Sculptura Portuguesa – 1
I know, it’s just an excuse to get some of these photographs published, but we saw such an array of great sculptures and monuments, I wanted to share some with you. Sadly, many of the best were erected on roundabouts, and we couldn’t really get a shot of them on the move, so they’ll have to wait until we return to Portugal another time. But for now, here’s a few for you…
- A warrior’s monument atop a rocky peak in the far distance, as we viewed it from the castle at Sintra
This beautiful piece was in the town square of Castello de Vida
A King and Queen in Sintra, near where we parked for the night
Incredibly beautiful and intricate rendering of Poseidon emerging from a shell above a doorway in the Castle at Sintra
A very clever marble war monument, seemingly growing out of the natural rock which thrusts out of the castle walls at Castello de Vida
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Café Crem was created by Miki and Kev Moore in 2007 with the intention of gathering like-minded artists, writers and musicians together around the coffee table to discuss and share thoughts, ideas, art, etc.
This initial desire has surpassed our wildest dreams with a myriad of collaborations taking place between the various members, creating pieces of work that simply would not exist without Café Crem.
Have a wander though in our different rooms:
“Cafe Literati”, the Literary Room
“Café L’Arte”, the Art Gallery
“Ca’ Puccini”, the Music Studio
and, last but not least,
“The MiniBar”, our creative space for our kids and teens!
You are all welcome.
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Cafe Crem’s Video of The Month
“Soul Sketching”, by Susan Cornelis and Kev Moore
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Hi there, Kev!
Just wanted to say that i started reading your journey in my country, and it’s been a very funny reading
We look at things…well, with portuguese eyes, so a foreign view is a different way to understand our country.
I didn’t reach the end of the journey, so i just hope you had a good time
Cheers
Thanks, Mario! I have one more entry to make about the end of the journey – although in the last entry we had already crossed the border into Spain. Both Miki and I loved your country, and we are sure to visit again many times.
Hi Kev,
Great post, I think that the architecture of the doorway in Castle at Sintra is great!
Neo
Cheers Neo, yeah – it literally stopped me in my tracks!
I love the way you photographed “series” like this on your trip so we get to see a range of images in each. Did you set out to do this, or just find it happened?
Living out in the country, we don’t get to see so much city sculpture so this is a treat. I particularly like the Castello de Vida square piece – looks like a parent and child, very expressive.
I just found it happened really, Bob. Though perhaps there was an underlying unconscious process going on. Certainly, with the series of Portuguese doors I’ve photographed (which I will present in flickr) it became a conscious task.
The Castello deVida piece is lovely, isn’t it? We really found the Portuguese have excellent taste with some of their recently commisioned civic sculptures.
I’d like to see the doors series can you sned a link I’m here at ricktipton.wordpress.com or my EMail is Ricktipton52@yahoo.de Thanks I’m an artist also.
Hi Rick, I haven’t collated them all yet (there’s a lot!) but i’ll post the link when I have. Thanks for stopping by!