Showing posts with label Belvedere. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belvedere. Show all posts

Saturday, 25 September 2010

On a rainy weekend like that...


On a rainy day like that
I try to remember the colour of the summer sky.
I review my summer photos,
and this is what I found:

Blue skies, white clouds, white statues,
bold birds,
gaudy flowers, sparkling fountains,
and good humoured people!








Have a nice sunny weekend ahead!


Thursday, 15 October 2009

Autumn skies over Schloss Belvedere

The story behind:
Last Sunday morning we went to see an exhibition of one of Austria's most famous painters of the 19th century, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, in Vienna's Schloss Belvedere.
As it was the last day of the exhibition, we came very early, to avoid the crowds!
We were one hour too early, in fact!
First we strolled through the gardens of Schloss Belvedere, and as there was still plenty of time left, we went over to the neighbouring Botanical Garden.


A red brick wall that separates the two gardens, and behind the wall you see the copper domes of Schloss Belvedere.


Between two rain showers, the Autums sky changed from pale to dark blue,
and made the scenery really thrilling!


It was great fun to take pictures when the Autumn light was so special!








By the way: in the meantime WINTER has come to Austria, we had the first snowflakes today! They did not last in Vienna, but the surrounding countryside is painted white!

Here is a link to the exhibition Waldmüller,
and here are two of his paintings.


Watch the sky ...


... all around the globe!

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

More Vienna pictures coming soon...

The "Old" Danube
Schloss Belvedere
The photographer;)
Back at the Danube again...
More Vienna photos coming soon :9

Monday, 23 March 2009

My World Tuesday


The Upper Belvedere hosts exhibitions of famous Austrian art, among them painters like Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka (Visit Belvedere's Homepage - it's really great!)

The Lower Belvedere resembles Prinz Eugen's magnificent living quarters. Representational rooms like the Hall of Grotesques, Marble Gallery and Golden Room, offer a fascinating insight into Baroque interior design - JUST WONDERFUL!!!

Prince Eugene of Savoy (picture: Wikipedia)
is the man behind Schloss Belvedere,
he built the Baroque juwel with the wonderful view over Vienna!

Prinz Eugen von Savoyen (1663 – 1736),
one of the most prominent and successful military commanders in European history,
born in Paris,
but fighting for the Habsburg Monarchy against the Ottomans and many others - read more about his life at Wikipedia.

After that,
walk through the Prince's splendid gardens,
caress the Sphinxes :)
look back over the city of Vienna,
ascending the hill!













































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