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Post by rikita on Sept 22, 2011 17:12:36 GMT
Another of the baroque angels - I think this is "patience", but I am not sure...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2011 17:34:05 GMT
I don't know. She (?) kind of looks like she is rolling her eyes and wondering if she can sneak away.
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Post by rikita on Sept 23, 2011 15:33:05 GMT
hehe
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 23, 2011 16:14:31 GMT
I'm only now realizing that those angels are carved from wood. Exquisite! Patience is most interesting, with those scales. Armor? She has no wings, plus she's depicted as female. Usually angel makers go for that androgynous early-Robt.Plant look. Maybe she's not an angel. As we know, Patience is a virtue.
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Post by rikita on Sept 23, 2011 19:17:19 GMT
yeah well they are representing virtues, but are referred to as the baroque altar angels... dunno...
hey, there is a germany forum now, cool... unfortunately i just wrote a long text about the triumphal cross just when this thread was moved. guess i gotta rewrite it tomorrow...
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 24, 2011 3:38:32 GMT
Ha! I was joking about patience being a virtue -- it's a saying. I didn't know I was accidentally accurate. Seriously? You posted at the very moment the thread got moved?! What a pain. I am sorry.
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Post by rikita on Sept 24, 2011 7:07:06 GMT
no problem... since it was all information i know instead of having to research it, it's just a matter of writing it down again (and it was just a few sentences...) will do it later today... right now i gotta get ready for my students...
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Post by rikita on Sept 25, 2011 18:40:25 GMT
The triumphal cross is not originally from the Nikolaikirche, but there used to be a similar one here. This one though is from nearby Marienkirche (St. Mary's church). It is very life-like and presents the suffering of Christ on the cross (there was even a tongue hanging out his mouth, but that one is lost now). The veins were made by hemp strings and painted over, I think the hair is horse's hair, there is a deep red gash in the side, etc. On the four corners of the cross there are figures representing the evangelists, but only two are still there now... By the way, the exact date and circumstances of the production of these crosses are known from two little scrolls that were found in a cavity in the head of the crucifix - it was discovered when it was restaured...
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 26, 2011 18:21:24 GMT
What a fascinating thread, I really enjoyed looking at the images and reading your posts Rikita. The sculptures of angels, both stone and wooden are splendid. ;D
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Post by rikita on Sept 26, 2011 18:36:47 GMT
thanks!
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Post by rikita on Sept 26, 2011 18:59:22 GMT
The Zehdenicker Altartuch (altar cloth from Zehdenick) stems from the time around 1300 and was made by the nuns from the Cisterciensian monastery of Zehdenick. It shows a lot of small round pictures in two different techniques: These stitched pictures once had also an ocre silk thread to make the pictures more visible. They show scenes of the bible. The other ones have a net-like background with a picture on it. They show ornaments, fantastic animals, symbols of the evangelists, and as a central picture, the lamb. The cloth is exhibited in the former sacristy of the church, and above the glas case with the cloth itself, varying single pictures are reflected against the wall (that is what this picture is of) to see it in more detail...
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Post by rikita on Sept 28, 2011 6:48:11 GMT
another detail of the cloth...
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Post by rikita on Sept 28, 2011 19:48:28 GMT
Of course a lot more items from churches in Berlin and Brandenburg are displayed here, like the first book printed in the regions, or cups for the holy communion, or crosses, or bowls like this one - i think it was for baptisms...
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Post by Jazz on Sept 29, 2011 2:48:20 GMT
A great thread. I like your presention very much. Each photo is an art piece. Danke, Rikita.
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Post by rikita on Sept 29, 2011 20:05:18 GMT
thanks... glad to hear you like it!
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Post by rikita on Sept 29, 2011 20:09:51 GMT
A sculpture in the NIkolaiviertel, right in front of the Nikolaikirche, at around Easter 2010.
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Post by mich64 on Sept 29, 2011 20:36:17 GMT
When I see your photos Rikita, I so wish I could take photographs like you do. I enjoy the depths, shadows, colors and detail. I look at taking photos differently because of your entries. Cheers, Mich
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Post by rikita on Sept 30, 2011 19:09:46 GMT
*blushes*
thanks, that is nice of you to say... i love photography, though i think i still have a lot to learn there... but it is definitely nice to read that you like my photos!
