Faenza Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

After some photos of Venice I would like to show some other places I visited during my Italian journey.
My first stop was Faenza. It is not specially attractive town although it has its charm.

The name of this town, coming from the Romans who developed this center under the name of Faventia, has become synonymous with ceramics (majolica) in various languages, including French (faïence), English (faience) and Polish (fajans).
In Faenza you can visit one of the world’s most beautiful and complete art collections: the International Museum of Ceramics houses pieces from all over the world and from every epoch, from classical amphoras to the works of Chagall and Picasso, and there is a rich section dedicated to Faenza pottery in the golden age of the Renaissance. The historic production of Faenza majolica is recognized worldwide as one of the highest moments of artistic creativity expressed through pottery. So over the years Faenza craftsmen and artists developed and perfected the decoration of hand made pottery, and the 60 workshop currently active - most of them in the city centre - offer the tourist the chance of unique purchases unavailable elsewhere.

I was not specially interested in majolica, so I did not visited the museum.

ophelcia, saxo042, Clementi, jaywalker, berek, Fellini, mikolaj_kawa has marked this note useful

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jurek1951 (25896) 2009-04-18 9:32

Witaj Malgorzata,
ladna perspektywa,szkoda ze ten rower nie dalas w calosci,dobra kolorystyka,pozdrawiam
Jurek

Graal (57689) 2009-04-18 9:59

Czesc,
widze, ze skorzystalas z podrozy po Wloszech. Nie tylko Wenecja. Interesujaca notka i ladny widok z arkadami w perspektywie.
Pozdr. Al.

ophelcia (5305) 2009-04-18 10:05

Welcome Małgorzata:)
Fajne te arkady, symetryczne do samego końca...takie miejsca kojarzą mi się z... kawą... i stolikami i białym obrusem... i takim rowerem, który czeka na swojego właściciela, który kończy espresso...
G.

saxo042 (15488) 2009-04-18 10:29

Hi Malgorzata,
This vertical format, exposing the height of this arcade, is very good. You expose these arches in a very good way. Your note is also very interesting. The Polish word "fajans" is actually exactly the same in Swedish....
Kind regards
Gunnar

Clementi (43713) 2009-04-18 11:57

Ciao Malgorzata,
bella la verticale e bella la prospettiva, forse c'e' una leggera sovraesposizione a sinistra ma era inevitabile.
Giorgio

jaywalker (12190) 2009-04-18 14:13

Hi Malgorzata, Good vertical framing offering excellent depth, the architecture of the roof is brilliantly constructed, the light has been nicely managed, the only thing that could be better is the timing, the two people in the foreground are in poor positions, however still a very good shot, kind regards Wilson.

vinicio (22356) 2009-04-18 14:13

Faenza is well know for the Majolicas :) I like this kind of artwork...
Anyway the business in the time has created this beautiful porch, you well capture it in a long perspective, compiments Malgorzata
Ciao
VInicio

lousat (15302) 2009-04-18 15:57

Hi Malgo,very very nice perspective! You had a great idea and manage very well the light,under the colomns are always difficult to take perfects pics! Your result is very good!!My best compliments,have a nice Sunday,Luciano

berek (28861) 2009-04-18 20:36

Hi Malgorzata,
nice perspective with interesting architecture here. vertical format is a good idea fro this picture. thanks for note.
Have a nice Sunday.
Burak

mesutilgim (36639) 2009-04-18 23:53

Hi Malgorzata,
Nice capture, with good pov and perfect geometry. Good light management and nice graphism.
Good and usefull notes as well.
TFS and have a nice weekend
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Fis2 (45620) 2009-04-19 5:39

Czesc Malgosia!
Fajna perspektywa i kolorystyka.
Szkoda, ze nogi obciachane.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

Fellini (4958) 2009-04-19 9:11

Hi Malgo...yes, Faenza is particularly famous for majolica, but is not specially attractive town...the surroundings of Faenza have more fascinating village and hilly landscape.
Beautiful deep perspective in you shot...i am sorry for the rain (i see the umbrella!).
In workshop i added an external view of the porch in a sunny day...i hope you like ;-).
Have a nice day
Ales

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mikolaj_kawa (29829) 2009-04-19 11:33

Czesc Malgorzata! Interesujaca perspektywa. Intrygujaca architektura. Ladne swiatlo i kolory. Bardzo dobra glebia ostrosci. Klaniam sie!

darek1978 (11165) 2009-04-26 4:09

Czesc Malgosiu,
Ciekawa kompozycja i wciagajaca perspektywa. Jestem pod wrazeniem braku cieni w gornych partiach arkad. Pieknie oswietlone swiatlem naturalnym i dobrze pokazane.
Pozdrawiam,
Darek