André Arnold-Peltier - Photographe - Berne and the Minster

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Berne and the Minster



 
 

View of the old town of Bern
 
 

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The fountain of Moïse
 
 

 

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The statue dates from 1544. After storm damage it was remade in 1790-1791. Moose presents the Commandments to the tribes of Israel. Hi points a finger at the second one. Do not make any graven image.
The fountain in Louis XVI stile offers refreshing water

Technical dataSize:
Taille : 10083 x 8726 pixels,85 x 73 cm (300 dpi), 9 shots
Date : 12 08 15,Camera: Nikon D300, Lens (AF-S Nikkor 28–300)
Software: Photoshop CS3, PTGui, Zoomify.


 
 


 
 
The main Portal
 
 



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The main portal door was finished around 1495 and survived the iconoclasm of the Reformation that occurred 30 years later. The last judgment is presented in the tympanum by a brightly colored staging, as customary in the middle ages.
The Archangel Michael weights the souls who then are invited to enter in the paradise trough the very narrow gate on the he right side of the judge and throw by Lucifer (green devil) on the left side to the eternal agony and tortured by the devils shown in a dramatic manner.
Angels, prophets and the twelve apostles as well as the Virgin Mary and John of the Baptist assist on the events under the supreme Judge Jesus in the archivolts.
On the lower part the wise and the foolish virgins stay on the right and left side of the statue of Justice (placed here instead of Holy Virgin). 294 participants are involved in this staging.
The statues in the niches are copies that have been recast according to the originals in the Museum of History at Bern.
So the portal is also a good example of the colored mediaeval scenes on mediaeval churches, whose colors have mostly disappeared by the restorations, as for example at the Cathedral Notre- Dame-de-Paris.


Technical data
Size: 14149 x 13143 pixels,119 x 111 cm (300 dpi), 17 shots
Date : 12 08 15,Camera: Nikon D300, Lens (AF-S Nikkor 28–300)
Software: Photoshop CS3, PTGui, Zoomify.


 



The last Jugment


 


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Technical data
Size: 14233 x 11326 pixels,120 x 95 cm (300 dpi), 21 shots
Date : 12 08 15,,Camera: Nikon D300, Lens (AF-S Nikkor 28–300)
Software: Photoshop CS3, PTGui, Zoomify.

 




The Vault




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The former universe framed and supported by four armorials of Bern is presented in the vault. Above the world Judge Jesus, the dove of the Holy Spirit is surrounded by the four evangelists, (John, Marc, Luc and Matthew), the stars of the seven days of the week (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn) and the nine Angel choirs.

Technical data
Size: 11250 x 6249 pixels 95 x 52 cm (300 dpi), 4 shots
Date : 12 08 15,,Camera: Nikon D300, Lens (AF-S Nikkor 28–300)
Software: Photoshop CS3, PTGui, Zoomify.

 


 

The Annunciation





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Technical data
Size: 30000 x 11947 pixels,254 x 101 cm (300 dpi), 26 shots
Date : 12 08 15,Camera: Nikon D300, Lens (AF-S Nikkor 28–300)
Software: Photoshop CS3, PTGui, Zoomify.

 


 
The Paradise

 

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Technical data
Size: 13679 x 28364 pixels,115 x 240 cm (300 dpi), 40 shots
Date : 00 00 00,Camera: Nikon D300, Lens (AF-S Nikkor 28–300)
Software: Photoshop CS3, PTGui, Zoomify.