Category: Public Art and Architecture
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Angkor Wat and the Khmer Golden Age
When we got to Angkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire during its golden age from 889 to 1434, we found the legendary temple Angkor Wat … and another thousand temples. But what made it even more astonishing was that most of the thousand temples were built during a one hundred year period from 1113 to 1216,…
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Berlin — A Great City for Art
Several years ago I decided I would stop taking photos when I traveled, or at best, take very few. It started on a trip to Versailles. We were going through the palace looking at things, and most of the time a young woman was traveling through at about the same speed as we were. Sometimes…
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Art and Politics in Prague
Prague as a city is a work of art; everywhere you go you’ll find spectacular architecture. The dangerous part is as you walk around you can’t stop looking up, running the risk of running into other people, sign posts, and getting hit by a car. This was our second trip to Prague — the first…
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Yes, But Is It Street Art?
One of the things we want to explore on our trip is street art. While we have been involved with art for many years, we only recently became interested in street art. So while we know something about it, our ideas about street art are still in the process of crystallizing, just as the movement…