I photograph art, architecture & historic artefacts. License my images on Alamy. For prints, mugs, etc., go to Terence Kerr on Fine Art America (link below).
Penzance, Cornwall, UK
Joined July 2019
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#Swan #Sintra #Portugal
One of 27 swans wearing golden crowns, painted in tempera in 1400s on wooden ceiling of Sala dos Cisnes or Room of the Swans at the Palacio Nacional de Sintra near Lisbon, Portugal. Collared swan, medieval English heraldic symbol, references marriage in 1387 of Philippa of Lancaster to Portuguese monarch, King John. In 1380, symbol of “swan gorged and chained with a crown” was adopted by English royal House of Lancaster.
#MaryMagdalene #Volterra
Mary Magdalene at foot of Cross. Detail of Late Gothic or Early Renaissance Crucifixion fresco, Chiesa di Sant’Agostino, Volterra, Tuscany, Italy. Painted 15th century and attributed to Florentine artist Stefano d'Antonio di Vanni (c. 1405-1483).
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Splendido Frammento di un Angelo di Bartolomeo Caporali, Frammento Pala dei Cacciatori 1487
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🇬🇧 In 18th-century London, dictionary-maker Samuel Johnson adored his cat Hodge. He personally bought oysters for him, rather than send his servants.
Today, a bronze statue of Hodge sits on a dictionary beside oyster shells outside Johnson’s former home in Gough Square.
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Detail from the 4th century ‘Charioteer Mosaic’ featuring a victorious charioteer and quadriga (4 horse chariot). The mosaic decorated one of the rooms at Rudston Roman Villa in East Yorkshire; now part of the collections at Hull and East Riding Museum 📸 My own #MosaicMonday
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Sometimes a small detail in a painting has as much or even more impact than the complete work itself ~ here’s the totally bereft Mary Magdalene lamenting the death of Christ, in a corner of Giottino di Pietro (aka Giottino)’s Pietà of San Remigio (1365) Uffizi, Florence
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Menacing storm clouds here late this Sunday afternoon so it’s time to batten down the hatches - here on the Central Coast, Australia 🇦🇺 ⛈️☔️🌊
(📸M.Hruby)
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“Behold this Mason with his plumb line in his hand.
For he ever took sufficient pains that his foundation sure would stand”.
Here lies George McClean, a builder, who died 29th March 1760 aged 67 years. He was so very proud of his plumb line that he holds it on his gravestone.
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Lorna Sharkey, contemporary artist, known for her hand painted stained glass artworks #Womensart
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The ninth annual 24H de l'Accordéon festival is underway in Toulouse, France 🇫🇷, running continuously through Sunday evening.
In a world roiled by turmoil, cynicism and strife, a much-needed moment of peace, love, and harmony.
All the feels.
🙏🏼🌍🕊️
📹 Les Rustines de l'Ange
