This week's Sepia Saturday prompt photograph features a substantiate elegant building, which I first thought must be French because of its architectural style, but turned out to be a vintage view of a large London hotel.
With an interest in architecture, I am snap-happy when it comes to photographing windows on holiday, so
here I am adding images that bring back many happy memories.
The Louvre Palace in Paris
Below - Where
17th century French architecture meets the contemporary style of the
famous glass Louvre Pyramid. Opened in 1989, it evoked controversy
on many grounds. It now provides the entrance to the Louvre Museum, and
somehow I think it works.
Against the backcloth of a classical building, a cow "marches" on parade atop of a bus shelter in Warsaw. The full scale fibre glass figures are decorated by local artists and represent different aspects of city life and culture.
An unusual corner window in the spa town of Bad Reichenhall in Bavaria.
A magnificent frontage to a building in Traustein in Bavaria, Germany.
A rustic, homely look to this attractive little windows in Austria.
It
is not just abroad you will find colourful window boxes. Just three
miles from my home in the Scottish Borders is this hotel in Melrose.
First impressions do count!
As for someone peeping out through a window, I had to turn to this picture of my little granddaughter.
Adapted from a post first published in 2015.
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Wonderful photos of ornate to simply beautiful window treatments!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful buildings. The ornate fronts are so intricate. But I have to admit I love the flower box windows best. As for the glass Louvre Pyramid, you're more open minded about it than I am. I suppose it's art - modern art - feeling it's terribly out of place in front of the beautiful old building it supposedly represents. Oh well. That's just my opinion. :)
ReplyDeleteI especially love the Bavarian buildings, of course.
ReplyDeleteI love windows too :)
ReplyDeleteThose Bavarian buildings are beautiful, but the cute little one at the end is surely the best!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous windows!
ReplyDeleteGreat topic to explore! Modern hotel and commercial windows don't convey the quality and luxury of old buildings. No doubt new windows are more energy efficient and with HVAC don't need to be opened, they don't improve the architecture anymore and are no longer the "eyes" of a building.
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