Photo of this decorated house in Nigeria (or maybe Niger) by Bill Hunter (see more photos by Bill Hunter).
Decorated House in Nigeria
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Unmade Stone Temple in Siem Reap
When I was visiting Siem Reap there were numerous locations where work was going on to put temples back together. That included less know smaller temples but even Ta Prohm had quite a bit of stones being arranged to rebuild parts of the temple complex.
Related: Leper King Terrace, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Banyon Tree Overgrowing Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Bayon Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand
The Reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho is 15 meters tall and 46 meters long. The statue and the building that houses it were created in 1832.
Related: Statues, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand – National Museum of Korea in Seoul – Borobudur in Java, Indonesia – Getting An Early Start Traveling Around the World in Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Mai Suwannapumaram, Luang Prabang, Laos
Statues, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Hand by John Hunter
Art by John Hunter when I was in Nigeria (and was 10 years old).
Related: A younger me – 911 Memorial, New York City (Ceramic Tiles on a Fence) – Stuart Davis Painting, Los Angels County Museum of Art – Buenos Aires Street Art
Art Inside Angkor Wat
Vietnam War Memorial, Washington DC
Photo of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC. Most of the photo shows a reflection in the shining granite of the memorial. The memorial has the names of those Americans killed during the war engraved into the face (which can be seen in the photo if you look closely).
If you look closely you can see a reflection of the Washington Monument.
Related: Arlington National Cemetery – Rice Drying on the Street, Hoi An, Vietnam – White House West Wing Entrance –
Phillips Collection in Washington DC
Inside of the Phillips Collection Museum in Washington DC with “Figure of the Oriental Theater,” by Paul Klee in the foreground and “Luncheon of the Boating Party” (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the background.
The Phillips Collection, opened in 1921, is America’s first museum of modern art.
Related: Starry Night Over The Rhone by Vincent van Gogh – Self Portrait by Vincent van Gogh – Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat
Leper King Terrace, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia
I think this areas is called the Leper King Terrace on the North end of the Terrace of the Elephants in the Angkor Thom complex, north of Bayon temple (Siem Reap, Cambodia). There is a narrow pathway that winds between the wall of the terrace.
Related: Buddhist Temple Adjacent to Bayon Temple – Bayon Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Carving at Angor Wat