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  • Now an overgrown, mildew-ridden farm shack in woodland in Seething, Norfolk England, this wall mural was once one of the barracks housing 3,000 young World War 2 bomber crews so was probably painted by a young aspiring artist and aviator with the 448th Bomb Group, a fleet of bombers based in England from November 1943 to July 1945. The picture depicts a confrontation between US Air Force B-24 Liberators, a P-51 Mustang and probably a German Dornier. There are hairline cracks in the plaster but the yellow hue of the hand-painted wall is largely intact despite damp conditions in the shed. There are however, other artistic details now faded. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • In a farmer's tool shed, a painted mural depicting B-24 Liberators sweeping over the cracked brick wall of what was once an officers’ mess at the WW2 Wendling airfield, Norfolk England. Below this scene of heroic military might, young officers flying Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group gathered before and after raids into Germany from November 1943 to July 1945. The runway is now partly covered by a turkey farm and this building is now full of car and tractor parts. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • A British lady applies a layer of sun cream to her hand on a beach in Magaluf.  In the foreground, and aligned with the lady's own body is a sun lounger with a beach towel draped over which depicts the torso and legs of a cartoon Hercules Adonis character complete in ancient Greek style with muscular thighs and short skirt. In the background is a hotel building and two other tourists with their tanned backs towards the viewer. Magaluf is a popular holiday resort on the island of Mallorca, one of the Spanish Balearic Islands. A seedy resort very much orientated around British tourists and catering for both young parties as well as families, it is considered as a hot and exotic alternative to the chilly seaside towns around the UK's coast.
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  • Construction workers wearing hard hats hook up a pile of concrete beams on to a waiting crane hook. One man bends down to help loop a chain beneath one of the girders and attached to the dangling hook while another secures the chain and another man is in radio contact with the crane driver out of sight. Importantly, behind their low-loader truck is a Smirnoff advertising billboard with a famous ad campaign for the Vodka distillery. It depicts three carved Polynesian statues of Easter Island but seen through a botttle of the alcoholic beverage, is a representation of a face wearing a head band and MP3 headphones. Seen juxtaposed with the construction men and their building technology this scene describes a visual pun between an ancient lost civilization and the modern age of technology. Smirnoff is a vodka distillery founded in Moscow, by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov. The <br />
brand is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. The Sminoff advertising campaign is said to be based on the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte whose paradoxical images stretched our ideas of what was reality and the fantastic.
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  • A painted mural on the post office building in Ushuaia city, Santa Cruz province, Patagonia depicting the history of this remote land. The slaughter of the Indian population, the prisoners in the southernmost jail in the world, which reputedly included the Tango crooner, Carlos Gardel as inmates, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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  • At the base of the Monument which commemorates the Great Fire of London, a courier driver from the United States Postal Service (UPS), stands with his head in his hands as if in reaction to the conflagration behind. Above him is a giant mural, whose huge figures depict the panic and evacuation during the disaster that struck London between 2nd of  September and Wednesday, 5th September 1666. The modern man in company uniform is wearing the same brown colours as that of King Charles II and his courtier who are also reacting to the news of the city's burning timber buildings. 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities were lost in the high fanned winds. It is estimated that it destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • Man wearing a t-shirt depicting a scantily clad woman. Seemingly a bizarre thing to wear the model printed on the shirt, wearing underwear and baring herself is perhaps some kind of fashion or style statement, however odd it seems. Berwick Street, Soho, London, UK.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces. Local businessman (pictured), and owner of the wall Azmal Hussein said "This is not anti-Semitic. This is my wall, my property, and I don't want it to go."
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces. Local businessman (pictured), and owner of the wall Azmal Hussein said "This is not anti-Semitic. This is my wall, my property, and I don't want it to go."
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces. Local businessman (pictured), and owner of the wall Azmal Hussein said "This is not anti-Semitic. This is my wall, my property, and I don't want it to go."