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Post by rikita on Oct 1, 2011 8:55:35 GMT
This isn't one of my greatest though, but I still wanted to show it: Near the Nikolaiviertel is Alexanderplatz, especially famous for the TV tower. There is also the "Rotes Rathaus" (red townhall) there...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2011 8:12:40 GMT
Frankly, at least in style, I think that the TV tower has aged quite well compared to a lot of abominations that were built in the 1960's.
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Post by rikita on Oct 2, 2011 20:08:23 GMT
well i suppose it is kind of interesting enough to have become a symbol of berlin... and that makes it look nicer than some other buildings, because it is associated so much with berlin...
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Post by rikita on Oct 2, 2011 20:20:28 GMT
THe Neptunbrunnen (Poseidon's fountain) with the Rotes Rathaus (Red townhall) in the background, at Alexanderplatz... Well actually this side isn't officially Alexanderplatz, only the part on the other side of the train station is... By the way, Alexanderplatz was named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I. And there is a famous novel by Alfred Döblin called "Berlin, Alexanderplatz" from 1929. The fountain is from 1891 and was originally in front of the city castle (which was right near Alexanderplatz). It was damaged during the war and taken down in 1951, but the remains were kept in archives, so in 1969 it was rebuild at its current location. The townhall is made out of red bricks. It is the seat of Berlin's senate and of its mayor. Built between 1861 and 1869, it takes up a complete street block and replaced several mediaeval buildings.
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Post by nycgirl on Oct 4, 2011 1:10:02 GMT
You captured this fountain from a really cool angle. Very nice.
I really enjoy revisiting this thread. Thanks for taking the time to put up all these great photos and information.
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Post by rikita on Oct 4, 2011 6:10:33 GMT
THis is the Rotes Rathaus as seen from the TV tower. Right by the flag you see the lower part of the Nikolaikirche btw... After the war the building was damaged but was rebuilt between 1951 and 1956. It was the seat of the senate and mayor of East Berlin, and from 1991 that from the senate and mayor of reunited Berlin. Since 2010 there are 160 solar moduls on the roof, producing energy. By the way, the TV tower is 368 meters tall (as a child I learned it was 365, one for every day of the year) and the tallest building in Germany.
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Post by rikita on Oct 4, 2011 6:11:52 GMT
thanks nycgirl!
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Post by rikita on Oct 4, 2011 20:23:17 GMT
Here is the fountain from above, now...
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 6, 2011 4:11:03 GMT
The town hall is really red. It's beautiful with that soft green, although I guess some of that contrast can only be appreciated from above. Speaking of which -- where were you in the television tower when you took those photos? Is there an observation platform?
I have looked and looked at the second photo of the altar cloth. That may be filet crochet. If so it would be the finest crochet hook imaginable & very fine thread. Well, embroidery on net is awfully impressive, too. 1300 -- amazing that it's so well preserved. The figure in the first altar cloth picture is so delicate and lifelike.
The "Easter statue" is a knockout.
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Post by rikita on Oct 6, 2011 6:13:04 GMT
Behind the area with the Neptunbrunnen is the so-called Marx-Engels-Forum, an area with a sculpture showing Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, put there in the 1980s. The discussion about this area has been controversial, some see it as worth preserving, others see it as a sign of a past time and would prefer it gone. Due to constructions for a new underground train station, the sculpture itself had to be moved in 2010, and is now, at its new position, facing towards the west.
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Post by rikita on Oct 6, 2011 6:17:05 GMT
bixa - yes, there is an observation platform, in the round thing towards the top of the tower. there are two floors in there - one just as an observation platform (though with annoyingly darkened windows which makes photography difficult) and one with a (quite expensive) restaurant...
yeah, i think filet crochet is right, at least in german i think it was called "filetarbeit auf netzgrund"... it is indeed quite amazing how well preserved it is...
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Post by rikita on Oct 7, 2011 6:42:28 GMT
The Marienkirche (St. Mary's church) is one of originally six medieval churches in the historic center of Berlin. The area around it, called Marienviertel, once consisted of many houses - now it is on a park-like square (the same one on whose other side there is the Rotes Rathaus...) First mention of the church is from 1292, but reconstructions in the 17th, 18th and 19th century gave it its current shape. After being damaged in the war, it was restored in 1969/70. Contrary to the Nikolaikirche, the Marienkirche is still used for services, but can also be visited by tourists. In the room under the tower, there is the "Totentanz" (dance of the dead), a fresco which is one of the most important still preserved medieval works of art in Berlin. It is a 22 meter long and 2 meter tall fresco showing men both from the church and from different "Stände" (classes), dancing with sceletons representing death.
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