The Hereford Mappa Mundi

It is my turn at Vision & Verb my post is about the fascinating medieval map that is housed at Hereford Cathedral.

Lucerne – Day Six

After breakfast our first port of call was the Jesuit Church which we had been meaning to visit all week. The inside reminded me very much of an ornate wedding cake.  We then ventured into the Museum of Art which is located in the Culture and Convention Centre (KKL). We were tempted there by the following description:

Covering an area of 2’100 square meters, the museum has temporary exhibitions displaying significant works of modern art, as well as exhibitions from the museum’s own collection, with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century landscape painting and international art from 1960.

Nearly all the art on display was extremely modern and not what I think of as ‘art’ and I didn’t notice any landscape paintings…  The temperature was in the 90s so after viewing the artworks we hoped to have refreshing drink on the terrace, but the cafe/bar was shut. We left the art museum and found an alternative cafe where we could sit and chill out before making our way to the train station for the start of our home journey.

On the way back to the hotel to pick up our baggage we visited a very old church before picking up sandwiches to enjoy on our train journey back to the airport.  When we arrived at the station there was train just about to leave and Mr C decided we would rush to catch this one rather than wait for the one we had planned to catch.  The cases then had to be hauled up and down stairs and along the carriages until we arrived in the correct part of the train for our tickets!

Not quite the relaxing journey it should have been, especially in the soaring temperatures.   But it did mean that we arrived at the airport in plenty of time for the flight.  The airport was cool due to the air conditioning, which was quite welcome.

Our flight was a little late leaving, but the pilot/flight was much better than our outward journey experience.  It was also nice to see Birmingham without cloud as we landed, that has got to be a first for many years…

The Art of Tolerance

I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb where I talk about the Buddy Bear exhibition that was lined up along the Champs de Mars during my recent trip to Paris.

War is Not the Answer…

…The Answer is Within You!

Love…

For some reason my blog refuses to imbed videos, so to view the video you need to click on the picture.  The video looks best in full screen view.

I invite you to join Blog Blast for Peace on November the 4th 2012 to help promote peace throughout the world with a post entitled ‘Dona nobis pacem’.

Blog Blast for peace is an online community of international bloggers and social media users who “Blog4Peace” and join together each November to promote peace in our world.

You don’t have to have a blog to blog for peace.  People all over the planet change there statuses to “Dona nobis pacem” and post an earth graphic called a peace globe – on blogs, websites, Facebook, twitter, pinterest and many other online websites.

Over half the world’s countries display the  movement’s logo somewhere on a social media site or a blog and thousands have written inspirational posts and designed peace art in support of peace with one voice.

A new generation of people speaking of peace not war since 2006.

We believe if words are powerful this matters.

This delightful video was created by Dawn Gilbert @SeaBreeze Photos.

Witley Parish Church – Stained Glass

Witley Parish Church has ten stained glass windows of which nine depict scenes from the New Testament; The Annunciation, The Visitation, The Adoration of the Shepherds, The Adoration of the Magi, The Baptism of Christ, After the Resurrection; the miraculous catch of fish, The Resurrection, Peter and John healing a cripple and The Supper at Emmaus. Then tenth window shows the Worship of the Golden Calf, a scene from the Old Testament and has no apparent connection to the rest of the windows.

From the guide book:

The ten windows were executed by Joshua Price in 1719 and 1721 from designs by an Italian artist, believed to be Francesco Sleter (1685 – 1775). They combine stained glass and enamel painting and are the finest example in Britain of early eighteenth-century windows of this type. In the 1970s they were in danger of collapse and were restored to their present fine condition. When the windows were transferred from the Cannons Chapel, the apertures were nine inches too long. This was corrected by adding the somewhat incongruous golden stained border to the base of each window.

If you hover over the windows it will show you which of the windows they are.

Witley Parish Church – Paintings

The ceiling paintings in Witley Parish Church were painted by the Italian artist Antonio Bellucci.  The three principle paintings on the ceiling are; the lamentation,  the ascension and the nativity.

The main paintings are surrounded by ten small paintings of cherubs ; Crown of thorns, Chalice, Judas’ money bag, Christ’s raiment and dice, Ladder, Hammer and nails, Spear and vinegar sponge, Mailed glove, Veronica’s veil, whipping post and flails.

This photo shows ‘The Ascension’.

I found the church quite fascinating, I need to visit again because I know I have missed a lot!

Art Exhibition

This building displayed a gallery mapping out the street facades as paintings. I would have liked to have gone inside and take a look around but time was limited so I was only able to take a quick peep through the doorway.

Asmodeus

PhotoHunt – Magical

Kirs… A Fairy Among fairies….

Dani created this picture from a portrait that I took of myself (the sub title is hers).

It is interesting that many people over the years I have called me a faerie…

For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.

Roman Town House – Artwork