this is not the rijksmuseum; it is amsterdam's wonderful central station, seen through the barricades guarding the current building activities.
it has the same true lines, the same elegant, solid-but-delicate embellishment, the same symmetric charisma, as that museum, and the dominicus church on the spuistraat (a true jewel) and the posthoorn church on the haarlemmerstraat: probably because they are all impressive creations of the architect p.j.h.cuypers.
we, at work, received a public relations communiqué yesterday: the rijksmuseum will close for a few weeks in december and then re-open in a limited space with 300 much-loved masterpieces on display. the renovations in the rest of the museum will be completed in 2008.
2008. two thousand and EIGHT.
imagine.
in these days of fastfastfast, some things take much longer than one would expect, and very, very much longer than one would wish.
Ha. Charisma... such a nice word *evil grin*. i agree, they're beautiful buildings, the ones i know of :) always like to admire them when i'm there. which admittedly isn't often, but anyway... ;)
ReplyDeleteI love this Lynn. The angle is very evocative ... focussed.
ReplyDeleteSurely this was not taken recently ... the sky is so wonderfully blue ... surely ... ?
beautifule blues. the frame inside the frame makes this photo very unique. I like it.
ReplyDeleteand to stop the time, yes sometimes we want to stop and go back and fix it, but i suppose it's the way it should be.
ReplyDeleteI love how colorful the facade is.
ReplyDeleteart needs s l o w n e s s ... gives you time to think
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot, such lovely colors. Do you really have such a blue sky there? Here in Germany the sky is grey and it so cold ...
ReplyDeletegreat use of framing. sharp colors as well.
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