

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:10:49 +0000

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Recreated village at Stonehenge

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Hidden sheep

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:06:59 +0000

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Jackdaw

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:06:55 +0000

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The many sides of Stonehenge - 6

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:06:44 +0000

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The many sides of Stonehenge - 5

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:06:41 +0000

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"Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehenge

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The many sides of Stonehenge - 4

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:06:39 +0000

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The many sides of Stonehenge - 3

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:06:32 +0000

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The many sides of Stonehenge - 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:06:30 +0000

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The many sides of Stonehenge - 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 03:06:26 +0000

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Breathless

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 03:29:12 +0000

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Hanging sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum

"'Breathless' is a work commissioned specially from the British artist Cornelia Parker for display in the new British Galleries. It was specifically designed to fill the oculus or open space newly created between the two floors of the Galleries in a corner. It is made of 54 defunct brass band instruments which have been squashed flat and hung from wires. They are designed to be seen from both above and below, with polished upper surfaces and tarnished undersides. the work is an attempt by the artist to explore such ideas of duality as silence/noise, upper class/lower class, and death/resurrection."

collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O111998/breathless-sculptural-installation-parker-cornelia

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Tempus Fugit

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 03:29:20 +0000

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"Object Type
This monumental clock is a large version of a bracket clock. It was made in about 1865 and looks like a building, with columns supporting a decorated roof. Both the sturdy construction and the architectural form are examples of the Gothic Revival style. The front is enamelled with patterns inspired by Celtic designs.

People
Bruce Talbert (1838-1881) was a very successful commercial designer who designed metalwork, furniture, textiles, carpets, wallpapers and stained glass. His influential book, 'Gothic Forms Applied to Furniture, Metal Work and Decoration for Domestic Purposes', published in 1868, illustrated a range of designs in the Gothic Revival style. He worked on both architectural schemes and on furniture for Skidmores of Coventry, prominent manufacturers of architectural metalwork, who made this clock in about 1865.

Time
The Gothic Revival style was very popular in the 1860s and 1870s in Britain. It is characterised by the use of architectural forms and details, often taken from ecclesiastical sources, for domestic objects. This clock, which looks like a building, shows how commercial designers and manufacturers used the Gothic Revival style."

collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O61450/clock-talbert-bruce-james

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Mosaic man

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 03:29:23 +0000

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Mosaic at the Victoria and Albert Museum

From a painting of Hans Holbein holding up a portrait of King Henry VIII (1868) by W.F. Yeames

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Ornate metalwork

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 03:28:59 +0000

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Metalwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum

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Modern metalwork

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 03:28:55 +0000

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Metalwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum

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The Cast Court

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:35:44 +0000

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Victoria and Albert Museum

"The cast collection is a dramatic expression of Victorian ambition, and the strongest embodiment of the Museum's founding mission as a school of art education for both practitioners and the public. At a time when travel was difficult, the Courts brought copies of art and architecture from around the globe together under one roof, offering an encyclopaedia of international decorative styles. Collecting reproductions reached the height of popularity in the mid to late 19th century, and today new methods of digital replication encourage ongoing explorations into copying in the 21st century. "

www.vam.ac.uk/collections/cast-collection

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Detail from the 's-Hertogenbosch Choir Screen

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:35:36 +0000

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Victoria and Albert Museum

For more information about this 17th Century choir screen, see www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/s-hertogenbosch-choir-screen.

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Ganymede (and his little pecker)

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:35:26 +0000

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Am I the only person concerned by a naked man standing so close to an eagle's beak? I've been pecked on the fingers by birds with lesser beaks and it hurts. And yes, I know that it is a play on words.

Ganymede, Guillaume Coustou II, French 1760

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Red flasks

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 02:44:40 +0000

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At the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Iridencence

nobody@ipernity.com (Esther) — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 02:44:47 +0000

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At the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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