This image in monochrome captures the lighting, shadows and architectural designs in the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin.
Light and Shadow Designs
Light and Shadow Designs
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Monochrome – Light and Shadow Designs
Last week we posted images with the color red as the highlight in the photograph. This week we will post monochrome images.
Some of the best subjects for monochrome shots are those with lines and shapes, as well as interesting textures and patterns. Here is an image of the lobby of the Milwaukee Art Museum with light and shadow designs in monochrome.
Chihuly Art
A colorful piece by Dale Chihuly at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Chihuly Art
Resting by the Museum
A couple is more interested in Lake Michigan then the splendor of the Quadracci Pavilion at Milwaukee Museum of Art
Resting by the Museum
Drawing You In
A mesmerizing experience as this unique architecture draws you in at the Milwaukee Museum of Art
Drawing You In
A Frame Filter
A framed “filter” to view the outside from Windhover Hall, Quadracci Pavilion at Milwaukee Museum of Art
A Frame Filter
Symmetrical Designs
Symmetrical designs captured at Windhover Hall, Quadracci Pavilion at Milwaukee Museum of Art
Symmetrical Designs
Shadow Designs
Windhover Hall is the grand entrance hall for the Quadracci Pavilion at Milwaukee Museum of Art. It is Santiago Calatrava’s postmodern interpretation of a Gothic Cathedral, complete with flying buttresses, pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and a central nave topped by a 90-foot-high glass roof. An average-sized, two-story family home would fit comfortably inside the reception hall.
The hall’s chancel is shaped like the prow of a ship, with floor-to-ceiling windows looking over Lake Michigan. The image below captures the designs and shadows of the Windhover Hall.
Shadow Designs
Burke Brise Soleil
The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, known as the Quadracci Pavilion, was architect Santiago Calatrava’s first built U.S. project, completed in 2001 on the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin, USA. Perhaps its most dramatic feature is a set of “wings” – the Burke Brise Soleil (from the French for “sun breaker”). The Brise Soleil forms a movable sunscreen with a 217-foot that is raised and lowered throughout the day to provide shade to the interior of the museum, while creating a sort of kinetic urban sculpture. The brise soleil is made up of 72 steel fins, ranging in length from 26 to 105 feet, weighing 90 tons. It takes three and a half minutes for the wings to open or close. Sensors on the fins continuously monitor wind speed and direction, and whenever winds exceed 23 mph for more than three seconds, the wings close automatically.
The images show the wings in the open and closed positions.
Burke Brise Soleil
Artistic Architecture
The Milwaukee Art Museum is an architectural landmark, comprised of three buildings designed by three legendary architects: Eero Saarinen, David Kahler, and Santiago Calatrava.
The graceful Quadracci Pavilion is a sculptural, postmodern addition designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Highlights of the building are the magnificent cathedral-like space of Windhover Hall, with a vaulted a 90-foot-high glass ceiling; the Burke Brise Soleil, a moveable sunscreen with a 217-foot wingspan that unfolds and folds twice daily; and the Reiman Bridge, a pedestrian suspension bridge that connects the Museum to the city.
Artistic Architecture