keskiviikko 17. tammikuuta 2018

Art and Architechture

Martiros Sarian (1880 -1972)  Night landscape. 1911, Sarian family collection, Yerevan. Martiros Sarian House-museum

Martiros Saryan was an Armenian painter, the founder of a modern Armenian national school of painting. Martiros Saryan was an Armenian painter, the founder of a modern Armenian national school of painting. He spent most of his career painting scenes, especially landscapes, of his adopted homeland, often employing the Impressionist technique of using vivid, dappled colour to capture the effects of light. He also painted many floral still lifes as well as portraits. 

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AM-6996
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 2,915 km
received on 15 Jan, 2018
sent by Alex in Yerevan 


Gol Stave Church from about 1200, Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Gol StaveChurch was built around 1200, and it is one of less than 30 remaining stavechurches in Norway. The church was built during the age of Catholicism in Norway. After the Reformation in1537, it was altered over time in order to accommodate the Lutheran liturgy. The term“stave church” refers to the staves, or posts, that support the roof. 

NO-158268
travel time 6 days
distance travelled 650 km
 received on 15 Jan, 2018
sent by Linda

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