Thursday 2 April 2009

Sky Watch: Angels over Vienna


Kirche am Steinhof
The late morning sun
reflected in the stained-glass window
designed by Kolo Moser
Front façade of architect Otto Wagner's
Church of St. Leopold

Viennese Jugendstil
Built in the years 1905-1907,
to serve the Psychiatric Hospital of
Baumgartenberg
14th District

Gilded Bronze Angels
By Othmar Schimkowitz
(1864 - 1947)
Schimkowitz was a Hungarian-born sculptor
and a noted member of the Viennese Secession.



View from the Front Portico
The view from the portico,
located under Schimkowitz's angels,
is somewhat restricted by the towering trees
on the recreational park area of the hospital.

The angels
enjoy an unrestricted view from on high,
over the valley of the Wien River,
to Schönbrunn's Palace and beyond.





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25 comments:

  1. Those Art Nouveau angels are really gorgeous. Angels with bobbed hair--awesome! The whole presentation took my breath away. Thanks.

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  2. I agree with Sandy, the collection of wonderful images combine to make a beautiful composition.

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  3. Thank you! :-)

    I was hoping to build in a bit of suspense in the angels' tale. ;-)

    Good night from Vienna,
    Merisi

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  4. Another of Vienna's beauty on display. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. beautiful captures...adore the angels.

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  6. Angels and skies! Can't beat that combination! These are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing the beauty!

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  7. What an exceptionally beautiful chirch and the location of it too. Love also all the detailed pictures but most of all the sun looking in through the lovely painted window.

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  8. I just slowly breathed in that first capture. It is stunning.

    I get sad when the blue skies are gone for a while, too.

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  9. Lovely sculptor of an angel.thnks 4 sharing

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  10. It is hard to choose but the first image is so creative.

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  11. Whenever I see an image of angel my spirits are immediately uplifted, and anything that was troubling me vanishes like a wisp of mist.

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  12. My favorite was the morning sun through the stained glass window. It looks so mystical! Angel images wowza!
    Joyce

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  13. Jugendstil is at its best in Vienna!

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  14. Wonderful!
    I love the angels and the first picture is very evocative.

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  15. Beautiful!
    It took some time to take my eyes off the angels.

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  16. Thank you for the most beautiful angels, stained glass window with sun, and church. The angels overshadwed everything else though.

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  17. Thanks for sharing your photos. I like it.

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  18. the first picture is really interesting and unique. i love the guardian angels too.

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  19. Thank you all for your kind comments, I truly appreciate them all. See you over at your blog home soon! :-)

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  21. Wow! The sun in the window is a work of art in its own right. And lovely suite of photos to follow.

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  22. Thank you for a wonderful view of the angels that are enjoying an unrestricted view from on high!

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  23. Such beauty in Vienna... in nature and in her history. Thanks so much for sharing this beauty with us! :)

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