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  • Man wearing an angry bear t-shirt walks along the pavement behind a young woman carrying cans of diet coke in London, United Kingdom. T shirts depicting snarling animals have become increasingly popular in the last decade.
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  • Christian religious icons, crucifixes, Last Supper depictions, virgin Marys and angels adorn a shop wall in central Lisbon. Attached to the wall making them easy to browse and choose, these items look more like cartoon characters than those representing Biblical events and characters. Mary is more central with baby Jesus plus his representation as an older man carrying and then nailed to the cross. The Last Supper is available as pocket tableaux.
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  • Seen in close-up detail, a holidaymaker's shirt is displayed in Magaluf. He has two pairs of spectacles hanging around his sunburned neck and a printed short-sleeved shirt depicting tropical paradise beach scenes with blue skies, palm trees and representing a Hawaiian Pacific Ocean scene with boats at sea, rolling on the waves. Magaluf is a popular holiday resort on the island of Mallorca, one of the Spanish Balearic Islands. A seedy resort very much orientated around British tourists and catering for both young parties as well as families, Magaluf is considered as an exotic alternative to the chilly seaside towns around the UK's coast.
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  • In the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii we see a fresco in the lararium where a shrine to Roman guardian spirits of the household was situated. Family members performed daily rituals here to guarantee their protection by these domestic spirits. The first two characters are the deeply venerated 'lares' (presumed sons of Mercury and Lara) depicted as two young men in dancing postures, holding drinking horns that guaranteed prosperity. In the centre is the 'genius'. She is another guardian and fertility spirit ensuring the family line (gens) would continue and she wears the 'toga praetexta', bordered in purple, the garment of high-ranking Roman magistrates. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, these frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of volcanic ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
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  • Angkor Wat, Siem Riep. Angkor Wat is a huge temple complex,most of it build almost one thousand years ago. The area spans 10 square Km and is one of Cambodia's biggest tourist attractions. spans 10 square Km and is one of Cambodia's biggest tourist attractions. Detail of the many extensive decorations, which predominantly takes the form of bas-relief friezes. Here on the North West wall are depicted  scenes from the Battle of Lanka and the Battle of Kurukshetra.
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  • Angkor Wat, Siem Riep. Angkor Wat is a huge temple complex,most of it build almost one thousand years ago. The area spans 10 square Km and is one of Cambodia's biggest tourist attractions. spans 10 square Km and is one of Cambodia's biggest tourist attractions. Detail of the many extensive decorations, which predominantly takes the form of bas-relief friezes. Here on the North West wall are depicted  scenes from the Battle of Lanka and the Battle of Kurukshetra.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • London, UK. Friday 5th September 2012. 'Freedom for Humanity' a street art graffiti work by artist Mear One aka Kalen Ockerman on Hanbury Street near Brick Lane. Tower Hamlets has ordered that the mural be removed as the characters depicted as bankers have faces that look Jewish, and is therefore antisemitic. In protest the mural had just been sprayed with the Hebrew word 'HAGANAH'. Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, which later became the core of the Israel Defense Forces.
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  • Du Cai Mei prepares breakfast in her cave dwelling / house, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China
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  • Street art in the East End of London is an ever changing visual enigma, as the artworks constantly change, as councils clean some walls or new works go up in place of others. While some consider this vandalism or graffiti, these artworks are very popular among local people and visitors alike, as a sense of poignancy remains in the work, many of which have subtle, poetic or political messages.
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  • Du Cai Mei prepares a meal with the help of her husband, Chang Lin, Chang Qu village, Shaanxi, China.
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  • The Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • The Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Paintings in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • The Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • An American expatriate living in Monaco laughs at a joke from an unseen person while standing near her apartment  in front of a beach mural on the Avenue Princess Grace. The cartoon character is a puny bather in an old fashioned bathing costume and flippers, showing off a scrawny arm and non-existant bicep. Seen from a low angle, the blonde-haired widow wears sunglasses, a black coat and speckled scarf around her neck, has been living in Monaco for many years and speaks fluent French. We see a smart lady in her middle-age enjoying her retirement in the warm Mediterranean climate.
