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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 my parents today, sheltering from the burning #august sun, in the #whitewashed #adobe #sundried brick #dacha in the Lower #danube #prairie where I grew up. #casedeepoca

#neoromanian style #finial, #1920s , #bucharest . #casedeepoca #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturhistory #balkans #southeasteurope

Atop a #bucharest #fort : surveying the #1880s built belt of #fortifications surrounding #romania ‘s capital, designed by the Belgian general Henri Alexis Brialmont. #casedeepoca #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #henrialexisbrialmont

And now, a #collage with some of my #architecturalhistory mementos from the recent #milanstudytrip . #milan #architecture #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #casedeepoca #photomontage

This post is to illustrate the design mastery of the #renaissance arch. Donato #bramante in his play with the #linearperspective at the #church #santamariapressosansatiro , his earliest commission in #milan (1470s-80s). The #chancel and #altar #apse are barely one metre (1m) in depth, but through his “magic” are made to look as a long corridor, thus giving the impression of a #greekcross scheme for the whole church, when there was not enough space for such a layout. #milanstudytrip #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #casedeepoca

This is one of the most famous and stunning #opticalillusions of the #renaissance #architecture : the #altar #apse of the #church #santamariapressosansatiro in #milan , made to look as being a long corridor within a pseudo- #greekcross layout, when in fact is less than 1m (that is right, one metre) in depth. That splendid game of #perspective is the work of arch. Donato #bramante , the designer of this edifice in the late 15th c. #milanstudytrip #quattrocento #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #casedeepoca

Interesting: here one can see the transition between the #gothic style (pointed arches and ribbed vaults) of the #nave of #santamariadellegrazie in #milan, attributed to arch. Guiniforte Solari, and the round forms and cubic volumes of the #transept and #apse , attributed to arch. Donato #bramante (late 15th c). #architecture #milanstudytrip #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #casedeepoca

#artnouveau facade in #milan , of which there are aplenty, an Art Nouveau #architecture paradise. This one is close by Biblioteca Ambrosiana. #milanstudytrip #1900s #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #casedeepoca

#torrevelasca , a part of central #milan #skyline , an iconic example of #postwar #moderne #architecture , seen here from the rooftop of the Duomo. It is inspired from the medieval Lombard tower fortifications, and has been built in the 1950s, designed by the BBRP association of architects. #milanstudytrip #architecturephotography #architecturehistory #casedeepoca

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