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Hello and welcome. Hope you enjoy the images I have posted. Please do not reproduce them without my permission. Most are available as note/greeting cards or as prints/enlargements. Thank you for visiting my site and your comments.
Many have asked about the Header image above, which I named 'Eerie Genny'. It was originally shot with film [taken on the shore of the Genesee River near the Univ. of Rochester]. During the darkroom development, I flashed a light above the tray. The process, known as 'solarization', produces eerie, ghostlike effects; some have mistaken this image as an infra-red photo. Some 35+ years later, I scanned and digitized the print, and did a little modern day editing, and, voila.
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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Sicily 2: Palermo 2 [Sky Watch Friday]

Using Palermo as our home base, we made several bus excursions to surrounding sites of interest. Just a few miles outside Palermo was the Monreale Cathedral, built in the late 12th century by William II (the last Norman king of Sicily). It is a unique masterpiece of Byzantine art, with glittering mosaics and frescoes. One marvelous example is the figure of Christ on the apse cupola.


The exterior of the apse has interlaced marble and tufa arches characteristic of the height of Norman decoration.

The Cloister below was another masterpiece of Norman art.  It contains 228 variously decorated small double columns with Arab style arches and intricate capitals.



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