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  • A young boy reaches up to touch a Yoda busker and other passers-by in front the faces from The Taking of Christ c1602 the painting of the arrest of Jesus, by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio and exhibited, on 30th September 2016, at the National Gallery, London, England.
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  • A young couple beneath the faces from The Taking of Christ c1602 the painting of the arrest of Jesus, by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio and currently being exhibited at the National Gallery, London.
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  • Visitors walk beneath the faces from The Taking of Christ c1602 the painting of the arrest of Jesus, by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio and currently being exhibited at the National Gallery, London.
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  • A Yoda costume head and other passers-by in front the faces from The Taking of Christ c1602 the painting of the arrest of Jesus, by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio and exhibited, on 30th September 2016, at the National Gallery, London, England.
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  • Visitors walk beneath the faces from The Taking of Christ c1602 the painting of the arrest of Jesus, by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio and currently being exhibited at the National Gallery, London.
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  • Bust of Hemingway. Cojimar is a small fishing village close to Havana where Hemingway spent a lot of time. It is said that this is where he got inspiration for 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
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  • Paintings in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • The Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • The Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Pilgrims seen in front of the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Paintings in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Pilgrims seen in front of the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • The Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Angkor Wat, Siem Riep. Angkor Wat is a huge temple complex,most of it build almost one thousand years ago. The area spans 10 square Km and is one of Cambodia's biggest tourist attractions. spans 10 square Km and is one of Cambodia's biggest tourist attractions. Stone carvings of Hindu Devatas, devine guardians.
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  • 'Counting the Cost' is a memorial sculpture in glass designed by Renato Niemis which is outside at the American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum, RAF Duxford, England. The sculpture comprises of 52 toughened clear float glass panels, each etched with the outlines of 7,031 aircraft missing in action in operations flown by American air forces (Air Force and Navy Groups) from Britain during the Second World War. The images are scaled at 1:240, diagonally pointing towards the blue summer sky once filled with bombers and fighters during the air campaign over Germany and France. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Paintings in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • Sculptures in the Brihadeeswarar temple on 25th November 2009 in Tanjore / Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Brihadeeswarar Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. .
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  • The future of Birmingham street art mural showing a multicultural vision of the city in Digbeth on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The mural depicts black and mixed ethnic people and relevant cultural references.
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  • The future of Birmingham street art mural showing a multicultural vision of the city in Digbeth on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The mural depicts black and mixed ethnic people and relevant cultural references.
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  • Red cars and a Red London bus in the centre of town. People pass while the bus advertises for a greener London. Hardly the impression this scene depicts.
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  • A version of "South Wind, Clear Sky" by Hokusai, a view of the Fuji volcano, seen on a noren (a fabric panel) in Japanese entrepreneur, Tetsuro Hama's 'So' restaurant, Soho, London. Fine Wind, Clear Morning GaifÅ« kaisei, also known as South Wind, Clear Sky or Red Fuji, is wood block print by Japanese artist Hokusai (1760–1849), part of his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series. It dates from about 1830–32, the Edo period. This is one of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji Fugaku is an ukiyo-e series of large, color woodblock prints by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). The series depicts Mount Fuji in differing seasons and weather conditions from a variety of different places and distances.
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  • A couple of mixed-race have put their heads through the apertures made in a painting that depicts Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, on the Palace Pier at Brighton, on the south coast of England. The faces peep through this traditional attraction that few can resist, even in the 21st century. The man’s face looks disturbingly incongruous in the place where the Prince Consort’s white German character would be. There is a message here of a changing multi-cultural British society where these friends or partners are from other ethnic backgrounds and where mixed-marriages are now commonplace, as opposed to the Victorian era when attitudes to racism and race-relations were vastly different.
