Temple Of Apollo Stourhead Gardens
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I thought of Stourhead when I saw this... the son who brought home the ruins of Italy to his familial home right? I don't mean literally of course but inspiration from. I was amazed that such money would be spent for facades and building with no practical use but their ambiance.
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The temple is almost a folly, the whole place has a sense of fantasy but that was the idea. I'm not sure whether it's neo classical, renaissance or british romantic but it for sure makes a nod to antiquity. This was the age of the grand tour when people brought home the influences they saw. By the way these guys were super rich aristocracy so they had the funds for a whole landscape. The whole place is absolutely stunning get there if you can.
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Stourhead is definetely a prime example of an english landscape garden, which belong to the era of classicism if i don't remember my garden history seminar uncorrectly.
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This is the view inside looking up into the dome. There is a lower dome with an oculus (hole) cut into it, this stops you seeing the windows around the edge and completes the illusion.
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Chedda it is looking great! looking forward to see more images!!!
best
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Chedda, simply stunning work again mate! I too find the lighting though just a bit flat. Amazing texturing!
Here is a bit of curve adjustment.
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Thanks Rich, i have long suspected my monitor differs from others do you calibrate ? I know the gamma thing is different between mac & pc.
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@chedda said:
Thanks Rich, i have long suspected my monitor differs from others do you calibrate ? I know the gamma thing is different between mac & pc.
Mate I have a Dell Ultra sharp. It can calibrated, though I haven't re-calibrated it!
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beautiful!
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Excellent render and design.
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