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T. Michael Redmond
@tmr65.bsky.social
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Born in Ireland 🇮🇪. Vocation: vision scientist; avocation: traveling natural history and landscapes, and art and architecture photographer. The vast majority of images I post are mine, others not are properly attributed. Dogfather. All opinions personal.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 1d
Always look up: Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore edition. We joined a line of hundreds queuing to visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis.
A richly ornate dome ceiling.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 1d
Our ride from Bologna to Rome. I love me a Frecciarossa!
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 3d
Paris’ most famous cephalophore!
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 3d
A mural in the picturesque San Giuliano neighborhood of Rimini celebrating the films of famous director Federico Fellini. Rimini was the boyhood home of Fellini.
A mural on a white wall depicting the figure of a perplexed looking man, surrounded by heads of about a dozen people. There is a depiction of a man on a motorcycle in the bottom right, one of Blind man playing an accordion at the top right, and a nun climbing a ladder in the top left. There are green plants on the left of the picture and a window in the middle of the left side.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 3d
Reflection of Palazzo Ducale, Modena.
Baroque building reflected in a shallow rectangular pool of water, the reflection receding to a vanishing point at the top side of the image. Blue sky and clouds above the building are also reflected. Paved surfaces are to the left and right sides of the image.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 4d
“Christians” in America also constantly remind me of Matthew 23: 27.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 5d
In a library of the old University of Bologna, oldest university in Europe. Many seminal books on Zoology and natural history, including such as Linneaus and Cuvier.
A bookshelf of old books many in brown bindings. A wire lattice in front protects them.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 5d
Ravenna, 10/3: Protesting the interception of the #gazaflotilla. Beside the railway station.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 5d
Ravenna, 10/3: A protest against the interception of the #gazaflotilla. Part of the one-day national strike in Italy that is disrupting trains, planes, ferries, and buses all over the country.
A crowd of people, some carrying red flags, on a street intersection under trees. A signpost in the centre of the image.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 6d
“Iacta alea est!” Crossing the estuary of the Rubicon, north of Rimini, historical boundary of Rome. Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon with his legions in January 49 BCE, setting in motion events leading to the Civil War that ended the Roman Republic.
View from a train window of crossing a bridge over a tree-lined river. The yellow sleeve of a train passenger is to the bottom left.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 6d
What good taste in gin!
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 6d
Did a LOT of looking up today in Ravenna!
Byzantine mosaics line the interior of a dome. The central circle is of a man being baptized by another man. Surrounding this is a circle comprised of 12 figures. In turn, 8 windows surround this.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 6d
Ravenna is Mecca for folks who love mosaics. There are multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the city which once was the Western capital of the later Roman Empire. This is an image of the Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora in the Basilica San Vitale, made almost 1500 years ago.
A Byzantine mosaic featuring 5 figures. The figures in the centre is dressed in a sumptuous brown cloak with gold embroidered edges. He is wearing a bejeweled crown. He is handing a chalice to the figure to his left. The figure to his right is wearing a brown dress with gold stripes and a white cloak with decorations and a crown. The figure to her right wears a gold dress. The 2 leftmost figures wear vestments (gold on far left and white on near left), both with brown sections on their fronts. Colourful bands of mosaics are above and below the figures.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 7d
Wish we were!
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 8d
Our departure is delayed 25 minutes due to a problem on the high speed line. Venice doesn’t want to let us go!
A railway timetable board listing departure times.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 8d
Libreria Acqua Alta (High Water Bookshop), Venice.
Books line an alleyway to a bookshop. The alleyway has a cobblestone paved path. Part of the shop sign is to the bottom left in yellow letters on a green background.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 8d
“Don John of Austria is going to the war” G.K. Chesterton, Lepanto. A massive series of paintings by Tintoretto in the Doge’s Palace in Venice commemorates the strategic victory of the Holy Roman and Venetian navies over the Ottoman Navy at Lepanto in 1571.
A rowed galley in battle surrounded by other galleys. Men on the deck including the admiral. Many men in the water.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 8d
Where are you heading?
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 10d
[Part of] Giotto’s masterpiece frescoes at the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy. Though painted in 1305, Giotto presaged the Italian Renaissance by a century. What happened in the meantime? Only world-changing events like the Black Death that caused huge economic and social changes.
The painted back wall of a church depicting the Last Judgment. At the top is a 3-section Gothic window with blue sky either side. An image of a seated Christ is immediately below this. To the immediate right and left of Christ are arrayed saints and hosts of angels. Immediately below Christ is the Cross held up by two angels. To the bottom left are the saved being welcomed into Heaven. To the right are the damned being cast down into Hell and being tormented by demons. There is a doorway at the bottom of the image.
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JBR @jbred56.bsky.social · 11d
Cats of Burano, Venice. #caturday
The first cat we have seen in three days is a nude.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 11d
Another dog on another vaporetto.
A small dog looks into the camera. It is sitting in a bag on its human’s lap and is being held by the hands of same.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 11d
Dogs on vaporetta, Venice.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 11d
Early morning taxi pick up, Dorsoduro.
Several boats on a canal with green colored water. 3- and 4-storey houses in background with several people on the footpath in front. A flower basket in front with white flowers.
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 11d
Now, that’s a nice mushroom!
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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 12d
Late for work: small motorboat progressing at Batboat speed down a canal in Venice. (Photo courtesy of Julia Redmond.)
A small black motorboat progressing at speed up a small canal between buildings. The outboard engine has a patterned cover. The driver sits on the back of the boat’s seat. A covered gondola is moored in the right middle ground. There is a bridge over the canal in the background