
Bergamo's Basilica

by Riccardo Mottola
Title
Bergamo's Basilica
Artist
Riccardo Mottola
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Bw Negative
Description
Bergamo's basilica of Santa Maria maggiore as viewed through the arches of the lodge of the Duomo.
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October 27th, 2014
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Chrystyne Novack
Love the way you framed this composition that shows off the layers of architectural design. One can appreciate the architecture seen in the foreground, the middle, and background. The archway acts as a frame that highlights the round dome with columned arches off on the right while in the center rises a church bell tower.
Riccardo Mottola replied:
Indeed: layers of design and also history. The exterior of the Basilica is romanesque as can be seen by the arches, the bell tower instead is already late gothic, however the framing arch of the Cathedral entrance is late Renaissance! Techincaly I love the extreme rendition of the shadows up to the highlights in the clouds: no HDR, no digital post-processing, however old-school tricks while developing a high-performance negative b