Rio della Fornace

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Fondamenta Cà Balà, Rio della Fornace, Fondamenta Soranzo della Fornace
Seen from Ponte San Gregorio, Dorsoduro
Venice, September 2013

Sony Center

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Central Forum, Sony Center
Potsdamer Platz
Berlin, September 2011

“In the reconstruction of Berlin, Sony Center stands for a new technical vision and order. It is not a building, but a part of the city. The spatial dynamics and variety is contrasted by a minimal and technological attitude. Light, both natural and artificial, is the essence of the design. Sony Center is luminous, not illuminated. Façades and roof act as a fabric which moderates the natural and artificial light. They become a screen. With its characteristics of transparency, permeability to light, reflection and refraction, there is a constant change of images and effects during day and night. Sony Center is a group of buildings for the new age of entertainment.” (Sony Center, Mimoa)

Fontaine Molière

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Molière by Bernard Seurre, 1844
Fontaine Molière
Rue de Richelieu / rue Molière
Quartier du Palais-Royal, 1er arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

Ultima Cena

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“Ultima Cena” (Last Supper) by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486
(A reduced scale version of the fresco in the church of Ognissanti)
Museo nazionale di San Marco
Florence, October 2013

See also: Cenacolo di Ognissanti

Primo Chiostro

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Primo Chiostro (First Cloister)
Church of San Salvador (Holy Savior)
Campo San Salvador, San Marco
Venice, September 2013

See also: Secondo Chiostro

John Deere in London

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A John Deere 3520 compact utility tractor
Duke of York's Headquarters
King's Road, Chelsea
London, October 2009

Rue de l'Alboni

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Passy metro station
Seen from rue de l'Alboni
Quartier de la Muette, 16th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

Madonna delle Grazie Altar

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“Madonna delle Grazie” altarpiece by Bernardo Daddi, 1347
Madonna delle Grazie altar
Orsanmichele
Via dell'Arte della Lana
Florence, December 2013

“The interior of Orsanmichele preserves its late gothic appearance almost intact: its square layout and the positioning of the piers recall the arrangement of the original open loggia. This explains the unusual position of the Madonna delle Grazie altar, not in the centre but to the right.” (Orsanmichele, The Museums of Florence)

See also: Christ and St. Thomas - San Luca - San Matteo - Santo Stefano

Model and Photographers

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Model and photographers at work
Campo Santo Stefano, San Marco
Venice, October 2013

See also: Model at Work - Photographers

Bayonne Golf Club Clubhouse

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Bayonne Golf Club clubhouse, Lefante Way, Bayonne, New Jersey
(On the left the Robbins Reef Lighthouse)
Seen from the New York Bay
New York, September 2008

“Site of a Standard Oil fire of July 1900, southern Constable Hook between Hook Road and Kill Van Kull still has oil docks and storage tanks including those of Exxon. Most of eastern Constable Hook was the 20th century Bayonne city dump, and now belongs to the Bayonne Golf Club, including a recreated lighthouse on the highest hill on the cape, serving as its clubhouse. The Robbins Reef Light actually serves to guide harbor traffic.” (Constable Hook, Wikipedia)

Monument to Victor Hugo

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Monument to Victor Hugo by Auguste Rodin, 1890
Avenue Victor-Hugo / avenue Henri Martin
Quartier de la Porte-Dauphine, 16th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

“Rodin was awarded the commission in 1889. The sculptor chose to depict Victor Hugo in exile, seated amongst the rocks of Guernsey, his arm outstretched as if to calm the waves. It was an image both of the poet lost in contemplation and of the champion of the Republican cause.” (Monument to Victor Hugo, Musée Rodin)

Adam and Eve

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“Adam and Eve”, copy of the original bronze panel of the
Porte del Paradiso (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti
Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence Baptistery)
Piazza del Duomo
Florence, October 2013

See also: Cain and Abel - Noah

The Last Train

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“The Last Train” by Arbit Blatas, 1980
Campo del Ghetto Nuovo, Cannaregio
Venice, September 2013

“In 1993 his last sculpture, entitled ‘The Last Train’, was consecrated by the President of Italy on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Deportation. It stands permanently alongside the Monument of the Holocaust in the Historic Ghetto of Venice.” (Monument to the Holocaust, Arbit Blatas)

See also: Holocaust Memorial

Theodor Mommsen

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Theodor Mommsen by Adolf Brütt, 1909
Humboldt University
Unter den Linden
Berlin, September 2011

“Brütt had been trained as a stone mason before he began his artistic education. Thus, throughout his life, knowledge about materials and craftsmanship were central in his understanding of art, which he passed on to his students.” (Weimar Modernism, Klassik Stiftung Weimar)

Kiran

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“Kiran”, Indian restaurant (they spell it restaurent)
Rue Saint-Marc
Quartier Vivienne, 2nd arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

Inside San Miniato

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Basilica of San Miniato al Monte (St. Minias on the Mountain)
Viale dei Colli
Florence, October 2013

“The interior is extremely unusual, with the choir raised on a platform above the large crypt, and has changed little since it was first built. The patterned pavement dates from 1207. The centre of the nave is dominated by the beautiful freestanding Cappella del Crocefisso (Chapel of the Crucifix), designed by Michelozzo in 1448. It originally housed the miraculous crucifix now in Santa Trìnita and is decorated with panels long thought to be painted by Agnolo Gaddi. The terracotta decoration of the vault is by Luca della Robbia.” (San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Sacred Destinations)

See also: San Miniato al Monte

Rio dell'Orso

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Rio dell'Orso
Seen from Campo Santo Stefano, San Marco
Venice, September 2013

New Zealand War Memorial

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New Zealand War Memorial by architect John Hardwick-Smith and sculptor Paul Dibble
Hyde Park Corner traffic island
London, October 2009

“This memorial commemorates the enduring bonds between New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and our shared sacrifice during times of war. It is a symbol both of our common heritage, and of New Zealand's distinct national identity.”

