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03-MAR-2006 Traveller

The Assyrian God at Rest * Traveller

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Date/Time03-Mar-2006 00:40:18
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Canon DSLR Challenge07-Mar-2006 05:49
In fact there is a door there, black with red bars. At first I tired to cut out the various window panes so that the Assyrian God could be behind the door...but a quick ckeck gave the impressing that he might be behind bars and even in Jail! Well, that wasn't the idea I was after, so I cut out the entire door...and the God slid in nicely....lol Best Wishes, Traveller
Canon DSLR Challenge07-Mar-2006 00:23
It looks to me like the white-colored sculpture is on the other side of the doorway. Correct? On the other hand, it also looks like a fixture on the wall, but then the color is wrong. It makes for interesting juxtaposition. -- Victor
Canon DSLR Challenge05-Mar-2006 21:40
Dear Olaf: Yes, I've heard of Robert Venturi and I like some of his Architecture but not all. The interesting thing about The Citadel architecturally, and I am sure that you will appreciate this having done some yourself, is that it is a re-model of a very old, (1940's?) Goodyear tire factory that borders a major freeway. The ornate facade was originally designed to hide the factory behind the walls.

What they have done is torn out the factory, left the original walls and capitals, and built behind this the Outlet Center. It works pretty well aesthetically, however, there has been some real complaint over the fact that very large advertising signs, really monumental Televisions, have been added in several places and may serve as a dangerous distraction to passing drivers. Best Wishes, Traveller
Guest 05-Mar-2006 21:12
Trav, have you heard of Robert Venturi? His two books 'Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture' and 'Learning from Las Vegas' were like bibles to the post-modern architects. Without him - or his books - I don't think you would have found these in 'an outlet shopping mall in Los Angeles'... Interestingly, he's the one who came up with 'less is a bore' in response to the famous 'less is more', originally coined by Mies Van der Rohe (a modernist architect).
Canon DSLR Challenge05-Mar-2006 00:13
Actually, PC, this is a composite shot at the Citadel, an outlet shopping mall in Los Angeles...lol. The body of the image is the facing of the building, the God is taken from the capping top. There are several in a row, spanning several hundred yards. I like it also. It should also maybe be noted that when I took these images, I did not have an idea of how this would work out...but I did have a sense that something was there. Best Wishes, Traveller
ctfchallenge04-Mar-2006 20:53
Nice juxtaposition! -Cat