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| Northern Facade, Bascilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Italy © Doug Hickok (Velvia slide film) Few man made structures dominate a city center like the Duomo of Florence. Begun in 1296 and finally completed in 1436 by Brunelleschi, the famous Gothic cathedral towers above the 15th century Renaissance city, a symbol of Florence's religious and secular power. Centuries later, you still get a sense of its immense size with this view down a narrow street toward the Duomo's ornamental facade. The final step in construction was the making of the facade. Marble was quarried from various parts of Italy and transported to Florence to decorate the facade,... from Carrara, white stone, from Prato, green, and from Siena, red. This task was not completed until 1887. The Duomo was truly a long term project! |
Sunday, January 15, 2012
The Duomo of Florence
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It is such a difficult church to photograph as it is surrounded by so many narrow streets. You have certainly done it justice Doug. Congrats.
ReplyDeleteyou have a perfect ability to find such pretty colors! Florence must be beatiful!
ReplyDeleteFlorence, what a great city, it must be visited. Great photo.
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BRAVISSIMO DOUG,UNA VISIONE DEL DUOMO DI FIRENZE DIVERSA DAL SOLITO,I MIEI COMPLIMENTI!
ReplyDeleteVerdaderamente original esta toma del Duomo.
ReplyDeleteAgustín.
Fantastic view and great process with colors. Really nice.
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Florence is a fascinating place, isn't it? There's so much culture, art, history around... It feels as if you were inside a book... :)
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Cezar
Peek a boo, I'm gorgeous! Wonderful and creative image of this most beautiful structure Doug. I've heard that when commissioned to complete the dome at St. Peter's, Michelangelo said of Brunelleschi's, "I can make a bigger dome but I can not make a more beautiful one."
ReplyDeletethere's nothing like italian reneissance architecture
ReplyDeleteWhat a great difference between styles and colours! Thanks for sharing! Cheers Miklos
ReplyDeleteLove your framing here. Just as I remember seeing it - squeezed in between the buildings and thru narrow streets that were like alleys. Terrific!!!
ReplyDeleteInteresting perspective and colors! Love that Velvia slide film. But I'm not doing any film anymore...got a bunch of wonderful film cameras, including a Nikon F4s. There's a lab near San Diego that does some great work with film.
ReplyDeleteAmazing, when I saw this picture, I couldn't believe it hoe beautiful this building is.
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Filip
That's a very well composed picture... I remember this view very well - even tough I went there quite some years ago :)
ReplyDeleteI always forget that I have problem with the comments on your site using IE, the comments are not sent.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture and architecture. I love the colors.
What a beautiful building! :D I also love the colour tones
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I like the way you framed this photo, Doug!
ReplyDeletei absolutely love the perspective you chose for this photo, doug - through the narrow street towards the very impressive duomo! and i love the color contrasts - the warm walls of the houses vs. the "cold" patterns on the church walls!
ReplyDeletei find florence fascinating, but too full of tourists and too rip-offish expensive!! (i much prefer venice in winter!
and it's two hours to venice from our resort in the dolomites, six hours from at home. the drive to the resort itself from home is at least 5 hours ... not too bad, actually, but not exactly around the corner either. like you and the appalachians, i would say! ;-))
beautiful, intricate architecture here.. i like the combination of warm & cool colors here.. great catch..
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