Clos Luce by photosynthesis
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Clos Luce is a small chateau in the town of Amboise. It is notable primarily because it was the home of Leonardo Da Vinci for the last three years of his life, from 1516 - 1519. Da Vinci had been invited by the King of France (Francis I) to live & work there & there is an underground passageway, about 500 meters long, that connects Clos Luce with the Chateau d'Amboise, which Da Vinci used to visit the king. Today, Clos Luce is a museum which contains art & models of machines designed by Da Vinci...
Comments (9)
SunriseGirl
I had to add another place to my bucket list. This sounds like a fascinating place. Thanks for sharing.
Glendaw
Wow what amazing architecture, colors, and carvings. Hard to imagine anything lasting this long in our modern times. Thanks for sharing this beautiful photo and wonderful information.
mtdana
Great details and interesting history!!!
durleybeachbum
They used to build places so carefully,alas no more! Super details in your photo.
MrsRatbag
I should very much love to live in this place! What a beautiful structure, and your capture is wonderful!
Juliette.Gribnau
beautiful architecture and capture
CavalierLady
Fascinating info! How cool to see where DaVinci lived! Did you get to go inside? Wonderful photo.
Faemike55
the fact that Da Vinci lived there and his works are there...WOW! Thanks for the history lesson
anahata.c
Another shot sensitive to the language of architecture. The angles bring out what architecture does so well---the counterpoint of plane to plane, light to shadow, recess to forward-jutting, etc. And the slope of the street adds to the visual drama. Also a vertical crop brings out the vertical sense of this view. Strong contrasts too, between the oven red brick and the pale stone (yellowed and browned, of course, with age, soot, rain, etc). Fine architectural seeing. We used to say architecture gives shape and form to space. (We also said---don't laugh now---"architecture is to space what celery is to water". Quote THAT, why don't ya!) Your shots bring out how architecture gives structure and "crunch" to mere space. A fine image, in crop, pov, hue contrasts, etc.