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  • Beneath the Swiss Re building aka the Gherkin is the sculpture artwork entitled Site Of The Fall: Study of the renaissance garden: Action 180: At 9:15 am Sunday 28th May 1967 by Reza Aramesh, on 29th July 2020, in the City of London, England. This piece of art is one of a series of 12 sculptures that form the body of work titled ‘Site of the Fall – Study of a Renaissance Garden’. From research on reportage images of the Vietnam war, a single composition was selected, the image of which has been reconstructed through a process of rendering based on live subjects. Hand carved Carrara marble depicts the subject as larger than life. The plinth is a site-specific design to communicate with the environment of where it’s situated.
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  • A large scale advertisement for a computer gaming system is painted onto a wall on Old Street in East London. The advert depicts two cars that have crashed through the wall. It will be up for a few days before being cleaned off.
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  • People interact with an oversized advertising poster for underwear at H&M on Oxford Street in London, United Kingdom. The advert depicts a young woman wearing a bra.
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  • Man exercising in front of a mural by the artist Phlegm in Walthamstow market on 1st March 2021 in London, United Kingdom. The project was the culmination of consultations held with local residents who fed back that they would like to see artwork in the area. A panel made up of the Leader of the Council, representatives from a local charity, the Mill, local businesses, a local historian, and the St James Street Big Local made the final decisions in selecting artist Phlegm. Phlegms work depicts the triplane developed by Edwardian engineer, Alliott Verdon Roe who was based in one of the railway arches in Walthamstow Marshes.
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  • Now an overgrown, mildew-ridden farm shack in woodland in Seething, Norfolk England, this wall mural was once formed part of the barracks housing 3,000 young World War 2 bomber crews so was probably painted by a young aspiring artist and aviator with the USAAF's 448th Bomb Group, a fleet of bombers based in England from November 1943 to July 1945. The picture depicts a confrontation between US Air Force B-24 Liberators, a P-51 Mustang and probably a German Dornier. There are hairline cracks in the plaster but the yellow hue of the hand-painted wall is largely intact despite damp conditions in the shed. There are however, other artistic details now faded. After the war, the buildings reverted to agricultural use.
    WW2_bomber_base06-05-10-2000_1_1_1.jpg
  • Beneath the Swiss Re building aka the Gherkin is the sculpture artwork entitled Site Of The Fall: Study of the renaissance garden: Action 180: At 9:15 am Sunday 28th May 1967 by Reza Aramesh, on 29th July 2020, in the City of London, England. This piece of art is one of a series of 12 sculptures that form the body of work titled ‘Site of the Fall – Study of a Renaissance Garden’. From research on reportage images of the Vietnam war, a single composition was selected, the image of which has been reconstructed through a process of rendering based on live subjects. Hand carved Carrara marble depicts the subject as larger than life. The plinth is a site-specific design to communicate with the environment of where it’s situated.
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  • Traditional Nepalese mandala painting in a gallery off the Bhaktapur Durbar Square. A painting can take up to 3 months to finish and often depicts religious symbols , gods and iconography, either Buddhist or Hindu. Here the painter is painting with gold.
    IMG_2883_1.jpg
  • A mural close to the legendary Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro depicts some of Brazil's most illustrious footballing legends, such as Taffarell, the '94 Worl Cip golkeeper as well as other stars from the past campaigns, such as Pele and Zico
    20130413_football_brazil_0098_1.jpg
  • A mural close to the legendary Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro depicts some of Brazil's most illustrious footballing legends, such as Djalma Santos as well as other stars from the past campaigns.
    20130413_football_brazil_0091_1.jpg
  • Hank Willis Thomas Raise Up statue, which depicts contemporary issues of police violence and racially biased criminal justice in the National Memorial for Peace and Justice on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the United States. Current research shows that 4,084 African Americans were lynched between 1877 and 1950. More than 85% of the lynchings took place in the Southern states.
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  • The Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_106.jpg
  • A dressed Chola period idol that has been worshipped at the Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_099.jpg
  • The Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_094.jpg
  • The future of Birmingham street art mural showing a multicultural vision of the city in Digbeth on 31st March 2021 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The mural depicts black and mixed ethnic people and relevant cultural references.
