Painted House Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Painted House in Trebic was built in 16th century by the Venice merchant Francesco Calligardi, who used it as a store to sell colonial goods. Graffito facade was later covered up with lime by the house's new owners and rediscovered again by a teacher at the Trebic Grammar School in 1903.

Behind the Painted House there is the City Tower built shortly after 1335 as a part of the Trebic's defensive walls. Now it is a part of St. Martin's Church. The tower is 75m high and the dimensions of its clock (the face has 5.5m in diameter with numbers as high as 60cm) put it among largest tower clock in Europe.

Update: As Jean-Yves noticed, the house is now used as a tourist information office. If you visit Trebic, you should go there first. I bought a map of Trebic there with descriptions of all important sights and monuments for only 1 Czech Crown (less than 0.04 EUR) -- probably the cheapest useful thing I bought in last 10 years.

richtersl, singuanti, spoon, alabama_pl, jjbach, Tue, alexlie, carper has marked this note useful

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richtersl (3544) 2005-05-19 20:32 [Comment]

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singuanti (15240) 2005-05-19 23:05

Hi Marek, nice shot! I like the POV and the inclusion of the person for scale purposes. The details are spectacular. The only downer is the washed out sky but it really doesn't matter as this shot is that good. Nicely done Marek!

carmem_busko (3639) 2005-05-20 1:51

What a impressive house!!!
Including a person was a great idea.
cheer... and thank you!!
Carmem

davido (1982) 2005-05-20 3:16

Great shot Marek! This painted house is simply beautiful : I've seen such paintings in the old Prague. Is it a Czech tradition?
Regards, David

KevRyan (22418) 2005-05-20 3:48

What a fantastic place Marek - really beautiful architecture and decoration and really well photographed - a perfect shot to display this building at its best - even getting red, blue and yellow into the image!! Fantastic!

best wishes

Kev

spoon (171) 2005-05-20 3:56 [Comment]

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alabama_pl (340) 2005-05-20 4:17

good PoV and frame, colours and exposure, emphasizing beauty of the place; the person on the right gives to the photo feeling of local atmosphere.

summersun (4964) 2005-05-20 6:02

whaterver it is, painting or graffito, it looks very nice on the white house ! the colors of the roof and the green top of the clock tower contrast well with the grey of the sky. nice frmaing with the pavement ending just touching the border. the woman gives a scale. well done Marek.
Vanessa

naxius (16679) 2005-05-20 6:13

Very good photograph Marek.
I like this person coming down the street.
It gives a good idea of the scale of this very nice building.
Bravo!!
Alex

jjbach (9109) 2005-05-20 10:15

What a splendid architecture !! Excellent shot, very well composed with beautiful colours and stunning clarity. Brilliant work Marek!!

Regards John

kdien (9261) 2005-05-20 15:39

Good and finished up frame. Beautiful colors and contrast. Magnificently showed object. Good approach to subject. I congratulate

Fis2 (46365) 2005-05-20 16:41

Hi Marek!
I like the colours and composition.Your photo is good.(narrow frames)
Regards
Krzysztof

Tue (25608) 2005-05-20 17:55

Hi Marek,
Very good picture from a good POV! The like the art on the building's wall, it's well visible! Well done! :-D
Groetjes,
Lars

PixelTerror (86837) 2005-05-21 3:47

Dobry Den Marek,
This house is beautful and we can have an excellent view on the fine artworks on it thanks to the good angle you chose, from what I see on the left it seems the houses around this one are interesting too. The green i sign leads me to think it is now used as a tourism information point.
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-05-21 11:55

very nice take of this building, I like the patterns and also the pov too, well done

jrzufferey (7249) 2005-05-22 16:25

Magnifique cette maison,du beau travail, la lumière est assez fantastique avec ce ciel gris bleu homogène.J'aime bien Ciao/jr

john_c (24635) 2005-05-22 16:55

A very impressive portrayal, Marek. The colours and clarity are outstanding. Every fine detail is visible here. The green dome on the clocktower adds an extra dimension. Very well seen and executed. Regards.

DLM (6447) 2005-05-22 18:21

Hi Marek,
Stunning shot,nice POV.
Sharp picture shows up the intricate detail well.
Very well done.
By the way, your critique was very useful. Best wishes,
Dave.

bantonbuju (48796) 2005-05-22 20:36

hi marek, this is a marvellous place and the way you are showing us the house is perfect! and again - the beauty of czech's small towns turnes out to be unbeatable;
pozdrowienia, jerzy

robiuk (10763) 2005-05-24 11:23

Hi Marek,
You made a gloomy sky look good together with the main subject. But the main job - presenting this beautiful old house is done in a professional manner and you achieved it through taking a good POV, creating most desirable composition and tweeking colours and contrast with great precision and taste.
Congratulations!
Robi

alexlie (5359) 2005-05-24 15:12

Hi Marek!
This hause looks very interesting, I like this B&W painting. Composition fine, good colors and sharpness.
Regards.

carper (65622) 2005-06-17 13:04

I go for this one today,
fantastic painted house, very good composition, very good details in the shot, I like it a lot, very good job
gr. Jaap

Andrzej_HHH (2558) 2006-12-03 10:24

Hello! Very intersting and beautiful architecture and you captured t very weel. Good frame. It's a pity that the sky was not so interesting. Best regards! Andrzej