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This altarpiece from the Monastery Church at Rohr represents the baroque legacy left by 17th century sculptors such as Bernini. Although the baroque style was replaced by neoclassicism as the new...
I knew I was going to love the Sasuke Inari Shrine from the moment I saw the long tunnel of red lacquer torii gates leading into the deep, dark woods. But nothing prepared me for the mossy, foxy, w…
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As a disclaimer: These photos were taken during a visit in February/March 2016, so this post may not be representative of this site today. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The Cloisters Part of the Metropoli…
Tabo. Dicht bij de grens met Tibet in Noord India. Het bijna einde van Spiti, een zeer geisoleerde vallei in de Himachal Pradesh. Hier ligt het klooster waar de Dalai Lama graag zijn oude dag wil doorbrengen. Een klooster anders dan andere kwa bouwst... - Himachal Pradesh, India | Columbus Travel
See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
A series of images of some of Britain's most iconic buildings created by William Henry Fox Talbot, the pioneer of photography, have gone on display at the Science Museum in London.
This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.
See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
Our third day in Greece began with a little adventure. We traveled north to Kalampaka (Καλαμπάκα), a town in the region of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), which was known by Homer as Aeolia (Αἰολία). During B…
Bishop and monk. St Ciaran was born in West Cork in the 6th century. He came from an Ossory family. Ciaran went to Europe as a young man where he was baptised and ordained. He returned to Ossory and settled at Saighir near Birr in Co Offaly, first as a hermit, then later as the abbot of a large monastery. He may have been consecrated bishop by St Patrick. There are many legends about St Ciaran. He is said to have had great skills communicating with wild animals. A wolf, a badger and a fox helped him and his monks build their huts.
Animal welfare activists in China save foxes from...
Animal welfare activists in China save foxes from...
Our third day in Greece began with a little adventure. We traveled north to Kalampaka (Καλαμπάκα), a town in the region of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), which was known by Homer as Aeolia (Αἰολία). During B…
See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
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See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
As a disclaimer: These photos were taken during a visit in February/March 2016, so this post may not be representative of this site today. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The Cloisters Part of the Metropoli…
Our third day in Greece began with a little adventure. We traveled north to Kalampaka (Καλαμπάκα), a town in the region of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), which was known by Homer as Aeolia (Αἰολία). During B…
Our third day in Greece began with a little adventure. We traveled north to Kalampaka (Καλαμπάκα), a town in the region of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), which was known by Homer as Aeolia (Αἰολία). During B…
Our third day in Greece began with a little adventure. We traveled north to Kalampaka (Καλαμπάκα), a town in the region of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), which was known by Homer as Aeolia (Αἰολία). During B…
See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
As a disclaimer: These photos were taken during a visit in February/March 2016, so this post may not be representative of this site today. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The Cloisters Part of the Metropoli…
See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
“Ciarán of Clonmacnoise” A print from the original painting by Marcy Hall. Each vivid print is on acid free, archival quality matte photo paper and measures 5"x10" and is mounted on a 11"x14" matte. The print is hand-signed and titled on the matte. The Dancing Monk series is a collaboration between Pennsylvania painter Marcy Hall of Rabbit Room Arts, and author Christine Valters Paintner of Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery based in Ireland.
"Set of six antique fox hunt / equestrian / horse colored aquatint engravings by Charles François Gabriel Levachez (French print maker, b. 1760 – d. 1820) after Carle Vernet. Framed in Maple. “Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, better known as Carle Vernet (14 August 1758 – 17 November 1836), was a French painter, the youngest child of Claude Joseph Vernet and the father of Horace Vernet. Vernet was born in Bordeaux. At the age of five, he showed an extraordinary passion for drawing horses, but went through the regular academical course as a pupil of his father and of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié. Strangely, after winning the Prix de Rome (1782), he seemed to lose interest in the occupation, and his father had to recall him from Rome to prevent his entering a monastery. In his ""Triumph of Aemilius Paulus"", Vernet broke with tradition and drew the horse with the forms he had learnt from nature in stables and riding schools. His hunting pieces, races, landscapes, and work as a lithographer were also very popular. Carle's sister was executed by the guillotine during the Revolution. After this, he gave up art. When he again began to produce under the French Directory (1795–1799), his style had changed radically. He started drawing in minute detail battles and campaigns to glorify Napoleon.[citation needed] His drawings of Napoleon's Italian campaign won acclaim as did the Battle of Marengo, and for his Morning of Austerlitz Napoleon awarded him the Legion of Honour, and Louis XVIII of France awarded him the Order of Saint Michael. Afterwards he excelled in hunting scenes and depictions of horses. In addition to being a painter and lithographer, Carle Vernet was an avid horseman. Just days before his death at the age of seventy-eight, he was seen racing as if he were a sprightly young man. He died in Paris.”" 8.25” x 0.5” x 6.5” / Sans Frame - 7.25” x 5.75” (Width x Depth x Height) less
Musings on visits to the Snowmass Monastery in Colorado.
Our third day in Greece began with a little adventure. We traveled north to Kalampaka (Καλαμπάκα), a town in the region of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), which was known by Homer as Aeolia (Αἰολία). During B…
See also Meteora, Pt. 1. Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά / Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas Dedicated to St. Nicholas (Agios means “Saint”), this monastery sits on a rock 80 meters ab…
Our third day in Greece began with a little adventure. We traveled north to Kalampaka (Καλαμπάκα), a town in the region of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία), which was known by Homer as Aeolia (Αἰολία). During B…
