Facade Details, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois
by Terence FairclothSigns of the zodiac / sky.
From Flickr:
Art deco bronze ornamental zodiac signs on the facade of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, Illinois.
Ca’ d’Oro
by John Piper
Oil on canvas, 122 x 152.5 cm
Collection: Southampton City Art Gallery
© the artist’s estate
photo credit: Southampton City Art Gallery
The most important space unit in Ottoman architecture is the mosque. And it is in the mosques that we can best see how Sinan developed Ottoman interior space architecture. — Sinan: The Architect and His Works
(Source: sophistae, via cabinet-de-curiosites)
Human Landscapes
A series of photographs from Google Maps compiled by The Big Picture show the patterns of land development in southwest Florida.
(via dubbleyooseekay)
The seven tiers of stacks at New York Public Library, 1907.
A sectional view.
Built during the Safavid period, it is an excellent example of Islamic architecture of Iran, and regarded as one of the masterpieces of Persian Architecture. The Shah Mosque of Isfahan is one of the everlasting masterpieces of architecture in Iran. It is registered, along with the Naghsh-i Jahan Square, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its construction began in 1611, and its splendor is mainly due to the beauty of its seven-colour mosaic tiles and calligraphic inscriptions.
Photograph 1 by: Omid Jafarnezhad
Photographs 2 - 6 by: ‘Horizon’ on Flickr.
(Source: blue-voids, via cabinet-de-curiosites)
(Source: vikkichu)
The Rescuing of the Abu Simbel in 1968. They where moved to a new site to save them from being swallowed up by the Nile River, because of the construction of the Aswan High Dam
(via cabinet-de-curiosites)
Structures 4 by Atelier Olschinsky
Another set of illustration work by an artist who successfully adopts an abstract realism approach. In this collection, familiar urban motifs become recursive fractal compositions with a surreal structural effect.
Mat Pringle, ‘The Giant Blue Bear on Haight’
Shāh Chérāgh (Persian: شاه چراغ) is a funerary monument and mosque in Shiraz, Iran, housing the tomb of the brothers Ahmad and Muhammad, sons of Mūsā al-Kādhim and brothers of ‘Alī ar-Ridhā.
Decorated with millions of mirrored tiles, the interior shimmers and sparkles with light.
Watch this 30 second clip to get some sense of it’s dazzling beauty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaS42tUi1VM
Go on… it’s only 30 seconds.
