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26/02/201204/03/2012Valentin Mandache

Garage doorway of a "fairy castle" style architecture house dating from the late 1930s, Icoanei area, Bucharest (Case de Epoca - Historic Houses of Romania)

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With the latest issue of “The Architectural Historian”/ March 2019, published by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, where I am an overseas member. #sahgb #casedeepoca #architecturalhistorian

The King of the #littleparis style house #courtyard . #taillesscat in #plantelor area of #bucharest . #cat #cats #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #balkans

Nice #neoromanian style #door , mature phase, from the #1920s , with stylised #seraphims and #solomonic #knots . #plantelor area, #bucharest . #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #architecture #balkans

#artdeco #speedlines in #plantelor area of #bucharest , and also how the locals cherish their remarkable and now depilated #1930s #architecturalheritage . #casedeepoca #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #southeasteurope #balkans

A surprise, visiting the #museum hosted jn the #sacristy of #basilica #sandomenicomaggiore in #naples , was seeing a #leonardodavinci ‘s student’s copy of the now super-famous #salvatormundi #painting. I enjoyed examining it at close quarters and feeling close to the great Leonardo. #salvatormundileonardodavinci #napolistudytrip #renaissance #casedeepoca

Here is a sample of #naples #doublepersonality lurking in the underbelly of this ancient community: its deep #catholic traditions seen in the naive painting of #padrepio on the right and the strong #marxist / Italian #communism activism seen in the #hammerandsickle #graffiti on the left. In my opinion both ideologies have a not to dismiss overlap of fundamentals (I am one of those who inclines to agree with the Victorians that Christ was the first socialist). #napolistudytrip #napoli #casedeepoca

A bit of a difficult angle I had when photographing the top side and dedicatory #inscription of the former #wallachian style #doorway of #negustori #church in #bucharest, built in 1726, during the #tulipperiod in #ottomanart and #ottomanarchitecture . This #spolia is now embedded in a side wall as a sort of Cinderella relic, after an aggressive westernising renovation performed at the end of the 19th c. It shows that the La Belle Epoque Romanians were just as dumb and careless of their heritage as their communist and post-communist descendants. #architecturehistory #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #architecture #balkans #southeasteurope

The eastern side of the arcaded #gallery of the #cloister adjoining #basilica #santachiara in #naples , built in the #gothic era and painted in the #baroque period. The cloister is an oasis of peace in the middle of a tumultuous town. #architecturehistory #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #architecture #napolistudytrip

The theatricality of #baroque juxtaposed on the sobriety of #gothic in the #sacristy of #naples #dome . #duomo #duomodinapoli #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #casedeepoca #napolistudytrip

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