#Neogothic

[leocadra]

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral.

Cork, Munster, Ireland.

[stranaantic]

Art Nouveau bronze and red marble sculpture "Châtelaine XIV S"

Beautiful Art Nouveau bronze sculpture entitled "Châtelaine XIV S" Lady of the castle of the 14th century. It represents a Lady of the Middle Ages with headdress and long-tailed dress walking absorbed reading a book.

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https://www.rubylane.com/item/2193709-JSA_S126/Art-Nouveau-bronze-red-marble-sculpture?search=1

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https://stranaantic.etsy.com/listing/1737795879

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[peter1rose]

Journal Excerpt: 08/28/23

Life feels the most fulfilling after great fear and pain. Yet, once I've re-experienced life, I'm quick to forget my trials. And I again mistaken things I'm privileged to partake in as my basic rights and lose the great joy and satisfaction of living. When I'm sick, I long to live; and when I'm alive, I long for silence. I wish to break my cycle. I do not want to take my life for granted.

[femalehieronymusbosch]

Замок Гарибальди, Самарская область

[scavengedluxury]

Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, Košice, 1974. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[artschoolglasses]

Big Ben

London, England

[ist-das-kunst-oder-kann-das-weg]

[camiladenleschi]

Ascending I, acrylic on paper, 2023

[lynx-013]

Schloss Braunfels, Braunfels, Germany por Jochen Hertweck

[midwesternartlovertraveler]

St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Casper, Wyoming https://midwesternartlovertraveler.tumblr.com/

[ruscatontheroof]

Avchurino - a manor in the Kaluga region, built in the Empire and neo-Gothic style (1840s)

Авчурино — усадьба в Калужской области, построенная в ампирном и неоготическом стиле (1840-е)

[zsorosebudphoto]

Cemiterio de Cancelo, Portugal, 02-09-23

[wanderlandgracie]

MUNICH

The third place on our itinerary was Munich, Germany, a beautiful smorgasboard of gothic architecture and modern shopfronts. The main attractions of the city seem to be the street performers, as when we visited, there was, near the Glockenspiel, a small orchestra the was playing ABBA. Aside from the ABBA enthusiasts, there is the aforementioned Glockenspiel, a towering gothic cuckoo-clock. This was the lone highlight of Munich, as we only stayed there a night and half a day, leaving little room for sightseeing. This being said, the Glockenspiel is not boring. In fact, it is quite the opposite.

Only finished completely in 1908, the Glockenspiel is a relatively new addition to Munich's central city, also called Marienplatz, or the "Square of Mary," and the spiraling neogothic building it now inhabits. Originally, however the building it sits in was just a plain (for lack of a better word) town hall, called Neues Rathaus, literally "New Townhall." This is where the city government, city council, mayor offices, and small portions of administration are located and have been located since 1874. Despite all of this, it remains to be the most iconic building in Munich, as the cuckoo clock inside of it genuinely works. It goes off at certain times of day, none of which times we were able to see it. I was and am still upset about it. Either way, the Glockenspiel is iconic and the square it inhabits is truly beautiful. It seems Munich managed to allow other cultures to inhabit its space, hence the ABBA, while still being able to hold on to its authentic traditions and cultures, and I think that's beautiful.

On a more serious note, we also went to the Dachau concentration camp, one of the first and longest running concentration camps. I did not take any pictures because it felt disrespectful and irrelevant to take pictures where so many people suffered and died for things they believed or how they were born. This being said, it is still important to talk about about it, no matter how uncomfortable or painful it might be. So this long-standing terror camp was first opened in March 1933, and it was originally for Hitler's political rivals though it quickly grew to hold more German, Romani, Austrian, and Jewish prisoners. With this rise in prisoners it also grew a purpose, as a work camp. In its 12 year life-span, over 200,000 prisoners were held at the camp, and at least 41,500 died there due to various causes. It is important for us to remember the people that lived, suffered, and died there, because if we forget, their memories are lost. It is important to remember not only so it doesn't happen again, but also because those people were just that. People. They had mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters. Husbands, wives, sons and daughters. They cannot be forgotten because they lived and loved and hurt at some point. They had souls, souls that are so precious to God. So we cannot forget them. For their sakes, and for ours.

[relliliv]

ℑ𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶 ℑ𝔱 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔦𝔳𝔢 . . .

𝕾𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌, 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖈𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖓 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖊𝖑𝖘𝖊’𝖘 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉🩸

[scavengedluxury]

Cathedral of St. Elizabeth, Košice, 1972. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

[artschoolglasses]

Big Ben

London, England