    20210331_future of birmingham mural_...jpg
  • A large scale advertisement for a computer gaming system is painted onto a wall on Old Street in East London. The advert depicts two cars that have crashed through the wall. It will be up for a few days before being cleaned off.
    20100526old st grafittiA.jpg
  • A large scale advertisement for a computer gaming system is painted onto a wall on Old Street in East London. The advert depicts two cars that have crashed through the wall. It will be up for a few days before being cleaned off.
    20100523old st grafittiC.jpg
  • Street art at the entrance to a warehouse in Spitalfields, London, UK. The graffiti depicts a scantily clad black woman climbing the doors.
    20141216_graffiti warehouse entrance...jpg
  • Woman striding past a bus shelter advert for retail clothes shop Very. Newham, East London, UK. The advertisement depicts a young girl wearing dungarees mowing her grass with a flymo lawn mower, with the tag line 'cant wait fro summer'.
    20150414_very bus shelter ad_A.jpg
  • People interact with an oversized advertising poster for underwear at H&M on Oxford Street in London, United Kingdom. The advert depicts a young woman wearing a bra.
    20160514_bra advert_A.jpg
  • A Real Birmingham Family by Gillian Wearing in Birmingham, United Kingdom. A Real Birmingham Family is a public artwork and sculpture by Gillian Wearing, cast in bronze, and erected in Centenary Square, outside the Library of Birmingham, England, on 30 October 2014. It depicts two local sisters, each single mothers called Roma and Emma Jones, with their two children.
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  • A Real Birmingham Family by Gillian Wearing in Birmingham, United Kingdom. A Real Birmingham Family is a public artwork and sculpture by Gillian Wearing, cast in bronze, and erected in Centenary Square, outside the Library of Birmingham, England, on 30 October 2014. It depicts two local sisters, each single mothers called Roma and Emma Jones, with their two children.
    20191005_gillian wearing sculpture b...jpg
  • The Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_106.jpg
  • A dressed Chola period idol that has been worshipped at the Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_099.jpg
  • Details of pillars in the Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_069.jpg
  • Now an overgrown, mildew-ridden farm shack in woodland in Seething, Norfolk England, this wall mural was once formed part of the barracks housing 3,000 young World War 2 bomber crews so was probably painted by a young aspiring artist and aviator with the USAAF's 448th Bomb Group, a fleet of bombers based in England from November 1943 to July 1945. The picture depicts a confrontation between US Air Force B-24 Liberators, a P-51 Mustang and probably a German Dornier. There are hairline cracks in the plaster but the yellow hue of the hand-painted wall is largely intact despite damp conditions in the shed. There are however, other artistic details now faded. After the war, the buildings reverted to agricultural use.
    WW2_bomber_base07-05-10-2000_1_1_1.jpg
  • Artwork on old panel in risk averse playground called The Land on Plas Madoc Estate, Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales. A painted panel depicts the jungle as young people are encouraged to push their personal limits in a way that parents are nowadays scared to allow. But here in this council play park, children are encouraged to experiment with risk aversion, to enjoy a wilder form of play and interaction with others - the opposite of online relations and over safe childhoods. From the chapter entitled 'Playing with Fire' from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
    the_land24-18-06-2014_1.jpg
  • Van Gogh as a Banksi-like criminal by artist Mr Brainwash, an adaptation on Norman Rockwell at the old sorting office in new Oxford Street, London. The reference is from a 1943 Norman Rockwell poster promoting the purchase of war bonds to "save freedom of speech" during World War II; image depicts several town's people seated in a school class room for a meeting as a male stands in audience attempting to speak set against a large black board located in the background. Mr. Brainwash is the moniker of Los Angeles-based filmmaker and Pop artist Thierry Guetta.
