Ghosts, witches, wizards and zombies in their thousands took to the streets of Sheffield for the annual Fright Night festival. There was a carnival atmosphere as the city centre was transformed into
terrifying tourist attraction for the annual Halloween carnival. Among the attractions were a fancy dress catwalk, urban dance, shopping
trolley zombie grannies, a monster in the fountain, a spooky ghost ship,
Star Wars Stormtroopers, Uncle Fest on his moving piano, a voodoo New
Orleans jazz band and the usual funfair rides and stalls.
Monday, 29 October 2012
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Beyond Limits sculpture exhibition in the garden - Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
For the first time, Beyond Limits featured the work of a single
artist, the British sculptor Barry Flanagan, RA OBE (1941-2009).
The
exhibition presented a selection of Flanagan's critically-acclaimed
late works. Considered one of the most versatile, imaginative and
radical sculptors of his generation, his characteristic bronze hares,
represented in a variety of guises, are installed throughout the
gardens at Chatsworth House.
Nijinski Hare
Large Nijinski Hare on Anvil Point
Bronze Horse
Drummer
Leaping Hare on Crescent and Bell
Six foot leaping Hare on steel pyramid
Untitled
Composition
Large Troubador
Angela Conner (1935-present) Bronze busts - Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Angela Conner is a British sculptor and in her early career was a paid apprentice carver to Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975). Angela was a close friend of Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire. The collection at Chatsworth includes portrait busts of various public figures;
Lady Emma Tennant, Harold Macmillan, Sir Tom Stoppard, Lord Rothschild, Sir Roy Strong , Sir Patrick Leigh-Fermor, Sir John Betjeman, Andrew, 11th Duke of Devonshire, Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, HM The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales, Self-Portrait. Lucian Freud, The Earl of Burlington, 1976.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Sunday, 7 October 2012
The Pyramids of Giza - Cairo, Egypt
Of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, the Pyramids of Giza have withstood the ravages of time. Far from being isolated in the desert as carefully angled photos suggest, they rise just beyond the outskirts of Giza City.
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The Pyramids of Giza and The Sphinx - Cairo, Egypt
The legendary monument, whose enclosure is entered through the Valley Temple, is carved from an outcrop of soft limestone that was supposedly left standing after the harder surrounding stone was quarried for the Great Pyramid; however, since the base stone was too soft to work on directly, it was clad in harder stone before finishing.
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Abu Simbel - The Nile Valley, Egypt
The great Sun Temple of Abu Simbel ("Father of the Ear of Corn") epitomizes the monumentalism of the New Kingdom during its imperial heyday, when Ramses II waged colonial wars. To impress his power on the Nubians, Ramses had four gigantic statues of himself with unblinking stare confronting travellers as they entered Egypt from Africa.
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