A few years before the publication of Darwin’s Origin of Species, a group of life size dinosaur models was commissioned by the Crystal Palace Company. They were to go on display in the pleasure park near the glassy Crystal Palace Exhibition hall. The sculptor, Hawkins, worked with paleontologist, Richard Owen, to visualise the dinosaurs andContinue reading “The world’s first dinosaur sculptures”
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Zoo architecture
Painted net
This reconstruction of a greek temple is painted on the scaffolding net which surrounds the ruins. Link to original image
Carcassonne turrets
The turrets were added to the medieval castle by an architect Viollet-le-Duc. In a grand 19th century restoration project, he added pointed cones to the roof tops. These were unlikely to have belonged to the medieval castle, which probably used sloped tiled roove which is suitable for snowy regions. His interpretation of a medieval castleContinue reading “Carcassonne turrets”
10,000 BC, the movie, “inaccurate”
Watching 10 000 BC is an enjoyable experience, partly because it is fascinating to see how the film picks and chooses from different eras, selecting present day hair fashions and orthodontistry on the one hand and Ice Age mammoths on the other. Added to this, it has no concern for geographical reality. When the hero,Continue reading “10,000 BC, the movie, “inaccurate””
High street & heritage
Currys Digital and Robert Dyas hardware store, ubiquitous British high street shops, here are shoe horned into tudor buildings. They sit on the high street in Stratford Upon Avon, famous for being the birthplace of Shakespeare.
Rock formations
Rock formations, 2008 Clay, enamel paint Lucy Newman
Wild boar
A wild boar painted on a butcher’s shop window in Carcassonne
Festival fences
Carpet like lawns
The first lawns encircled medieval castles and were used for jousting. A lawn at a health club. Domestic lawn Rolled turf at a garden centre
Coffee Table TV 