    street_mural02-23-10-2012_1.jpg
  • A lady concentrates in a cluttered office unit beneath corporate artwork in Ernst & Young's Norman Foster-designed building. The oval-shaped picture depicts an esasperated-looking female rolling her eyes to the ceiling while her contemporary below stares down at her laptop surrounded by the paraphernalia of her accounting London job. Dressed in an open-neck shirt and wearing glasses, the woman at work is busy and preoccupied with the job in hand of auditing a company's accounts. Despite all the 385,000 square feet in the European headquarters on the River Thames, there is no spare space in this tiny office that she shares with another employee. The Fine Art has been supplied by Anderson O'Day and E & Y have invested in 500,000 Pounds of office art for their 114,000 employees in 700 locations across 140 countries around the world.
    ernst+young249-09-08-2007_1.jpg
  • The William Mitchell Mural, taken down in 2015 before the Crossway precinct was demolished to make way for The Lexicon shopping centre, is pictured at its new location on the exterior of Braccan Walk car park on 18 September 2020 in Bracknell, United Kingdom. The 30m fibreglass and bronze mural depicts events from Bracknell’s history and was commissioned by the Bracknell Development Corporation in the 1960s to mark the 25th anniversary of Bracknell having been designated a new town in 1949.
    MK-20200918-Bracknell-William-Mitche...jpg
  • Traditional Nepalese painting in a gallery off the Bhaktapur Durbar Square. A painting can take up to 3 months to finish and often depicts religious symbols , gods and iconography, either Buddhist or Hindu.
    IMG_2898_1.jpg
  • Traditional Nepalese painting in a gallery off the Bhaktapur Durbar Square. A painting can take up to 3 months to finish and often depicts religious symbols , gods and iconography, either Buddhist or Hindu.
    IMG_2887_1.jpg
  • A mural close to the legendary Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro depicts some of Brazil's most illustrious footballing legends, such as Taffarell, the '94 Worl Cip golkeeper as well as other stars from the past campaigns, such as Nilton Santos the great Botafogo and National team defender.
    20130413_football_brazil_0105_1.jpg
  • Details of pillars in the Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_069.jpg
  • A large scale advertisement for a computer gaming system is painted onto a wall on Old Street in East London. The advert depicts two cars that have crashed through the wall. It will be up for a few days before being cleaned off.
    20100523old st grafittiB.jpg
  • The Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India.The temple, constructed by Rajaraja II (r 1146-63) is a superb example of twelfth century Chola architecture and it's art depicts Shive in the rare incarnation as Kankalamurti, the mendicant
    SFE_100130_094.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, a visitor to the British Museum wearing a face covering reads decriptions of an ancient Greek vase that depicts the wedding of Peleus and Thetis along with imaginary animals (Athens, c580BC) by painter, Sophilos, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy the historical artifacts at this poluar London attraction.
    british_museum19-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The William Mitchell Mural, taken down in 2015 before the Crossway precinct was demolished to make way for The Lexicon shopping centre, is pictured at its new location on the exterior of Braccan Walk car park on 18 September 2020 in Bracknell, United Kingdom. The 30m fibreglass and bronze mural depicts events from Bracknell’s history and was commissioned by the Bracknell Development Corporation in the 1960s to mark the 25th anniversary of Bracknell having been designated a new town in 1949.
    MK-20200918-Bracknell-William-Mitche...jpg
  • Traditional Nepalese mandala painting in a gallery off the Bhaktapur Durbar Square. A painting can take up to 3 months to finish and often depicts religious symbols , gods and iconography, either Buddhist or Hindu.
    IMG_2863_1.jpg
  • BLM Black Lives Matter spray painted street art graffiti depicting the face of George Floyd at the popular Leake Street Arches on 5th March 2021 in London, England, United Kingdom. Leake Street is a road tunnel in Lambeth, where graffiti is tolerated and encouraged regardless of the fact that it is against the law. The street is about 300 metres long, runs off York Road and under the platforms and tracks of Waterloo station.
    20210305_leake street arches_018.jpg
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