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Challenge: Churches (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Esine (Brescia) Italy
Date: Jun 3, 2010
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/20sec
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2010
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Santa Maria Assunta is a church in the north-west of Esine, in the province of Brescia, northern Italy, listed as national monument.
The building was originally constructed around 1480, and initially had a gabled façade with a round window (oculo), replaced by the current structure in 1776. The bell tower dates from 1500 and is built in a yellow stone.
The interior has a single nave, and was apparently completely decorated with frescoes by Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo between 1491 and 1493: subjects include the Annunciation, Mary enthroned, the history of salvation and the holy helpers. The paintings were commissioned by the noble families of Federici and Beccagutti, and by Isaac de Favis of Gandino, rector of the church of the Holy Trinity in Esine.
Beyond the chancel arch the cross vault of the presbytery bears in its centre a depiction of Christ Pantocrator in a mandorla, over three meters high, surrounded by a crowd of 72 characters arranged in distinct classes: saints, martyrs, patriarchs, emperors, prophets, and so on. On the back wall of the chancel is painted the Crucifixion.
In 1573 a section of wall was knocked down to build the Chapel of the Rosary, destroying the fresco, which probably represented a Last Judgement. |
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06/16/2010 09:29:56 AM |
| thanks for posting the info about this church. It's beautiful. |
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06/14/2010 06:06:20 AM |
| like the lighting on the top half of the photo-nice rich colours here |
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06/11/2010 02:23:45 PM |
| The people are a part of your composition - and they are in a funny place. slightly chopped off the bottom. I think that you need a bit more of the bottom of this photo. And there is perhaps just a tad too much light in here - the image looks quite flat as a result. |
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06/11/2010 05:38:13 AM |
| thats beautiful, would have loved to see a little more of the ceiling funny crop at top 7 |
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06/10/2010 11:36:44 PM |
| Composition: 5 - Technical: 6 - Creativity: 5 - Appeal: 5 - Challenge: 6 - Overall Score: 5 - (weighted - NOT a calculated average) |
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