Medieval covered and vaulted alleys meet at a corner in Sainte Agnes, in the south of France. A beautiful village with a fascinating history both medieval and from World War II.
Vaulted wine cellars in the Château de Valençay.
From the abbey church of Saint Pierre, Moissac. This abbey was a stopping place on the pilgrimage routes of Santiago de Compostela through France to Spain.
The Château de Valençay again, this time a gallery opening on to the cour d'honneur.
And finally for something completely different, some gorgeous sculptures of curved, curvy, curvaceous people.
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__Your quite right... and I fully appreciate these old curves... each adding strenght to each other and to their whole; the strength of structure, and the beauty of sight; the last photo, fully adds.
ReplyDelete__From the haiku world:
curve meets curve
and joined in their dance
stand still
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I love your choices. I love arches and also like vaulted cielings a great deal. You got some great shots and I like the contrast in styles. The sculpture is fantastic too. Happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteI really like this post and photos.
ReplyDeleteThe last one of the sculpture: I have also s photo of the very same; but it's on an old slide.
Very nice, A. I could see myself going crazy taking photos of those beautiful curved vaulted ceilings too! :)
ReplyDeleteThose are awesome curves - all of them. I really enjoy seeing so many varieties on this theme. Great job! You should try the time exposure with people walking through the scene. I have a series in progress on my blog called 10 Cool Features of Your Digital Camera You Should Learn and Use. You may find some of those interesting. Thanks for visiting my PhotoHunt this week.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting collection of pics. You have traveled far. The seed pods in the previous post looked like snakes. I was fooled :)
ReplyDeleteYes, curved ceilings are wonderful and so are your pictures for the theme!!
ReplyDeleteLovely choices.
Such wonderful cileijngs. I love those curvy bods too!
ReplyDeleteGreat curved ceilings! And that last curved sculpture made me smile.
ReplyDeleteNice photos. Thanks for dropping by.
ReplyDeleteWonderful curves in the old buildings!
ReplyDeleteThat sculpture is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI always find that a huge sculpture is sitting out by itself on one little point, amazing. The balance is just incredible along with the weight that must be really heavy!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your curvy post
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me how a curve can be built to stay up! It is like a big cruise ship floating. How do they do that??
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing better than a roman arch, except perhaps a flying butress :)
ReplyDeleteThese old architectural curves are quite interesting and charming. Great pics.
ReplyDeleteThe pics are wonderful, and so are the curves!
ReplyDeleteI still like bridges and rivers too. The ceilings are unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteHi A.
ReplyDeleteI do like all your selections here. You do a great job of capturing their "poses."
I like the curved ceilings but it is expensive to construct such beautiful structure in Singapore. Love the curvaceous people. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd the curve is so strong! Well, just look at your pictures :) How very, very old most of them are... more dome homes!
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