Photo Hunt - Artificial

This week's Photo Hunt theme is "artificial".  My mind immediately went to pics from our trip to Torino, Italy last year. Not because of anything artificial about the city itself but because there were a couple of times where things were not what they seemed to be.

The first when we were in the famous outdoor market. The market place in Piazza Repubblica, also known as Porta Palazzo, is the largest outdoor market in Europe and one of the largets in the world. You really can find anything there! We saw this vendor selling flowers and thought that they colours were beautiful.

When we got closer we realized that they were all artificial!

The second thing that jumps out in my mind was when we visited the Renaissance-style cathedral of San Giovanni Battista (1498), with the brilliantly original Santa Sindone Chapel (1694) by Guarini, houses the Shroud of Turin, a piece of linen long thought to be the burial garment of Jesus. The cathedral and chapel were severely damaged by a fire in April 1997 and underwent major restoration work. Of course, as with all restoration work in Italy, it NEVER seems to end.

You might think that you are looking at the chapel - you are not! When we got closer we realized thta this was just a big painted screen with the restoration still underway behind it . . .

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Comments

[Lynn]

The flowers just look so real!

[A.]

It's really amazing how real they can make artificial flowers these days. Those are beautiful.

A good few years ago, the Madeleine in Paris was shrouded in screens like that, while restoration work was carried out. It's such a good way to disguise what might otherwise be an eyesore.

[Annie]

Both are amazing illusions. That's a much better way to cover restoration work than billboards with ugly ads.

Have a great weekend!

[YTSL]

I hope you weren't too disappointed when you found out that what you were seeing in the chapel wasn't real. As it is, from the photo as well as real life distance, it sure can fool!

[Cindy Ruth]

Great take on the "artificial" theme.

[Candi]

Lovely photos! And they both look real:the flowers and the altar!

[nancyhol]

I love your photos, Jerry! Such a great expression of this week's theme!

[ipanema]

lovely photos! the flowers look real far. and that "chapel" amazed me. i really thought it's one.

thanks for the visit!

[Lorna]

trompe-l'oeil, but I don't know the Italian word for it.

[Marta]

The chapel screen was very well done. It would have surprised me also.

[Mrs. Mecomber]

Great photos! The colors are amazing.

Mine's up, too! I hope you get some time to visit.

Mrs. Mecomber
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[JDeQ]

Thanks for popping by on photo hunt Saturday!

[Kathy (Trekcapri)]

Hi Jerry, great photos and take on this week's theme. Those floweres do look so real and they have them in the pots just like they do the real ones. And the chapel screen is cool. I agree with the others that it is far better than looking at the construction.

Enjoy your Sunday.

[JDeQ]

Thanks Kathy. I still can't believe that the flowers were fake - they reallu did look real.

[sandrac]

Brilliant, Jerry! In both photos, the subjects look remarkably real.

[JDeQ]

It is true Sandra - EVERYTHING (evn fake things) IS better in Italy!