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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 826794" data-attributes="member: 53455">A smiling angel (2022)As we are on the abbey church of Saint Giles in the south of France, I thought I would show you a couple of photographs of the vaunted sculpture on the façade. Now, smiling angels are few and far between, but by no means unknown in the amazingly diverse world of Romanesque sculpture. They have even spilled over to the Gothic Age, one good example of this is the very well known Smiling Angel of the Reims Cathedral (that’s Champagne country!).Back to our façade, the parts where faces were not hacked away by Protestants show shockingly natural and lifelike examples of statuary. This is an amazing Saint Michael using a spear to slay the Dragon. His half-smiling face and effortless attitude I find absolutely stunning, given the difficulty of the task he is accomplishing...Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor Z 100-400mm, ƒ/4.5–5.6 VR S lens. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light.[ATTACH=full]412848[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 826794, member: 53455"] [B]A smiling angel (2022)[/B] As we are on the abbey church of Saint Giles in the south of France, I thought I would show you a couple of photographs of the vaunted sculpture on the façade. Now, smiling angels are few and far between, but by no means unknown in the amazingly diverse world of Romanesque sculpture. They have even spilled over to the Gothic Age, one good example of this is the very well known Smiling Angel of the Reims Cathedral (that’s Champagne country!). Back to our façade, the parts where faces were not hacked away by Protestants show shockingly natural and lifelike examples of statuary. This is an amazing Saint Michael using a spear to slay the Dragon. His half-smiling face and effortless attitude I find absolutely stunning, given the difficulty of the task he is accomplishing... Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor Z 100-400mm, ƒ/4.5–5.6 VR S lens. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. Natural light. [ATTACH type="full"]412848[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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