#OrnamentalDetails

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street market in Rio

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Came across these old plein air watercolors of some of the faces on planting urns at Villa Lante outside Viterbo, Italy from a lifetime ago. The variety of expression created in these ornamental details by artisans with the same constraints - size, tools, materials, and presumably time - is a testament to the creative forces available to humans as creators. It is a shame to ignore those forces or worse, let a machine take over that responsibility! . . #villalante #viterbo #italia #ornament #ornamentaldetails #stonecarving #scuplture #watercolor #watercolorpainting #pleinair #ornamentisbetter (at Villa Lante, Bagnaia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BseGtGJFB7b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ykgnp5tfpuco

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Completing the triptych - Auditorium Theatre mosaic 3 - yet more of the 350 million hand-laid tesserae. Why is a floor like this, as relatively simple as the pattern may be, so much more attractive and photogenic, and soothing, than something similar in a more uniform material, say concrete or linoleum? Well, it’s multifaceted (pun intended) but it’s due in no small part to the fractal distribution and the handmade quality of it, tapping into our deep seated affinity for scale and our evolutionary bias for social congregation. Most appropriate here in the Theatre for the People! . . #mosaic #louissullivan #sullivan #adlerandsullivan #mosaictile #auditoriumtheatre #auditoriumtheatrechicago #ornament #ornamentaldetail #architecturaldetail #architecturalornament #chicago #architect #architecture #chicagoarchitecture #historic #historictheatre #godisinthedetails #nature #natural #geometric #systemofarchitecturalornament #landmark #social #fractal #handmade #handlaid #tile #tesserae #triptych (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxQWKr3J4fg/?igshid=iftmb6l7xrsa

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Auditorium Theatre mosaic 1 - just some of the 350 million tesserae in this magnificent structure! . . #mosaic #louissullivan #sullivan #adlerandsullivan #mosaictile #auditoriumtheatre #auditoriumtheatrechicago #ornament #ornamentaldetail #architecturaldetail #architecturalornament #chicago #architect #architecture #chicagoarchitecture (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLvafopmQS/?igshid=1qgx5ksozauqu

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Those of you who have been to my lectures might recognize this. I like to use it because not only is a great bit of ornament from one of my favorite buildings in a favorite epoch, but it represents the three most impactful Arts - Painting, Architecture, and Sculpture. The widely regarded “gorgon” quality of these allegories further symbolizes the protection of these Arts by reappropriating the shield (and sometimes breastplate) of Athena, the goddess of Wisdom, whose accessories are typically represented with a Gorgon Head - the gaze of which turns all to stone. However, these are more likely Masks, that which protect the wearer and contain identity. These are coupled with the two Ouroboroses (under Painting and Sculpture), which represent the unity of all things, birth and death, and the eternal cyclical nature of the universe. Notably, the third Snake under Architecture is still reaching for its tail. Some seriously cool content packed into a (relatively) small composition - that’s the power of ornament! . . #austria #vienna #wien #secession #viennesesecession #artnouveau #ornament #ornamentaldetail #architecture #architecturaldetail #architecturaldetails #ornamentation #ornamental #details #detail #olbrich #gorgon #gorgonhead #therearemoregorgonsthanmedusa #athena #painting #sculpture (at Secession Building, Vienna) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bren_L5latk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=no127b2wrbr5

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Auditorium Theatre mosaic 2 - more of the 350 million tesserae ... . . #mosaic #louissullivan #sullivan #adlerandsullivan #mosaictile #auditoriumtheatre #auditoriumtheatrechicago #ornament #ornamentaldetail #architecturaldetail #architecturalornament #chicago #architect #architecture #chicagoarchitecture #historic #historictheatre #godisinthedetails #nature #natural #geometric #systemofarchitecturalornament #landmark (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxNNsEop8e0/?igshid=9j7aigsnko9w