http://jazno.net/recentwork Sator Arepo Tenet Opera Rotas Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:11:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Also known as The Pantheon of the Italian Glories ("Tempio dell'Itale Glorie or Pantheon dell'Itale Glorie"), the Basilica of the Holy Cross (Basilica di Santa Croce) is most noted for its illustrious dead people; or to be more precise, their extravagant funerary sculptures. In the instance of Dante, he's ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/07/18/basilica-di-santa-croce-santa-maria-novella/ http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/07/15/tuscany-siena-san-gigimano-chartreuse-monastery/ http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/07/13/firenze-michelangelo-plaza-repubblica-square-the-arno-cityscapes/ Created in 1268, The Piazza della Signoria is the historical hub and civic center of Florence, home of the Loggia dei Lanzi, the Palazzo Vecchio (the podesta's headquarter's with its crenellated tower, now a museum), the Uffizi galleries, and many famous sculptures. In 1497 Girolamo Savonarola and his followers ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/07/13/piazza-della-signora-palazzo-vecchio-loggia-uffizi/ Perhaps the most famous landmark in Florence, the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (commonly known as The Duomo) took 170 years to complete, created by the best architects and artisans of the era. Begun by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1296, the many-faceted cathedral was taken over by Giotto ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/07/13/basilica-di-santa-maria-del-fiore-the-battistero/ Like the Gates of Paradise, the original David was moved to a safer indoor location; this was after a bench thrown from the Palazzo Vecchio had broken off his left arm. The Galleria dell'Accademia is equally famous for housing Michelangelo's unfinished slave series (which I was unable to adequately ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/07/12/three-davids-galleria-dellaccademia-the-bargello/ The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, depicted in the first three photos, is derided by the Italians as "the wedding cake," "Zuppa Inglese," and "the false teeth"; upon liberating Rome in 1944, the Americans derisively referred to it "the typewriter." The next series of photos was taken at ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/07/09/roma/ This series of busts and figures was taken last summer at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (the main hub, not the villa annex). Truthfully, I wasn't sure if I should include them in this section, as this gallery is generally devoted to dolls, toys, figurines, mannequins, ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/05/23/figuras-monocromaticas/ The Pacific Science center is a haven for gastronomically challenging curiosities and menacing predators, which I believe are aimed specifically at entertaining young boys. In the bug exhibit below, there are giant mantises and scorpions, caterpillar kabobs, cricket wraps and cookies, etc., displayed just outside the delicate butterfly garden ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/05/22/science-center-horrorshow/ These were shot last summer, when Pixar animator Don Crum (and his lovely wife Susan) came to visit Seattle. Besides the Fremont Troll, what more surreal place to take them than the Ballard Locks, home of the infamous salmon ladder? From Wikipedia: The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are a ... http://jazno.net/recentwork/2008/05/21/the-ballard-locks/