“He whakamaharatanga tenei e whakanui ana i nga hononga kei waenganui i a Aotearoa me Piritana Nui, tapiri atu ki to raua tu tahi i nga wa o te pakanga. He tohu hoki tenei ki nga taonga tuku iho orite ki enei whenua, tae rawa ki te tuakiri ake o Aotearoa.”

Lézard doré

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Golden lizard, Pont Alexandre III
Port des Champs-Élysées
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

See also: Golden Lizard - My Favorite Lizard

Bersaglieri

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40° Raduno Regionale Toscano dell'Associazione Nazionale Bersaglieri
(40th Tuscan Regional Gathering of the Bersaglieri Veterans)
Via dei Calzaiuoli
Florence, October 2013

See also: Florentine Fanfare

Corte Vecchia

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Corte Vecchia (Old Court)
Seen from the Ponte de la Saca, Cannaregio
Venice, September 2013

Tightrope Walker

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“Tightrope Walker” by Kees Verkade, 1966-77
Revson Plaza, Columbia University
Morningside Heights
New York, September 2008

“When artist Kees Verkade was asked to make a memorial for General William J. Donovan, Class of 1907, he watched archived films of the war hero and interviewed his colleagues for inspiration. Verkade created the bronze sculpture ‘Tightrope Walker’ to portray Donovan’s courage and ‘controlled daring.’” (Flying Horses, Tightrope Walkers and Other Campus Icons, Columbia University Libraries)

Maréchal Ferdinand Foch

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Maréchal Ferdinand Foch by Robert Wlérick and Raymond Martin, 1951
Place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre
Quartier de Chaillot, 16th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

The Fountain of the Fork

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Fontana del Nettuno (Neptune's fountain) by Stoldo Lorenzi, 1571
Giardino di Boboli (Boboli Gardens)
Florence, October 2013

“They had reached the end of La Cerchiata's leafy tunnel and dashed across an open lawn into a grove of cork trees. Now they were looking out at the Boboli's most famous spouting fountain—Stoldo Lorenzi's bronze of Neptune clutching his three-pronged trident. Irreverently known by locals as ‘The Fountain of the Fork,’ this water feature was considered the central point of the gardens.” (Dan Brown, Inferno)

Legatoria Piazzesi

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Legatoria Piazzesi (Piazzesi Bookbindery)
Campiello della Feltrina, San Marco
Venice, September 2013

“Piazzesi Bookbindery was born in Venice in 1851. No other similar enterprise is known at the time or before Piazzesi’s start in the Western World. Piazzesi is now renovating itself, in order to keep up with the times, but it’s not changing, remaining in the same place where it was founded over 145 years ago, and keeping its unique atmosphere, full of history, culture, elegance, simplicity, refinement, genuinity. It’s inimitable and bound to last in time, because of the total superiority of the quality of its well known products and the matchless spirit that moves it and marks it.” (The Piazzesi Bookbindery is the First ‘Paper Shop’ in Europe, Antica Legatoria Piazzesi)

Segways in Berlin

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Segways
Panoramastraße
Berlin, September 2011

“Unfortunately, we cannot rent our Segways out to individuals without a guide because of Berlin government stipulations. Since our tours are virtually always full, we need all machines for our tour customers.” (Frequently Asked Questions, City Segway Tours)

See also: Segways - Segways in Florence

Hotel Jeanne d’Arc

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Hôtel Jeanne d'Arc
Rue de Jarente, Le Marais
Quartier Saint-Gervais, 4th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012

“About the only thing wrong with this gorgeous address is that everyone knows about it, meaning you need to book well in advance to snag one of its cosy, excellent value rooms. Games to play, a painted rocking chair for tots in the bijou lounge, knick knacks everywhere and the most extraordinary mirror in the breakfast room create a real ‘family home’ air to this 35-room house. The pièce de résistance: the 6th-floor attic room with sweeping, Paris rooftop view.” (Hôtel Jeanne d’Arc, Lonely Planet)

Pope Leo XIII

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Funerary monument of Pope Leo XIII by Giulio Tadolini, 1907
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano
Rome, April 2013

Campiello del Remer

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Campiello del Remer
Cannaregio
Venice, September 2013

“The Campiello del Remer is tucked away, right off of a main walking street. It’s not easy to find the first time, but worth it once you get there. An old carved stone well sits in the center of the campiello, with doors to private residences/rentals, a guesthouse and the Taverna al Remer.” (Our beloved Campiello del Remer, Nosy Parker)

The Enterprise

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A mosaic for the “The Enterprise” pub, by Tessa Hunkin
Red Lion Street, Holborn
London, October 2009

“This is a sign for a pub in Red Lion Street, Holborn, London. The pub is named after a 19th century sailing ship that travelled to the Arctic in search of the missing explorer Sir John Franklin in 1852. The mosaic shows the ship in full sail watched by a polar bear on a floating iceberg.” (The Enterprise, Tessa Hunkin, Mosaic and Electronic Crafts)

Rafale & Mirages

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A Boeing C135 aerial refueling aircraft followed by a Rafale and two Mirages F1CR
Bastille Day flyover
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2012