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Lonely Window


Lonely Window
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Copyright: Michael Porterfield (mporterf) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 77 W: 98 N: 96] (672)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-02
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Trip to France
Theme(s): Abandoned [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-11-29 9:38
Viewed: 1158
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Very early windows were shielded with hide or cloth stretched over the opening or with wooden shutters. Later, various types of windows were invented that allowed light but not weather to pass into a building: mullioned glass windows, which joined multiple small pieces of glass with leading, paper windows, flattened pieces of translucent animal horn, and plates of thinly sliced marble. Mullioned glass windows were the windows of choice among European well-to-do, whereas paper windows were economical and widely used in ancient China and Japan. In England, glass became common in the windows of ordinary homes only in the early 17th century whereas windows made up of panes of flattened animal horn were used as early as the 14th century in Northern Britain. Modern-style floor-to-ceiling windows became possible only after the industrial glass making process was perfected. Evidence of glass window panes in Italy dates back nearly 3000 years.
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Very nice capture,interesting compo and a useful note Michael.
TFS
Sorin

  • Great 
  • cycle Gold Star Critiquer [C: 228 W: 0 N: 3] (1851)
  • [2009-04-12 10:19]

Excellent work and composition.
Nice shot.
Regards

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